The time I pet sat and ended up lying about a dead rabbit
Some number of years ago, in the 2010's my dad's coworker asked my dad if I would be willing to pet sit their pets for them. They were going out of town for a week and a half at Christmas and I only needed to feed, do walkies, play time and I had the option to sleep at the house if I so chose. There were 2 large dogs so I asked if I could bring my bf during walkies, this was all fine. The problem was the 3rd pet.
The third pet was a rabbit named Jessy. I have been bitten by every rabbit I've ever interacted with, except for this rabbit. They kept her outside in the backyard free range style. I found this out my first time visiting the house to do care on my own. It made me feel very uncomfortable, but I could do basically nothing beyond leaving her food and fresh water in her sheltered overhang area, it was just a place to get out of the rain, no bedding or anything like that was present. She never let me get within 5 feet of her and she ended up burrowing out of the fenced yard, my guy and I kind of corralled her back in and covered the hole, but she continued to escape. I hated this, it felt wrong, but the owners said it was fine and not to worry.
So about 3 days before they were scheduled to return, I arrived at the house in the evening to find some chewed Christmas ornaments, two unapologetic dogs, and a dead rabbit. I couldn't tell if she was frozen solid or just stiff from rigor, but we had had a temperature in the teens (Fahrenheit) overnight and it had not really warmed up past freezing during the day. She had no visible injuries or blood. I found her under some kind of panel that was leaning against the house.
I remember feeling so angry and helpless. I felt like I had been set up for failure by a neglectful man who made inappropriate jokes about shooting cats and who had no regard for any pets but the dogs. I put her in a bag and then in a box, but I then freaked out because I didn't really know what else I could do, I didn't want to tell the kids their bunny was killed because their dad sucks. So I put her in the outgoing trash and then stuck to the story of having not seen her. When they got back and I said she still hadn't turned up, the Dad said it was fine and they could just get more.
I later heard that they got 3 new rabbits, and that they still kept them in the same conditions.
I hate that man.