obliviousally_lj

For those who don't read TJ's LJ:

Remember the rabbit, Shank, who we got from the fair last year?

Well, I don't remember if I posted, but he went to live with TJ's mom's fiancee, Al. this was well and good at first. We didn't realized bunnies were so...boring. And he was happy to take him in. He was fed and watered and got toys and attention. Not a lot of out-of-cage time, but we weren't able to give him much either. But he had a very roomy ferret cage, at least. We'd come over to clean his cage periodically, as well.

A year passes (roughly). After coming back from Seattle Al asks us if we'll come clean the cage.

IT HADN'T BEEN CLEANED IN EIGHT MONTHS. He just kept piling hay on top of shit and there were AT LEAST five inches of filth and hay in the cage.

Shank's nails are OVERGROWN. Hell, overgrown is an UNDERSTATEMENT. One is AT LEAST an inch and a half long.

We ASSUMED he would be in good care, because Al takes care of all the animals around his place. But he wasn't.

On top of that, he's ABSOLUTELY INFESTED with FLEAS. They're THICK on the back of his neck. It's appalling.

We're going to clean him up and then adopt him out to a good, knowledgable home who will actually give two fucks about him. That, or a rabbit rescue. We would keep him, but we wouldn't be able to spend the time with him. That's why we let Al have him in the first place. He got more attention over there than he did from us.

So, yeah.

Epic fail.