& EC - she's a wildie too.
Before the Good People Of RU batter me - I probably agree with you.
My bunsitter is a vetnurse at my vets & an injured wildie was taken in & she handreared her. She doesn't keep buns, but I currently have one wildie (Bella) I haven't been able to bond, so agreed to take this one on, with the intention of rehoming if new bun wouldn't bond with Bella.
In the mean time new wildie developed myxi - I already have myxi here so declined to take her - didn't want increased risk to my own buns, but with vetnurse going on holiday - my blokie got his first rabbit. (We have our own places)
I was actually really surprised that my vet treated & not pts - but having now spent time with her - she's an amazing bubbly little thing. If you sit down, she jumps on your knee. She's so friendly Her myxi symptoms are now reduced to just gunky eyes & she handles the baytril & eye gel very well.
However - she's a scrawny little thing - all skin & bone, falls over when she runs, & doesn't seem to react properly - it's hard to explain. She now seems to have the milky whiteness in her eyes which new Bradford vet says is cataracts? (She's back on panacur)
So can these be removed & is it fair on a wildie?
My whole outlook on wildies - based on my knowledge of Bella, is that it isn't fair to put her through this. But now me & blokie "know" this bun, so I feel we are too close to it. She's never gonna have the life she was meant to have. And at the minute, until we get any myxi success, she's living in the spare room of a flat with limited communal-garden access when we have time to sit outseide with her.
Before the Good People Of RU batter me - I probably agree with you.
My bunsitter is a vetnurse at my vets & an injured wildie was taken in & she handreared her. She doesn't keep buns, but I currently have one wildie (Bella) I haven't been able to bond, so agreed to take this one on, with the intention of rehoming if new bun wouldn't bond with Bella.
In the mean time new wildie developed myxi - I already have myxi here so declined to take her - didn't want increased risk to my own buns, but with vetnurse going on holiday - my blokie got his first rabbit. (We have our own places)
I was actually really surprised that my vet treated & not pts - but having now spent time with her - she's an amazing bubbly little thing. If you sit down, she jumps on your knee. She's so friendly Her myxi symptoms are now reduced to just gunky eyes & she handles the baytril & eye gel very well.
However - she's a scrawny little thing - all skin & bone, falls over when she runs, & doesn't seem to react properly - it's hard to explain. She now seems to have the milky whiteness in her eyes which new Bradford vet says is cataracts? (She's back on panacur)
So can these be removed & is it fair on a wildie?
My whole outlook on wildies - based on my knowledge of Bella, is that it isn't fair to put her through this. But now me & blokie "know" this bun, so I feel we are too close to it. She's never gonna have the life she was meant to have. And at the minute, until we get any myxi success, she's living in the spare room of a flat with limited communal-garden access when we have time to sit outseide with her.