LadyOnslaught
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Yesterday I was in a really bad mood and after coming home from running a few errands I went to clean. Morgan has been running loose for 1-2 weeks in our kitchen and hallway and makes a huge mess and Riley and her babies are in the bedroom and that was a mess. Besides clothes being put away etc. I put Morgan back in his NIC pen (it's 2 grids high) and then covered one side of it, intending to put the rest on later.
Around 3:45 Will and I left to grab a bite to eat and then went to Blockbuster to get a few movies for the night. We got home around 5:30 and Morgan was running loose in the living room (I had taken the baby gate down we keep up between the hallway and living room so all the bunnies were together). Will gets Morgan and puts him up and I go to finish covering his pen. (I feel horrible. I mean, they've had a litter and then they got loose but I was so mad yesterday at the mess and Will was getting on my nerves but that's another discussion).
As I'm covering the pen Will asked what was wrong with Morgan's eye. I bent down and could see some drainage so Will gets down lower and really looks at it and it's disgusting. He picks him up (he's not a huge rabbit fan) and I said is it a trip to the ER and he said 'definitely'. (At first I just saw the drainage and thought maybe he just had a little irritation).
I call the ER and they said they could see him and it's $75.00 just for the vet to see him. As this is going on my mom is on her way to pick us up to go see the local Pumpkin House (more on that in a minute). She comes and we're waiting outside with Morgan in a cat carrier. I go up and say 'we need to make a stop by the ER but it's on the way'. We all get in and we go to the ER. No one was there and we didn't wait too long but of course they make you wait a little while and I was getting anxious.
They call me back and Will and I go and the vet was a VERY nice lady. She said it's probably from trauma when he jumped out of his pen and something about an ulcer in his eye or on his eye. She gave me two medications: one for pain and then one is an antibiotic and I have to put those in his eye 2-3 times a day. Tomorrow I have to call the normal vet to schedule a follow-up and the ER vet wants his eye re-stained to see if it is doing better. It looks as though his whole eye is swollen and protrouding out some kind of.
Overall, good news as I was fearing the worst knowing our luck. As I'm checking out with I think a vet tech she said they were all commenting on how good he was and I guess suprised I came in and spent $138.00 on him. She said so many people would just think they could get another way or they don't spay and neuter them. I told her there was no way I could let him suffer and Will said eye injurys are very painful.
So we get in the car and proceed to the pumpkin house. It is this house where this guy carves pumpkins every year and sets them out for visitors to see, in his yard. I guess it has grown every year and he does thousands of pumpkins and has others come and help. http://www.wvpics.com/Pumpkin%20House.htm <-- links to some pics.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAzZrrQNQI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAzZrrQNQI[/ame]<-- here is a video too. He had this giant wall/shelf filled with pumpkins and on each of them there is carved a musical instrument (drum, guitar etc.) and they are in groups. As the songs play the insturments line up that are playing at that moment. I didn't watch the video but it's amazing to see this huge wall of pumpkins. I just read and he has over 3,000 pumpkins carved around his home.
We get there and I was thinking this would just be a drive-by look. No this is a big ordeal. There are cars EVERYWHERE and so many people. His street was lined with cars and people were at a stand still. Mom and Will asked if I was taking Morgan and I said yes as I didn't want to leave him in the car. As I said, I thought this would just be a short little thing so it would be ok for him to go with us. I lugged him around for probably 30 minutes but luckily he's light. I got him into the light once and a kid saw him but other than that no one thought it was weird for a girl to be having a cat carrier looking at a pumpkin house lol.
This morning Morgan is in his pen and he bit my pants let when I was putting the meds in his eye. I will have to get Will to help me later but he was really good. Tomorrow I will call the vet to schedule a check-up.
Around 3:45 Will and I left to grab a bite to eat and then went to Blockbuster to get a few movies for the night. We got home around 5:30 and Morgan was running loose in the living room (I had taken the baby gate down we keep up between the hallway and living room so all the bunnies were together). Will gets Morgan and puts him up and I go to finish covering his pen. (I feel horrible. I mean, they've had a litter and then they got loose but I was so mad yesterday at the mess and Will was getting on my nerves but that's another discussion).
As I'm covering the pen Will asked what was wrong with Morgan's eye. I bent down and could see some drainage so Will gets down lower and really looks at it and it's disgusting. He picks him up (he's not a huge rabbit fan) and I said is it a trip to the ER and he said 'definitely'. (At first I just saw the drainage and thought maybe he just had a little irritation).
I call the ER and they said they could see him and it's $75.00 just for the vet to see him. As this is going on my mom is on her way to pick us up to go see the local Pumpkin House (more on that in a minute). She comes and we're waiting outside with Morgan in a cat carrier. I go up and say 'we need to make a stop by the ER but it's on the way'. We all get in and we go to the ER. No one was there and we didn't wait too long but of course they make you wait a little while and I was getting anxious.
They call me back and Will and I go and the vet was a VERY nice lady. She said it's probably from trauma when he jumped out of his pen and something about an ulcer in his eye or on his eye. She gave me two medications: one for pain and then one is an antibiotic and I have to put those in his eye 2-3 times a day. Tomorrow I have to call the normal vet to schedule a follow-up and the ER vet wants his eye re-stained to see if it is doing better. It looks as though his whole eye is swollen and protrouding out some kind of.
Overall, good news as I was fearing the worst knowing our luck. As I'm checking out with I think a vet tech she said they were all commenting on how good he was and I guess suprised I came in and spent $138.00 on him. She said so many people would just think they could get another way or they don't spay and neuter them. I told her there was no way I could let him suffer and Will said eye injurys are very painful.
So we get in the car and proceed to the pumpkin house. It is this house where this guy carves pumpkins every year and sets them out for visitors to see, in his yard. I guess it has grown every year and he does thousands of pumpkins and has others come and help. http://www.wvpics.com/Pumpkin%20House.htm <-- links to some pics.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAzZrrQNQI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnAzZrrQNQI[/ame]<-- here is a video too. He had this giant wall/shelf filled with pumpkins and on each of them there is carved a musical instrument (drum, guitar etc.) and they are in groups. As the songs play the insturments line up that are playing at that moment. I didn't watch the video but it's amazing to see this huge wall of pumpkins. I just read and he has over 3,000 pumpkins carved around his home.
We get there and I was thinking this would just be a drive-by look. No this is a big ordeal. There are cars EVERYWHERE and so many people. His street was lined with cars and people were at a stand still. Mom and Will asked if I was taking Morgan and I said yes as I didn't want to leave him in the car. As I said, I thought this would just be a short little thing so it would be ok for him to go with us. I lugged him around for probably 30 minutes but luckily he's light. I got him into the light once and a kid saw him but other than that no one thought it was weird for a girl to be having a cat carrier looking at a pumpkin house lol.
This morning Morgan is in his pen and he bit my pants let when I was putting the meds in his eye. I will have to get Will to help me later but he was really good. Tomorrow I will call the vet to schedule a check-up.
