THANK YOU
ok so i have a bag of various fighting bitty headcanons here we go !!
bitty fighting is HELLA illegal and while it’s an issue people DO care about and do their best to help stop, there are always rings to be busted
fighting bitties are often “officially” (legally) registered and used as “guard bitties” to excuse the traits they’re looking for (aggression, strength, and bigger size)
there is only so big a bitty can naturally can get, even when “bred” to be as big as possible. because of this (and a few other factors) fighting bitties are often injected with a drug that forces them to grow bigger as well as be stronger and more aggressive
these drugs have an INCREDIBLY negative impact on the bitty’s health, and many bitties rescued from rings end up passing away only a couple years after
HOWEVER there is treatment that can help your bitty manage symptoms and fend off the more deadly side effects for longer !
a fighting bitty’s lifespan post-ring depends greatly on (1) how long they were fighting for (2) how their body reacted to their injections and (3) how they handle the treatment afterwards
(chili and paprika will live nearly full lives !)
though fighting ring busts always include rescuing the bitties forced to fight, those bitties more often than not end up too aggressive and otherwise maladjusted to be rehomed as a companion
these bitties are either (1) kept at their rescue as a permanent resident, or, sadly, more likely (2) euthanized
there are large movement to stop the euthanization of so many bitties but bitty rescues/shelters only have so much space, especially when there’s so many bitties who could easily be re-homed
this coupled with the fact that one must obtain a license in order to work with ex-fighting bitties (to avoid people offering to rehab, and then just putting them back into the ring) means that often ex-fighting bitties really don’t get a fair chance
that’s all i got for now i think... i have many thoughts on this bc both of MY bitties (chili and rika) are ex-fighting so they’ve got a lot of Backstory w it, and it’s also the reason that they’re so fucking BigHuge
thank you again @leviathansloser !! xoxoxoxoxo
