naturestee
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This morning, I tried a different type ofharness on Mocha- a little dog harness. I had tried one of thoseSuperpet ones that looks like a vest, but it scrunched his fur down andhe would keep trying to groom it off. So we tried the dog harness withthe stretchy leash from the Superpet one, and we let Mocha into ourbedroom to distract him. He's normally not allowed in there because hemisbehaves. As soon as he was on the ground he freaked a bit and dashedoff, pulling the leash from my husband's hand. He kept dashing around,getting more and more scared from the leash that was "chasing afterhim" and we couldn't catch him for a bit- not until he ran under hiscage door and the leash caught for a little bit. But then we had anabsolutely terrified little bunny thrashing around with his leashcaught :shock::shock::shock::shock: I had hoped to never hear a rabbitscream, but oh was the poor thing screaming! James managed to scoop himup pretty quickly and we got the harness off.
Mocha had gotten the harness twisted all around himself. He washyperventilating and was in shock. We petted him and talked to him forsome time, and then he moved a little bit into a corner and floppedthere for what seemed like hours. He's a 4 month old Netherland Dwarf-unless he's asleep in his cage he never flops for more than a second ortwo! We hadn't felt any injuries, but we called our vet's office andasked to have our vet call us back ASAP. I'm actually not sure what thevet said- I waited close to an hour but I work 3rd shift and needed togo to sleep. By that time, Mocha was moving about, washing himself, andcircling my feet again, looking for a petting. He doesn't seem to haveany soreness or to have lost any range of movement, and he startedeating just before I went to bed (lots of sleeping pills for me!).James is at class now so I don't know what the vet said, but weapparently are just supposed to watch him and be REALLY careful for acouple of days. I just checked him and he seems fine, here's hopinghe'll be okay! I know that affects from shock don't always show up inthe first day.
No more harnesses for this bun!
Mocha had gotten the harness twisted all around himself. He washyperventilating and was in shock. We petted him and talked to him forsome time, and then he moved a little bit into a corner and floppedthere for what seemed like hours. He's a 4 month old Netherland Dwarf-unless he's asleep in his cage he never flops for more than a second ortwo! We hadn't felt any injuries, but we called our vet's office andasked to have our vet call us back ASAP. I'm actually not sure what thevet said- I waited close to an hour but I work 3rd shift and needed togo to sleep. By that time, Mocha was moving about, washing himself, andcircling my feet again, looking for a petting. He doesn't seem to haveany soreness or to have lost any range of movement, and he startedeating just before I went to bed (lots of sleeping pills for me!).James is at class now so I don't know what the vet said, but weapparently are just supposed to watch him and be REALLY careful for acouple of days. I just checked him and he seems fine, here's hopinghe'll be okay! I know that affects from shock don't always show up inthe first day.
No more harnesses for this bun!