Rabbit Rescue in Toru, Poland

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Tobias finally underwent a procedure that had been postponed for some time. His lower cheek teeth were removed on the left side and both dear ducts were cleared. We would like to believe that this is the end of his teeth adventures, cheek teeth were in an appaling state and nearly pierced his jawbone, but we will see.






Amy and Betty are fine after being neutered last week.





Lucjan is about one year old and was brough to Azyl by his owner. He is a bit underweight so we've put him on Rodicare, but aprat from this, there is nothing else to be concerned about.


And some pictures:

 

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Fajter (Fighter) came in in 2014. He had deep wounds on his body (you can see the picture here: https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/02/sroda-20-02-2019-r/ it is quite graphic, so I don't want to post it here). He was a young lad with not so good history but he didn't have to wait for his forever home as Magda, one of the Founders, took him in. Yestreday, he passed away.



Nairobi and Amy went to their forever homes. Good luck, girls!





But nature loves balance, so we have two new rabbits at the Rescue. We will introduce them soon.

Tobias is fine, Marshall and Pikard have surgeries scheduled for today, Umba started eating and there are some droppings

 

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Wow really cool post!

 

[Imbrium]

Binky free, little Fajter! I was brave enough to look at the graphic picture... I can't believe he even survived all that! How horrible, what he must've gone through to end up in that state *cry*. I really hope that after five years of love and pampering, he no longer remembered the pain and suffering he went through before finding his way to Azyl.

 

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On Friday, 10 new rabbits came in. They were confiscated during an interention conducted by the Emergency for Animals Foundation and brought to us. There are 4 girls (about 3 months old) and six adult rabbits.



3 of them have problems with their eyes. In the case of Karlik and Gacek these problems are serious, Kropiatka's eyes tend to water. Karlik deals with cornea opacification and purulent secretion from both eyes and Gacek's right eye waters/oozes. Beside that, there is a standard issue - malnutrition. The little rabbits have enlarged bellies and protruded spines.

All of them will be examined tomorrow.












Another three rabbits came to us from Opole. They are taking them to our vet tomorrow.







And there is also Pumba. Brough by his owner to the vet's to be euthanised. The vet didn't want to do it and Pumba was brough to us last Sunday night. He is extremely obsese. He is one of the worst cases or even the worse case of an obese rabbit that we've dealt with (and believe us, we have seen a lot). He is filled with adopose tissue and lipomas. Feeding him is a traumatic situation for the poor guy (and we have to force feed him). We also found blood in his urine. Calcium levels in his blood are too high.

Ultrasonography confirmed that there are stones in his bladder. We are trying treatment, but it it doesn't work, his bladder will have to be flushed.

There is also a bunch of photos from our pen, you can see them here: https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/03/sobota-2-03-2019-r/

 

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So I followed that link to check out the additional photos... OMG, the super-cuteness is overwhelming! There are some really iconic and adorable pics there... one of my favorites is the one that caught a rabbit mid-lick, grooming another rabbit's ear . The rabbits are making such great faces in so many of the pictures, lol.

 

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On Saturday, 8 new rabbits came to Azyl. 7 of them were confiscated from a mini zoo and one was grabbed somwhere on the way (we are not sure, we just agreed to give him shelter as well).

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And there are seven bigger rabbits (some of the pictures are quite graphic, so here is the link: https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/03/sobota-16-03-2019-r/)

Their health situation is difficult. We have pododermatitis, scabies and overgrown claws here + at least three patients that are sneezing quite badly (Ellio, Swings and Kasztanka).

Ellio had fever, purulent rhinitis and finds it difficult to breather so he is undergoing treatment. Swings is malnourished and Kasztanka's eyeball was displaced from the eye socket. After the intervention, her eyelids were sewn together, but unfortunately, the eye will probably have to be removed.

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More pictures here: https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/03/niedziela-17-03-2019-r/

 

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On Friday (22.03.2019), a new rabbit came in. We named him Dramat (Drama). Why? Because we've already had Epic and Liric. They came in under the same circumstances. Drama was found in front of the animal shelter in Toruń, in a potato bag. Dramat is a young male and because of the circumstances, we think he came from the same "source". Fortunately, Epic and Liric already have their forever homes He is almost healthy - his droppings are filled with coccidia.



Picard's abscess was removed. It was placed under his jaw - a photo of the abscess is on our blog (https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/03/piatek-22-03-2019-r/), but I don't want to post it here as it doesn't look very nice . He is doing fine after the procedure. There is no pus in his mouth.



Kasztanka's eye had to be removed but the wound heals and Kasztanka is in good condition. She is still on antibiotics but sneezes less. We will also have to take care of her fur but this is a matter to be dealt in future, once she is really better.




After a crisis, Swings seems better, although sometimes her poops are very big and deformed. There is no feacal mass in her intestines and she is definitely calmer.



Pumba is fine. He started eating herbs but they have to be colourful :roll: so we need to create herb mixes for him He loses some weight, slowly, but the difference is already visible.



We also had a lovely guest from...Germany this week - Anke from the Kaninchenhilfe Nordfriesland foundation. As you can see, everyone is welcome in Azyl So if you want to visit us, just let us know!


And here is a solid portion of beautiful spring photos: https://www.azyl.vot.pl/2019/03/sroda-27-03-2019-r/