slavetoabunny
Well-Known Member
One of our volunteers in Orlando just took in these precious rabbits. The following was written bythe volunteer:
We received a call today (2/7/09) just a little after 2:00 PM from a young girl stating that she was moving and could not take her rabbits with her. She said one of them was âa little sick", but she could not afford care for it. Here are some pictures and videos of the two little bunnies that we rescued today. They are mini-lops that are probably not a lot more than 6-8 months old. Sushi is the Gray one and appears to be in good health, butRipley is quite a different story.
Ripley (formerly Fuji)has such a severe case of head tilt, from an ear infection and ear mites, the he could not even walkâ¦he just kind of rolled around in the wood chips that they had for a home. It looks like he has not eaten in days and his hair is so matted with pine chips and some kind of purple bedding that we are in the process of cutting most of his hair off just to clean him up.
He is doing well now after seeing the vet and is eating everything he can get to. He is actually able to stand on his feet and walk without rolling and has managed to get his face in the food bowl to eat on his own instead of us having to hand feed him already. We are only praying for a complete recovery, but we realize that he is likely to be left with some deformity of his neck because of this neglect.
We will treat Ripley here at Hug A Bunny for the next two weeks before they are transfered to Gainesville Rabbit Rescue to be Spayed & Neutered in preparation for adoption.
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/FAHuVQeNKrU&feature=player_embedded&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
If anyone can find it in their heart to take in this sweet little boy, please let me know.
We received a call today (2/7/09) just a little after 2:00 PM from a young girl stating that she was moving and could not take her rabbits with her. She said one of them was âa little sick", but she could not afford care for it. Here are some pictures and videos of the two little bunnies that we rescued today. They are mini-lops that are probably not a lot more than 6-8 months old. Sushi is the Gray one and appears to be in good health, butRipley is quite a different story.
Ripley (formerly Fuji)has such a severe case of head tilt, from an ear infection and ear mites, the he could not even walkâ¦he just kind of rolled around in the wood chips that they had for a home. It looks like he has not eaten in days and his hair is so matted with pine chips and some kind of purple bedding that we are in the process of cutting most of his hair off just to clean him up.
He is doing well now after seeing the vet and is eating everything he can get to. He is actually able to stand on his feet and walk without rolling and has managed to get his face in the food bowl to eat on his own instead of us having to hand feed him already. We are only praying for a complete recovery, but we realize that he is likely to be left with some deformity of his neck because of this neglect.
We will treat Ripley here at Hug A Bunny for the next two weeks before they are transfered to Gainesville Rabbit Rescue to be Spayed & Neutered in preparation for adoption.
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/FAHuVQeNKrU&feature=player_embedded&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
If anyone can find it in their heart to take in this sweet little boy, please let me know.
