Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Steve and I have both been really ill for the past couple of weeks, with no outside help at all it has been really hard to keep going but i can safely say none of the bunnies have missed out on anything. Steve has struggled with vet visits and buying veg for the bunnies and I have literally been crawling on my hands and knees to keep them clean fed and exercised.
Unfortunately many of the bunnies have also been very ill, so thought I would do a quick update as I know they have a lot of sponsors on here who want to be kept upto date.
Firstly we lost our little Fidget on the 20th It all happened so quickly and still hasn;t sunk in. When I popped him in his carrier for the vets I had no idea he wouldn't be coming home, so feel awful I never said goodbye to him
Daisy has started fitting, her cancer has spread to her brain so we know her time is now very limited. Thankfully she recovers extremely quickly from the fits and is munching away within minutes
Dave's neurological condition is also deteriorating rapidly, so much so he now had to be admitted and sedated just to burr his incisors as his head is continually weaving about and he gets very distressed.
Mixed news for Babs. She is now happily bonded to Geoff and they have moved into their new (nearly completed) run. However her pasturella infection has returned although it does appear to be responding well to antibiotics again. Also now she is in a much larger space we can see how weak her hind legs really are, she has had several falls but there is a chance with the extra exercise they may improve.
We are very concerned about Bic and Biro. They are now 11 weeks old and still so tiny Bic put on around 50g between 7 weeks and 10 weeks but Biro lost weight They are so under developed and underweight that the vets still cannot sex them and they were unable to have their vaccinations. They spend all their time fluffed up huddled together despite being in a centrally heated room, so we now give them round the clock heatpads which they love. They have been started on panacur and we are trying to feed them up with porridge etc but it just upsets their tummies
Brendan is also struggling, partly because he hates being on his own and partly because his chronic pneumonia has flared up. We were hoping to bond him to Mini Mouse this week as she is also very sad but this will have to be put on hold while we wait to see if he responds to meds.
Finally, Herman Bunster - we are very concern about his weight loss as is the vet. He is drinking over a bowl a day and his hutch is always soaking wet. We need to get a urine sample next week and when he has a follow up for his teeth ( he needs his peg teeth removing again) he will have blood tests taken.
I think that is about it, sorry for the epic post
I am still not up to full speed yet, it is going to take awhile so I apologise in advance that I am not going to attempt to catch up with threads or PMs for a bit longer.
Unfortunately many of the bunnies have also been very ill, so thought I would do a quick update as I know they have a lot of sponsors on here who want to be kept upto date.
Firstly we lost our little Fidget on the 20th It all happened so quickly and still hasn;t sunk in. When I popped him in his carrier for the vets I had no idea he wouldn't be coming home, so feel awful I never said goodbye to him
Daisy has started fitting, her cancer has spread to her brain so we know her time is now very limited. Thankfully she recovers extremely quickly from the fits and is munching away within minutes
Dave's neurological condition is also deteriorating rapidly, so much so he now had to be admitted and sedated just to burr his incisors as his head is continually weaving about and he gets very distressed.
Mixed news for Babs. She is now happily bonded to Geoff and they have moved into their new (nearly completed) run. However her pasturella infection has returned although it does appear to be responding well to antibiotics again. Also now she is in a much larger space we can see how weak her hind legs really are, she has had several falls but there is a chance with the extra exercise they may improve.
We are very concerned about Bic and Biro. They are now 11 weeks old and still so tiny Bic put on around 50g between 7 weeks and 10 weeks but Biro lost weight They are so under developed and underweight that the vets still cannot sex them and they were unable to have their vaccinations. They spend all their time fluffed up huddled together despite being in a centrally heated room, so we now give them round the clock heatpads which they love. They have been started on panacur and we are trying to feed them up with porridge etc but it just upsets their tummies
Brendan is also struggling, partly because he hates being on his own and partly because his chronic pneumonia has flared up. We were hoping to bond him to Mini Mouse this week as she is also very sad but this will have to be put on hold while we wait to see if he responds to meds.
Finally, Herman Bunster - we are very concern about his weight loss as is the vet. He is drinking over a bowl a day and his hutch is always soaking wet. We need to get a urine sample next week and when he has a follow up for his teeth ( he needs his peg teeth removing again) he will have blood tests taken.
I think that is about it, sorry for the epic post
I am still not up to full speed yet, it is going to take awhile so I apologise in advance that I am not going to attempt to catch up with threads or PMs for a bit longer.