Oh okay that's what I thought.Boz wrote:
My shortened version of Patrick...
myheart
kirbyultra wrote:Not if I get there first! I'm closer!
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h34r2(Don't think I won't do it.... )
I think you are right not to put them through any unnecessary procedures, considering how well they are all doing
And the Forum would be a sorry place, without our little round fluffball, Zappa
Jan
Will was THRILLED! lol
If it's encapsulated, wouldn't that make it an easier surgery? I'm thinking from a person's biology standpoint, here. Encapsulated ones don't spread when removed (whereas non-encapsulated ones could spread post-removal) I believe. I see where you are coming from with not wanting to put him through unnecessary procedures, though. (We had a dog with cancer that we chose not to treat because of her age. We let her go as long as possible (comfortably) before we let her go.) I know where you're at. Hopefully Patch is just getting to be a lumpy old man!
By the way, there were two rows of Dutchies at the State Fair when I went yesterday. I was scooting around the aisles with Will and telling him "That's what Jan's Patrick looks like! That's what Luna looks like! Hey! That one looks like Zappa... Just not as round!"
Who's dumping all the torties?
tonyshuman, they've been showing up at the local shelters in Milwaukee area too. From Petfinder browsings, Wisconsin Humane Society listed several recently.Kelly's right that an encapsulated abscess would be easier to out-and-out remove, or to leave without worrying. However, there's still a chance that it could rupture, although it's slight, and the release of toxins into his system could be pretty serious. The fact that it's encapsulated also may make it harder for antibiotics to penetrate it. However, 2-4 weeks of sub-q injections every other day is a lot less stressful to recover from than a surgery.
What kills me at the fair is how young the bunnies are! They seem so tiny compared to big-caboose Tony. I know the junior class means they're probably 6-8 months old, but even the seniors look tiny. And when they flop out in the cages, *sigh*. I think I'll always have a dutch. There are so many breeds I want to own, but dutches are just so classically "bunny" to me, plus Tony started my whole love of rabbits!
There was a free tort dutch on craigslist, babies for $10 each that were nethie/dutch mix. It was so depressing. We see a lot of tort dutches at the shelter--I'm beginning to think they're a "thing" around here. Tony was adopted from Chicagoland, myheart has Patch and foster Andy, there was Potter at Soulmate, Presious was at DCHS for 11 months (just adopted!!), and we have another tort dutch at DCHS right now whose name I can't remember. She's very skittish, like she's been mistreated.
Way to go, Luna! I love how rabbits seem to "forget" how big they are. My 3-4 pound Toby scared the heck out of my mum's 12-15 pound terrier by bapping him on the nose with some furious, flying bunny paws! They seem to think they are much higher up on the food chain sometimes...
Oh well, I guess a bunny-cluster can be just as much fun. 
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Thank you for sharing the pictures!
I tried the bene-bac, the pineapple juice, and more fluids. I think they all did what they were supposed to do because I woke up to my little ray of sunshine, Luna, waiting for me to open the exercise pen so she could raid Patrick's left-over greens. That made me so happy!!! I really didn't expect her to make it through the night.... Shows me that she is one tough little girl who won't be leaving Patrick, Zappa, or myself anytime soon.
