EileenH
Well-Known Member
My name is Eileen, and about 6 weeks ago I was truly chosen by a New Zeanland White bunny.
I work in a wildlife hospital, with native wildlife. In comes this "albino cottontail" which turned out to be a white domestic bun. For reasons unexplained, there was just that connection & I had to keep him.
He was flea infested, half his body weight (only about 4lbs), had a badly infected front paw. Here is a picture of him when he first came to us:
Look how skinny he was :<(
Luckily, I have a great rabbit vet, and got him immediately on injectible penicillin, Oxbow pellets & hay, & fresh veggies. On the second day I had him, he went into gut stasis - 3 days at the vet office, he recovered. It was sooo stressful. However, he had a strange bloody nose, which nobody could figure out, until this happened 3 weeks later:
A cuterebra, courtesy of his time outside. Three days later & a lot of stress, it passed.
Now he is fine. Gained a lot of weight ,binkying all over the place, is a really sweet and licky boy. He actually really loves to lick my face; Here we are - this is also an old picture, he's much heavier now(in a good way, he's not overweight), :
His name is Gulliver, and I am hoping his bad travels are over. Since he is about 4 months old, we think he was an Easter bunny that the family let loose. Their loss, for sure, as he is a sweetheart.
I'm so glad to have found this forum - there's sure a lot to learn about bunnies, but it is a lot of fun.
OK, the pictures didn't show up but the links do - new forum for me, I'll figure it out!
I work in a wildlife hospital, with native wildlife. In comes this "albino cottontail" which turned out to be a white domestic bun. For reasons unexplained, there was just that connection & I had to keep him.
He was flea infested, half his body weight (only about 4lbs), had a badly infected front paw. Here is a picture of him when he first came to us:
Look how skinny he was :<(
Luckily, I have a great rabbit vet, and got him immediately on injectible penicillin, Oxbow pellets & hay, & fresh veggies. On the second day I had him, he went into gut stasis - 3 days at the vet office, he recovered. It was sooo stressful. However, he had a strange bloody nose, which nobody could figure out, until this happened 3 weeks later:
A cuterebra, courtesy of his time outside. Three days later & a lot of stress, it passed.
Now he is fine. Gained a lot of weight ,binkying all over the place, is a really sweet and licky boy. He actually really loves to lick my face; Here we are - this is also an old picture, he's much heavier now(in a good way, he's not overweight), :
His name is Gulliver, and I am hoping his bad travels are over. Since he is about 4 months old, we think he was an Easter bunny that the family let loose. Their loss, for sure, as he is a sweetheart.
I'm so glad to have found this forum - there's sure a lot to learn about bunnies, but it is a lot of fun.
OK, the pictures didn't show up but the links do - new forum for me, I'll figure it out!
