MPHF
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Back in December 2006 we were given two sisters- Toffee and Nuggett. They were mixed breeds and the first pets my Daughter and I had. I wasn't keen on keeping Rabbits, but Hannah really wanted them and pursuaded me to have them (as long as she cleaned them out!)
In the summer of 2007 we were deeply in love with them both and they loved running around the garden binkying, flopping and digging the biggestholes you could imagine.
In the eveing of 11th September 2007, when we were going to tuck them up for the night, we noticed that Nuggett's eyeslooked "sleepy". We didn't realise at this point that anything was wrong. The next morning, Nuggett didn't look any better althoughshe was still eating, drinking, peeing and pooing and playing as normal. We then moticed that Toffee's eyes were red and swollen too. We looked in a Pets At Home book "A Guide To Rabbits"and it said that red and swollen eyes meant Myomatosis. I couldn't believe it as I thought that only wild rabbits get it. I phoned the vet and they said "prepare for the worst". I text Hannah to get herto come home from school at lunch time.We had time to say our goodbyes and have a few hours with them before they went. My parents tookToffeeand Nuggett to the vet on the 12th September and they were PTS.*Binky Free Little Girls :rainbow:*
This was the start of our love for bunners.............
In the middle of October 2007, my Sister took me to a pet shop (Rats, Cats and Elephants) as she wanted to buy Hannah and I two rabbits for Christmas. They were Dutch buns which I really wanted. There was one bunny that just ran over to us so we had to have him. We then chose a beautiful girl to live with him. My Sister named the boy- Minstrel and Hannah named the girl- Gizmo.
We had already learnt by now, that they needed vaccinating and neutering/spaying. We had Minstrel neutered as soon as we could and he recovered lovely and was such a case even though he was on his own. Gizmo was more quiet and timid although dominant over Minstrel. We took Gizzy to the vet on the 3rd March to be spayed. That evening, we went to pick her up. The vet said that he had a hard job putting her to sleep but everything was ok. She came home and sat in the corner, really, really frightened. She wasn't eating or drinking anything. We left her until the next day. Still no wee or poo and not eating or drinking anything. I phoned the vet and got an appointment to take her back. He gave her a pain killing injection and another one to keep her gut moving. I brought her back home. Still nothing in the litter tray. We phoned the vet again and they said we could take her back in to stay overnight but it would be expensive but money was the least of our worries. The next morning I phoned upand they saidGizwas fine so we could go and get her. We brought her home and putall her favourite foods down for her. As well as this she had to have fibreplex three times a day. I stayed up with her that night, not sleeping much at all.
The next morning there was still nothing in the litter tray, nothing eatenand nothing drunk. We were worried but thought that she would get better with the fibreplex. At roughly1:00pm, on the 6th March 2008, I heard a horrible noise, like a high pitched scream, that seemed to go on for ages, that I can still hear now. I ran in to the room where Giz was andthere shelayed motionless. I picked her up calling her name. She was still warm.I was sobbing just holding her close to me.I felt the vet had let us down, bigtime. We buried Giz in our garden and now it has a beautiful rose on. Binky Free Baby Girl :rainbow:
Minstrel started to get depressed and lonely. We had to sit in his run with him and play with him. He needed a friend. A few days later I phoned our local RSPCA and asked if they had any single female rabbits and thay did! Her name was Penguin, a dwarf lop. When we visited her, we fell in love with her, she was so beautiful. We had to have a home visit to make sure we met the RSPCA standards. This was when we first met Tracy (Flashy). We told her what happened to Toffee and Nuggett and she told us that there was so much myxi about that year. We then explained what happened to Gizzy. She told us how bad it was that the vet sent her home without any pain meds.
[glow=lime]Minstrel and Penguin's first bunny date went really well. We had never bonded rabbits before but with Tracy's help and support we done it they are still so in love.
On the 7th July 2008, we adopted Harley. Tracy had rescued him from anasty situation and fostered him (her first foster!) She brought him round to meet us. He jumped up on Hannah's lap and flopped on the floor. We fell in love immediately. He had such a wonderful personality and even licked us. We had to playwith Harley and we realsied a few weeks later, he seemed lonely and needed company. A few days later Tracy phoned. There was a bunny called Floppy who was in another awkward place. Wewent to meet Floppy and what a lump she was! We managed to adopt Floppy on the 20th August. Unfortunately Flops was overweight and loved her food. She then started having mucousin with her poos but luckily Tracy had put us on to a rabbit savvyvet and he told usit was to do with her diet and tokeep pushing the hay. (sheused to have a diet that consisted of virtuallyno hay at all). WefedFloppy hay one strand at a time. Eventually, we found that she liked Brome hay. She is now a healthy weight andburies her head inpiles of hay. She also loves the leafy peices in the Timothy Hay.
Harley and Floppy are very much in love and have been together since December 2008.But Floppy has a second love- food!
We have so much to thank Tracy for. She is always there for us whenever we need help. She always has great advice and has taught us so much. She is a lovely friend to us and our buns. Thank you Tracy :biggrin2:
All our bunnies are part of our family and we love them dearly!
In the summer of 2007 we were deeply in love with them both and they loved running around the garden binkying, flopping and digging the biggestholes you could imagine.
In the eveing of 11th September 2007, when we were going to tuck them up for the night, we noticed that Nuggett's eyeslooked "sleepy". We didn't realise at this point that anything was wrong. The next morning, Nuggett didn't look any better althoughshe was still eating, drinking, peeing and pooing and playing as normal. We then moticed that Toffee's eyes were red and swollen too. We looked in a Pets At Home book "A Guide To Rabbits"and it said that red and swollen eyes meant Myomatosis. I couldn't believe it as I thought that only wild rabbits get it. I phoned the vet and they said "prepare for the worst". I text Hannah to get herto come home from school at lunch time.We had time to say our goodbyes and have a few hours with them before they went. My parents tookToffeeand Nuggett to the vet on the 12th September and they were PTS.*Binky Free Little Girls :rainbow:*
This was the start of our love for bunners.............
In the middle of October 2007, my Sister took me to a pet shop (Rats, Cats and Elephants) as she wanted to buy Hannah and I two rabbits for Christmas. They were Dutch buns which I really wanted. There was one bunny that just ran over to us so we had to have him. We then chose a beautiful girl to live with him. My Sister named the boy- Minstrel and Hannah named the girl- Gizmo.
We had already learnt by now, that they needed vaccinating and neutering/spaying. We had Minstrel neutered as soon as we could and he recovered lovely and was such a case even though he was on his own. Gizmo was more quiet and timid although dominant over Minstrel. We took Gizzy to the vet on the 3rd March to be spayed. That evening, we went to pick her up. The vet said that he had a hard job putting her to sleep but everything was ok. She came home and sat in the corner, really, really frightened. She wasn't eating or drinking anything. We left her until the next day. Still no wee or poo and not eating or drinking anything. I phoned the vet and got an appointment to take her back. He gave her a pain killing injection and another one to keep her gut moving. I brought her back home. Still nothing in the litter tray. We phoned the vet again and they said we could take her back in to stay overnight but it would be expensive but money was the least of our worries. The next morning I phoned upand they saidGizwas fine so we could go and get her. We brought her home and putall her favourite foods down for her. As well as this she had to have fibreplex three times a day. I stayed up with her that night, not sleeping much at all.
The next morning there was still nothing in the litter tray, nothing eatenand nothing drunk. We were worried but thought that she would get better with the fibreplex. At roughly1:00pm, on the 6th March 2008, I heard a horrible noise, like a high pitched scream, that seemed to go on for ages, that I can still hear now. I ran in to the room where Giz was andthere shelayed motionless. I picked her up calling her name. She was still warm.I was sobbing just holding her close to me.I felt the vet had let us down, bigtime. We buried Giz in our garden and now it has a beautiful rose on. Binky Free Baby Girl :rainbow:
Minstrel started to get depressed and lonely. We had to sit in his run with him and play with him. He needed a friend. A few days later I phoned our local RSPCA and asked if they had any single female rabbits and thay did! Her name was Penguin, a dwarf lop. When we visited her, we fell in love with her, she was so beautiful. We had to have a home visit to make sure we met the RSPCA standards. This was when we first met Tracy (Flashy). We told her what happened to Toffee and Nuggett and she told us that there was so much myxi about that year. We then explained what happened to Gizzy. She told us how bad it was that the vet sent her home without any pain meds.
[glow=lime]Minstrel and Penguin's first bunny date went really well. We had never bonded rabbits before but with Tracy's help and support we done it they are still so in love.
On the 7th July 2008, we adopted Harley. Tracy had rescued him from anasty situation and fostered him (her first foster!) She brought him round to meet us. He jumped up on Hannah's lap and flopped on the floor. We fell in love immediately. He had such a wonderful personality and even licked us. We had to playwith Harley and we realsied a few weeks later, he seemed lonely and needed company. A few days later Tracy phoned. There was a bunny called Floppy who was in another awkward place. Wewent to meet Floppy and what a lump she was! We managed to adopt Floppy on the 20th August. Unfortunately Flops was overweight and loved her food. She then started having mucousin with her poos but luckily Tracy had put us on to a rabbit savvyvet and he told usit was to do with her diet and tokeep pushing the hay. (sheused to have a diet that consisted of virtuallyno hay at all). WefedFloppy hay one strand at a time. Eventually, we found that she liked Brome hay. She is now a healthy weight andburies her head inpiles of hay. She also loves the leafy peices in the Timothy Hay.
Harley and Floppy are very much in love and have been together since December 2008.But Floppy has a second love- food!
We have so much to thank Tracy for. She is always there for us whenever we need help. She always has great advice and has taught us so much. She is a lovely friend to us and our buns. Thank you Tracy :biggrin2:
All our bunnies are part of our family and we love them dearly!
It's absolutely a pleasure and it's always been a pleasure. It's really nice, from my point of view, to feel so comfortable knowing that bunnies I have rehomed have gone to a good home, and even better than that, that I still get lots of updates about them.
