Bailey (A 2nd chance at life) - 2009

[Wabbitdad12]

I am glad she is doing better. By the way your bunny's are gorgeous. I will have to add them to my bunny napping list! That was great that you rescued them and gave them a nice loving home.

I only have one mini rex in my herd and she is a fiesty little girl. None of my rabbits ever like the medicine bit. One time I had to give one of my flemish bucks some medicine and he bit the tip off! Thats one way to not have to take it.

 

[tonyshuman]

That looks pretty painful. I'm glad she's eating, drinking, pooping and being feisty. Will you be able to get her to a rabbit vet for stitches soon?

 

[sharper]

tonyshuman wrote:

That looks pretty painful. I'm glad she's eating, drinking, pooping and being feisty. Will you be able to get her to a rabbit vet for stitches soon?

The vet she went to was a rabbit vet, not an emergency vet. He saw that stitches would only complicate things more and it should heal fine as long as she doesn't mess with it and is given her antibiotics. Since she was urinating, there was nothing obstructed or anything needing reconstruction.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

sharper wrote:

tonyshuman wrote:

That looks pretty painful. I'm glad she's eating, drinking, pooping and being feisty. Will you be able to get her to a rabbit vet for stitches soon?

The vet she went to was a rabbit vet, not an emergency vet. He saw that stitches would only complicate things more and it should heal fine as long as she doesn't mess with it and is given her antibiotics. Since she was urinating, there was nothing obstructed or anything needing reconstruction.

:woohooThats great!

 

[tonyshuman]

oh that's good to hear!

 

[myheart]

I just wanted to say how beautiful your bunners are!!! I have never had a rex, so I don't know much about their personalities. I bet your two girls are ever so grateful to be in a warm home with lot's of room to binky.

Such a brave bunny-mom to have taken two in without much hesitation. Good thing your guy was there to twist your arm.

Best of luck getting every-bun feeling well again!

myheart

 

[sharper]

I tried the other way of putting her down on the floor, between my legs to hold her. This did free up my arms, but she was just as squirmy and freaked out as the first way. She still huffs and puffs at me, shakes her head back and forth or ducks it underneath her chest. And I don't know if rabbits can do this but she seems to tighten her lips to where it's hard to lift them to show her teeth.

And I think with each session, she hates me a little more. My boyfriend just stands by to giver her a yoggie afterwards as a treat. So I'm the mean medicine lady, and he's the one that rescues her and gives her treats. boo.

I just think she just wants to be the hardest rabbit to ever give medicine to. She'd rather it all over her chin than in her mouth.


I put some more vaseline on her wound and it started to bleed a little bit. Maybe I put it on too rough or moved it a wrong way. It wasn't a bad bleed, but just bled a little bit. But she's eating, drinking and chewing on all her toys as usual. Poops still look normal and I think her urinating is a little more often now.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Why don't you give the treats after you give the medicine. Then taking her meds might be ok since you give a treat afterwards!

 

[lilbitsmom]

Hi There! You sound like you're trying so hard. These girls are so lucky to have you! I know it seems daunting, but you're doing a great job.

You should really see if you can get some of thecream (Silvadene). It is a magic cream and will work wonders on her sore spot. The vaseline is probably not working that great and if you apply it and you see blood, I would stop immediately.

Does anyone know where she can buy Silvadene? Maybe at the local petstore or maybe through the vet that you went to see the other day?

I would get some right away though!! Good luck with her and keep up the good work!

 

[sharper]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Why don't you give the treats after you give the medicine.  Then taking her meds might be ok since you give a treat afterwards!

Oh she does get a treat everytime. She gets yoggies

 

[sharper]

lilbitsmom wrote:

Hi There!  You sound like you're trying so hard.  These girls are so lucky to have you!  I know it seems daunting, but you're doing a great job.

You should really see if you can get some of the cream (Silvadene).  It is a magic cream and will work wonders on her sore spot.  The vaseline is probably not working that great and if you apply it and you see blood, I would stop immediately.

Does anyone know where she can buy Silvadene?  Maybe at the local petstore or maybe through the vet that you went to see the other day?

I would get some right away though!!  Good luck with her and keep up the good work!
 

Well thank you!! Well for someone that doesn't have much rabbit experience, I'm definitely piling it all in the first 2 weeks! lol

Um there was this cream that was recommended that is silver something. ****, I keep forgetting the name. But when I went looking for it, I found out it was a human prescription, which I don't have a prescription for, so I couldn't get any. Maybe it's the same thing?

 

[sharper]

[align=center]When Bonding with Hailey is like a Rollar Coaster[/align]

Yikes! I almost got my fingers chomped off!
I thought Hailey wasn't getting enough attention since Bailey was getting babied and spoiled because of her injury. So during my lunch break, after I ate, I thought I would get Hailey for some lap sitting and ear rubbing on the couch while I watched TV. I sat her in my lap, and she cuddled with her head hiding under my arm. She got tons of lovins. She didn't really show any reaction of affection, just laid there and didn't move. I haven't quite figured her out yet, so Im not sure if she was loving it or not, but she was calm and nibbled on my arm sleeve every now and then.

I know 1 thing that she doesn't like, and that's being put on her back. So as soon as you hold her up vertically and start to even 1 degree angle backwards, she freaks out.

It was time for me to go back to work, so I started to pick her up, and I must have angled her backwards a little or something, I'm not sure, because her hand legs were still in my lap, so it wasn't like she was up in the air. But her mouth opened and CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP! she's starts biting in the air, trying to get to my hands that were on her around her. OMG it scared me because I could hear her teeth clamping together. (and well I know what her teeth can do by looking at what she did to Bailey) She was seriously ticked off. I was scared, so I held her away from me as I quickly walked to the cage. *shudder*

I really hope I don't grow to be scared of her because she really is calm most of the time. I'm just having a hard time predicting when she's upset --- well before teeth chomping time.

 

[lilbitsmom]

I know it is hard to deal with all of this in the first couple weeks of your induction into the bunny slave world, but just keep in mind what terrible conditions you rescued these two girls from.
I'm sure they are loving it being in a family environment, but they will have to get use to it and grow to trust you, which for some rabbits takes quite a while.

I've rescued rabbits that had bad histories and believe me it is a wonderful thing when you finally feel like they are relaxing in your home and they are happy. I have one guy that took him almost 1 whole year before he asked for head rubs at feeding time instead of stomping his feet and running away from me.

Now don't get me wrong, he likes me when I'm feeding, but that seems to be the only time! hahahha I'll take whatever I can get with him. He is old and grumpy and he's been through a lot, so I am just happy that he likes me when I feed him each day.

He's bit me a number of times and that is just the way he is so I've learned to adapt! You will too!

I bet once the girls have had some more time, they will relax even more in your home and you won't have anymore of those types of behaviors from her. Just give her time!

That cream we are talking about is something that I will look into for you. I think your vet would be able to get it for you! We use it at the shelter but I don't know where we get it from. I thought it was the vet. I'll check!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

sharper wrote:

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Why don't you give the treats after you give the medicine. Then taking her meds might be ok since you give a treat afterwards!

Oh she does get a treat everytime. She gets yoggies

But if you gave theat to her instead of your boyfriend...she would associate taking the med fromyou and you giving her the treat.

 

[lilbitsmom]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

sharper wrote:

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Why don't you give the treats after you give the medicine. Then taking her meds might be ok since you give a treat afterwards!

Oh she does get a treat everytime. She gets yoggies

But if you gave theat to her instead of your boyfriend...she would associate taking the med fromyou and you giving her the treat.

I have to agree with Wabbitdad12. Maybe you should try giving her the treats instead of him. Might improve her attitude a little bit!

Another way to give the meds I've found is helpful is have someone (boyfriend) hold her upright on his chest - lets say looking over his shoulder.

Then you come up from behind him and give her the syringe while she is upright. She may still try to get away so you might have to put your hand over her head (covering her eyes) and holding her still, but that might be less traumatic for her. There is a space behind their front teeth that you can usually stick a smaller syringe into and squirt in the meds. That is how I do it at home because mine don't like the bunny burrito!!!

Try it and let me know how it goes!!! Good luck! Laura

 

[sharper]

lilbitsmom - Thanks, yes I try to keep it in my mind where they came from. It's hard not to take it personal or get frustrated. If a day goes bad with the girls, I know tomorrow will just start anew and I can try again. But yeah, i have to keep reminding myself of this over and over. I'm seeing changes in them each time, so there have been some rewarding moments....some lol


Wabbitdad12 -- oh! I see! Yeah, I'll have to snatch the bag of yoggies from him and give her the treat instead. I'll try to do that.

 

[sharper]

I took some updated day 3 photos of Bailey's wound. It looked great yesterday, but I'm afraid it's getting infected today. I posted the photos in the thread in the Infirmary.

 

[sharper]

[align=center]Bailey Chillaxin'[/align]

Through the crisis and all, it's good that Bailey still has happy moments. It was her first time in the play area today since the "incident." The past couple of days have been resting days. Hailey & Bailey had to alternate their time in there today because they are separated at the moment. She walked around, sniffed everything, tossed a little toy, chewed on some cardboard, did a couple mini binkies, and then that was about all she could do today. She plopped down and its the first time I saw her frog legs. Yay!

 

[Elf Mommy]

that is definitely one happy beautiful bunny!

 

[Numbat]

They are very beautiful buns! I love their shiny fur! Hope Bailey's okay! He certainly looks relaxed