Blog update time! Lots of news to share, good and bad. :twitch:
Penny has Rabbit syphilis. Not just syphilis, but a very resistant kind. So far treatment has only improved her condition very slightly. Felix is getting precautionary shots just to ensure he does not get it from my bonding attempts before I knew she was infected.
Bonding Felix and Penny is not going to work. Felix is just super territorial. It doesn't matter if it's neutral territory, after a car ride, banana on faces, squirt bottle, separation, larger space, smaller space. His first instinct is to attack the other rabbit every time. What can I say? He's a jerk but I love him.
Okay so all that was the bad news, now for good news, yay!
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I has a Russian Tortoise! :hyper:
Your probably wondering how the heck I got a Russian Tortoise, haha. It's a VERY weird story actually. My best friend and I were being walked by her rabbit on a nice sunny day around her apartment complex. Then this cute soft spoken older lady came up and was asking questions about him. We told her how he's a rescue, one of the abandoned bunnies we caught. She randomly asked if we rescued Russian Tortoises.
We've never rescued anything of the sorts, but were sure willing to give her some help. We got her apartment number and promised to stop by the next day to take a look after researching. To Google I went! After reading all kinds of care sheets and websites we felt we had a good knowledge of their proper care and requirements (they can live to be 40 years old!!).
When we got to her place... lets just say she was super loving to them, but very ignorant on proper care. No heat, No UVB, three caged in a small 90 guart bin on CareFresh, fed every three or four days romaine and carrots, that's it. Yikes. She purchased them 6 years ago at Petco and couldn't keep them due to moving. We agreed to take them. My best friend is keeping two and I'm keeping the larger male.
Their beaks need to be trimmed and they are dehydrated but other than that they are shockingly healthy.
No signs of MBD which is a miracle. Thankfully these critters are very hardy. I've named my guy Sheldon.
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