Soldato
Yesterday Paula and I were invited to Paula's sister's flat to meet her and have something to eat. Paula was working so she was going to go straight there and I was to be collected by Jenna and taken there as I had no clue where it was.
She has two dogs and I really really dont like dogs unless they are being really well behaved and generally out of my way. Other than that, I *love* all domestic animals.
When I got there, we were greeted by her next-door neighbours who were concerned about the people next door to them - the girl is a bit dippy and had gone off with her two dogs to look after her mum's 10 dogs! Unfortunately, she had left 4 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 2 cats and some fish in her own flat and more of less completely forgotten about them. The smell and flies had annoyed them because they have two small children so I was charged with going in to investigate. I found two dead rabbits and one dead guinea pig. There was *nothing* to eat or drink in the hutch - the guinea pig had actually died in its food bowl
A makeshift hutch was constructed on the garden from bits of the old hutch that werent ruined or had been near the dead ones and I extracted the cute but very, very hungry and nearly-dead rabbits. The two surviving guinea pigs were really, really thin and absolutely starving. When we put them in the new hutch they started munching grass instantly at a rate of knots - the poor blighters were absolutely starving!
One of the cats was nowhere to be seen but the other one was fine - she was cleaning herself and purring so she wasnt distressed or anything like that, she obviously had caught or stolen her own food and found somewhere nice to sleep.
I didnt go into the flat to discover the fate of the fish but I would guess that they died too.
While I was shovelling the dead animals into the bin, the owner returned. Unknown to me at the time, Jenna and this character were good friends. When she learned waht had happened she was shaking/crying/generally upset - apparrently her BF was supposed to come around and feed/water them but had forgotten or just not bothered.
Literally moments before she walked into the garden I was about to phone the RSPCA and get these animals the care they deserve but in this case, it wasnt her fault. For the rest of the evening I was *still* tempted to phone them really because I just got a bad feeling from everything that had happened and what was said, I dont think that was the first time she has vanished and left them to fend for themselves (but that is purely speculation). The fact she is a friend of Jenna's made things a bit more tricky as well.
There was other stuff too that made me a bit :/ about the place but airing it here probably isnt going to do anyone any favours.
It was quite obvious she cares a lot about animals in general and loves her rabbits (she went and inspected / hugged each one individually) but I cant help feeling I should have made that call. Tough one...
If it had been the girl that had simply not bothered to feed them and give them water, believe me I would have made the call on the spot. She had made arrangements to have them fed and watered and the person that she had arranged it with (her BF) had let her down. That is why it is a tough call to make - ultimately it wasnt her fault
She has two dogs and I really really dont like dogs unless they are being really well behaved and generally out of my way. Other than that, I *love* all domestic animals.
When I got there, we were greeted by her next-door neighbours who were concerned about the people next door to them - the girl is a bit dippy and had gone off with her two dogs to look after her mum's 10 dogs! Unfortunately, she had left 4 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, 2 cats and some fish in her own flat and more of less completely forgotten about them. The smell and flies had annoyed them because they have two small children so I was charged with going in to investigate. I found two dead rabbits and one dead guinea pig. There was *nothing* to eat or drink in the hutch - the guinea pig had actually died in its food bowl
A makeshift hutch was constructed on the garden from bits of the old hutch that werent ruined or had been near the dead ones and I extracted the cute but very, very hungry and nearly-dead rabbits. The two surviving guinea pigs were really, really thin and absolutely starving. When we put them in the new hutch they started munching grass instantly at a rate of knots - the poor blighters were absolutely starving!
One of the cats was nowhere to be seen but the other one was fine - she was cleaning herself and purring so she wasnt distressed or anything like that, she obviously had caught or stolen her own food and found somewhere nice to sleep.
I didnt go into the flat to discover the fate of the fish but I would guess that they died too.
While I was shovelling the dead animals into the bin, the owner returned. Unknown to me at the time, Jenna and this character were good friends. When she learned waht had happened she was shaking/crying/generally upset - apparrently her BF was supposed to come around and feed/water them but had forgotten or just not bothered.
Literally moments before she walked into the garden I was about to phone the RSPCA and get these animals the care they deserve but in this case, it wasnt her fault. For the rest of the evening I was *still* tempted to phone them really because I just got a bad feeling from everything that had happened and what was said, I dont think that was the first time she has vanished and left them to fend for themselves (but that is purely speculation). The fact she is a friend of Jenna's made things a bit more tricky as well.
There was other stuff too that made me a bit :/ about the place but airing it here probably isnt going to do anyone any favours.
It was quite obvious she cares a lot about animals in general and loves her rabbits (she went and inspected / hugged each one individually) but I cant help feeling I should have made that call. Tough one...
If it had been the girl that had simply not bothered to feed them and give them water, believe me I would have made the call on the spot. She had made arrangements to have them fed and watered and the person that she had arranged it with (her BF) had let her down. That is why it is a tough call to make - ultimately it wasnt her fault