ScarletHarvest
In the Brooder
- Jan 11, 2019
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Hi guys, been a long while since I last logged in. I have a minor vent i need to get off of my chest.
A couple of months ago I moved in with my girlfriend. Those first weeks or so, she happily assisted around the rabbitry as we had discussed and agreed on. I usually took care of more intricate and complicated chores while she did simple things like watering and feeding everyone. Eventually i started taking on more of the chores because she was in pain for a long long while. It finally got under control though to the point she should be able to assist me once again with small easy chores. She really hasn't though..
I work third and if i ask if she can go check on them or see if anyone needs their water refreshed i find out her mother or father had done so instead (forgot to say we live with her parents). I have also been having to wake up at the butt crack of dawn after getting home and into bed around 1am and dawn is at roughly 5 am. Just to make sure everyone is watered and fed while it is still cool before it gets to bright/hot out. This is seriously cutting into my sleep as i usually have a hard time falling BACK to sleep once awake. It would just be nice if for once, she could do that instead since she is usually up about that time anyway and she is home all day (she doesn't work).
Another thing is recently she witnessed her first cull/butcher of an unproductive doe. The final straw for this doe was when she tried castrating my very sweet and favorite buck. After all was said and done I was casually mentioning how a different doe (who at the time was also being unproductive) was going to be culled soon as well if she didn't produce a litter soon. My gf knows i have a very low tolerance for rabbits who can't justify keeping themselves around either by producing meat or decent show animals. Part of it being we are very limited on available cages at the moment, so i have gotten VERY picky about who gets to stay and who goes.
Well she started hinting that she would rather see that particular doe pet homed. Knowing this doe like i do, i knew she would not make good pet material because while she is not aggressive.. She is very skittish and just doesn't exactly enjoy human interaction. Plus the FB group she wanted to advertise her in was one of those Pets for free rehoming in XYZ state.
I love my girlfriend and all but.. Idk i guess it just annoys me that she wants to make such big decisions when she doesn't even really help in the rabbitry (please note the rabbit she wants to rehome is not her pet nor does it belong to her. I had this doe long before we started dating). Does it make me an asshole for thinking that way?
A couple of months ago I moved in with my girlfriend. Those first weeks or so, she happily assisted around the rabbitry as we had discussed and agreed on. I usually took care of more intricate and complicated chores while she did simple things like watering and feeding everyone. Eventually i started taking on more of the chores because she was in pain for a long long while. It finally got under control though to the point she should be able to assist me once again with small easy chores. She really hasn't though..
I work third and if i ask if she can go check on them or see if anyone needs their water refreshed i find out her mother or father had done so instead (forgot to say we live with her parents). I have also been having to wake up at the butt crack of dawn after getting home and into bed around 1am and dawn is at roughly 5 am. Just to make sure everyone is watered and fed while it is still cool before it gets to bright/hot out. This is seriously cutting into my sleep as i usually have a hard time falling BACK to sleep once awake. It would just be nice if for once, she could do that instead since she is usually up about that time anyway and she is home all day (she doesn't work).
Another thing is recently she witnessed her first cull/butcher of an unproductive doe. The final straw for this doe was when she tried castrating my very sweet and favorite buck. After all was said and done I was casually mentioning how a different doe (who at the time was also being unproductive) was going to be culled soon as well if she didn't produce a litter soon. My gf knows i have a very low tolerance for rabbits who can't justify keeping themselves around either by producing meat or decent show animals. Part of it being we are very limited on available cages at the moment, so i have gotten VERY picky about who gets to stay and who goes.
Well she started hinting that she would rather see that particular doe pet homed. Knowing this doe like i do, i knew she would not make good pet material because while she is not aggressive.. She is very skittish and just doesn't exactly enjoy human interaction. Plus the FB group she wanted to advertise her in was one of those Pets for free rehoming in XYZ state.
I love my girlfriend and all but.. Idk i guess it just annoys me that she wants to make such big decisions when she doesn't even really help in the rabbitry (please note the rabbit she wants to rehome is not her pet nor does it belong to her. I had this doe long before we started dating). Does it make me an asshole for thinking that way?
