Say hi to the new girl

[Catlyn]

Well, since both breeders closest to us had only 3 month old (technically still) babies. Since they didn't allow us to bring Storm with us. Since i got verbally kicked out of a small pets group that i posted "looking for a bondmaye for my bunny boy" into. Since we don't have rabbits in shelters. Since they cannot be found already fixed.
With the help of my friend, i looked through loads of bunnies on sale. I found one lady about 50min drive away that had unexpectedly found a litter of buns in december. She had only one girl left and was okay with us coming to pick her up the day after.
So, we bought and brought the gal home with us. She seems to be adapting nicely. I won't let her meet Storm for a while.
I don't know what her real colour is. It's "broken something". I say broken caramel just because.
She has no name yet. I was thinking of Mocca but it doesn't really seem to fit her. I'll have to think of something else.
Her mum is a broken brownish lop-up mix and the dad is unknown. So a mixed breed.
I don't know how much she weighs, i say around 3-4kg.
She's not vaccinated. We'll see to it soon. Will most likely call tomorrow to book for vacci and spay time.
Other than that, she seems fine. I'm relieved that now we have two not one again. Here's to hoping they will get along in the future.

 

[JBun]

Yay!!! She's a beauty I'm so excited for you and Storm! Here's to hoping for smooth successful bonding.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Gorgeous.

 

[ArtistChibi]

I'd say excellent! Here's to a bright future for Storm and your baby girl. Sorry that bunny groups were meanies to you.

 

[Catlyn]

She's going in for her spay!
I've temporarily decided to name her Iris.

 

[SirLawrence]

Good luck to you and the sweet new girl Iris! She's beautiful!

 

[Catlyn]

Mixed news-
X I had to explain to the lady that rabbits cannot throw up.
X I had to show her how to hold rabbits properly. I was really upset as i watched the lady proceed to lift Iris up by her ears. I ended up doing a practical demonstration on how it's safer to lift rabbits. They wouldn't lift cats or dogs by the ears, so why rabbits?
X After the spay we were told that she narrowly escaped having cancer.
The thing they took out of her, according to them, was supposed to be really thin but it had grown in thickness quite a considerable amount. So they gave us four days worth of antibiotics. I forgot the name.
X I had to make an argument that antibiotics won't replace painkillers. So she called the other vet to confirm and somehow reluctantly gave us four doses of meloxidyl.

X She is now wearing a post-op cloth vest thingy so that she wouldn't mess with the stitches. They said it should be on for 10 days.
They said to take it off for a moment when she need to eat her cecos. Huh?

X Her myxo vaccine has to wait at least 10 days after the op until she's healed up again. Is this reasonable or no?

 

[SirLawrence]

Oh jeez... I hate that you have to deal with that, @Catlyn. But, since she made it through the surgery, I feel she'll do fine with you as her slave! You obviously know what you're doing, and here's hoping for a speedy recovery for her!

 

[Roo1234]

Hope she heals well

 

[Catlyn]

I'll try my best to keep her going.

 

[zuppa]

Well done! You've learned a lot over the past couple years so glad to see that you didn't have to work hard convincing your parents on neutering her.

For vaccination I would suggest asking for most modern vaccine Nobivac Myxo-RHD Plus not only protecting from myxomatosis but against all three deadly diseases it is available in your country please see more info here

https://www.ravimiregister.ee/en/de...avim&vid=70a591d8-bbea-4851-ae1c-45da691e6fc2
and here

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/veterinary/EPAR/nobivac-myxo-rhd-plus
It can look like more expensive at first sight but if you calculate you will see that it would be also the cheapest way to protect your rabbit for one year from all 3 viruses because you will only need one shot a year without second shot in two weeks. Many rabbit owners only do one Myxo shot because it is not cheap but the RHDV1 and RHDV2 are as deadly as Myxo.

 

[Apollo’s Slave]

Yay! She’s a cutie! I hope they bond well - I look forward to hearing about how it goes

 

[Nancy McClelland]

praying for you both.

 

[Bunnygreen]

What a beautiful little bun! My mouth actually dropped that they tried to pick her up by the ears good thing you corrected them quickly. Good luck getting the new pair together, I'm sure Storm will be very happy to have a new buddy once they adjust.

 

[Barbara]

What a beautiful bunny! Good luck with her.

 

[Catlyn]

What a beautiful little bun! My mouth actually dropped that they tried to pick her up by the ears good thing you corrected them quickly. Good luck getting the new pair together, I'm sure Storm will be very happy to have a new buddy once they adjust.

Well, what can i say? Dad didn't really see the worth in driving her 1.5hrs to the more experienced, expensiver vets as the local ones had done a good job with all three neuters. I am still alarmed at the serious misknowledge and mishandling of the receptionist/vet/tech whoever she is, but i do feel the same as my dad in the sense that a 1.5hr drive there and back would put even greater stress on her. And hey, she's alive and responsive, so it should be all right.

 

[Bunnygreen]

Well, what can i say? Dad didn't really see the worth in driving her 1.5hrs to the more experienced, expensiver vets as the local ones had done a good job with all three neuters. I am still alarmed at the serious misknowledge and mishandling of the receptionist/vet/tech whoever she is, but i do feel the same as my dad in the sense that a 1.5hr drive there and back would put even greater stress on her. And hey, she's alive and responsive, so it should be all right.

That definitely makes sense! It must've just been that one tech not knowing what she was doing. Maybe she was new to bunnies, but the other vet/technicians should have helped her if that was the case regardless, good thing you're a good owner and prevented it!

 

[Catlyn]

It did astound me how different after-spay is from after-neuter.
Every time we've picked up the boys, they would slowly be nibbling on hay while waiting for us in the clinic and be almost, almost back to normal an hour or two after arriving back home.
With Iris, the blue vest thingy was a first, and she didn't move at all for quite a long time. It took me three hours after she was back home to get anything substantial enough into her so that she wouldn't "go away" on me or cause herself an upset stomach. She refused hay, frsh hay, fresh grass of many sorts, both types of solid pellets, banana, dried apple, dried carrot. She was nice enough to take meloxidyl and simethicone and water without greater issues.
What she ended up eating was a little bit of soaked-up pellet crumbles as a liquidy paste, she would lick it when i placed the bowl right onto her dewlap. She did push my hand away when i offered anything else. What a spunk!

 

[Bunnygreen]

It did astound me how different after-spay is from after-neuter.
Every time we've picked up the boys, they would slowly be nibbling on hay while waiting for us in the clinic and be almost, almost back to normal an hour or two after arriving back home.
With Iris, the blue vest thingy was a first, and she didn't move at all for quite a long time. It took me three hours after she was back home to get anything substantial enough into her so that she wouldn't "go away" on me or cause herself an upset stomach. She refused hay, frsh hay, fresh grass of many sorts, both types of solid pellets, banana, dried apple, dried carrot. She was nice enough to take meloxidyl and simethicone and water without greater issues.
What she ended up eating was a little bit of soaked-up pellet crumbles as a liquidy paste, she would lick it when i placed the bowl right onto her dewlap. She did push my hand away when i offered anything else. What a spunk!

It must be much more invasive for the spays I can imagine! I've only had boys but I have heard that spaying recovery can be very tough!

 

[Catlyn]

Well done! You've learned a lot over the past couple years so glad to see that you didn't have to work hard convincing your parents on neutering her.

For vaccination I would suggest asking for most modern vaccine Nobivac Myxo-RHD Plus not only protecting from myxomatosis but against all three deadly diseases it is available in your country please see more info here

https://www.ravimiregister.ee/en/de...avim&vid=70a591d8-bbea-4851-ae1c-45da691e6fc2
and here

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/veterinary/EPAR/nobivac-myxo-rhd-plus
It can look like more expensive at first sight but if you calculate you will see that it would be also the cheapest way to protect your rabbit for one year from all 3 viruses because you will only need one shot a year without second shot in two weeks. Many rabbit owners only do one Myxo shot because it is not cheap but the RHDV1 and RHDV2 are as deadly as Myxo.

Whoa!
That is amazing! Thank you so much in aiding the search! (I didn't even know which variants of the myxo vaccine there were), it is absolutely appreciated! Luckily, RHDV viruses aren't spreading in Estonia (confirmed by a more experienced vet than those locals), (here's to hoping they won't come for a long, long time) so i don't have to feel too pressured about it if we can't get the nobivac myxo one.
Dad will have to bother these gals at the clinics on what type of myxo vaccine they have. I bet they would be a bit grumbly about us pestering but hey, they're there for a reason, we have the responsibility to our pets and it's their job to aid us in the process, so let them grumble away at will.