Celia at Kirkby Pet Welfare phoned me this afternoon to say that she had just had a rabbit handed in that was in an appalling state so I went over to help her clean him up. The people just left him with her and it wasn't until she lifted him out of the carrier that she realised what a dreadful state he was in. 
With Celia saying that he was in a terrible state, I had prepared myself for the worst, but when I actually saw him I was totally shocked. It is the most appalling case of neglect that I've ever seen...it was very upsetting.
The photos do not show the full extent of how bad he was. The largest lump of dried poo was so big that he couldn't walk properly. His back end above the tail was a carpet of matted and smelly fur. His poor eyes are in a terrible state, both eyes are infected and the crusts that had formed on his face where his eyes have been weeping were thick and smelt horrible.....I have never seen anything like this before. His claws were all very long and curling over. He is also very thin. His incisors look to be OK and there wasn't any signs of drooling or dribbling, but we won't know whether he has molar problems until he has been checked over by Celia's vet. We're guessing he is an older rabbit.
We've cleaned him up, so he must feel so much better already. We've removed the huge crusts from his face, there wasn't any fur underneath the crusts and the skin is a little sore in places, but it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Amazingly he wasn't too sore beneath all that poo either.
With Celia saying that he was in a terrible state, I had prepared myself for the worst, but when I actually saw him I was totally shocked. It is the most appalling case of neglect that I've ever seen...it was very upsetting.
The photos do not show the full extent of how bad he was. The largest lump of dried poo was so big that he couldn't walk properly. His back end above the tail was a carpet of matted and smelly fur. His poor eyes are in a terrible state, both eyes are infected and the crusts that had formed on his face where his eyes have been weeping were thick and smelt horrible.....I have never seen anything like this before. His claws were all very long and curling over. He is also very thin. His incisors look to be OK and there wasn't any signs of drooling or dribbling, but we won't know whether he has molar problems until he has been checked over by Celia's vet. We're guessing he is an older rabbit.
We've cleaned him up, so he must feel so much better already. We've removed the huge crusts from his face, there wasn't any fur underneath the crusts and the skin is a little sore in places, but it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Amazingly he wasn't too sore beneath all that poo either.
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