gmas rabbit
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Harley came to us in January, just after we lost Benjamin on Boxing Day. He had been a first litter baby, weaned early by the new mom who refused to not feed himor look after him. He was only 6 1/2 weeks old when we got him. He was born Nov 26, 2011. When we got him his one leg was weird, he couldn't hop or do binkies. We took him to the vet and she diagnosed him as having torn partically or completely the ligaments in his knee. Confinement was recommended, but the knee did not heal. Over the next 5 weeks his condition deterioted, he put his other leg out to compensate we thought for the weak one. He was severely splay legged in both legs.We took him back to the vet today. She was horrified at how rapidly he had gone down hill. They were going to try and brace his legs but when they put him on the table she realized not only was his legs splayed, they were completely separated from the hips. They x-rays comfirmed the worst. The hip joints on both legs were so badly deterioted even if he had been old enough to have FHO surgery if would not have worked. His knee was not healing, he had pressure bruising and sores on his feet even though we had him on soft cotton rubber backed rugs. He was dragging himself around. You couldn't pick him up and snuggle him like when we first got him because his legs just flopped around. He didn't want to be held, I guess he was in pain and we didn't know it. The vet felt he was definitely in pain and it would steadily get worse as the bones worsened. We made the very hard decesion to put him down. I am sure that Benjamin met him at the bridge, and walked him through his first bunny binkies and hops. They are probably forging clover and dandelions together. Rest in peace my baby and enjoy your brand new healthy body. Mommy will miss both of her boys.
