emjrabbitwolf
Warren Scout
My beloved Black and Tan buck Smudge has been at the bridge nearly 10 years now, but I still think of him everyday.
He was hand raised by his breeder as his dam died in labour leaving 4 kits behind. The breeder was one of the nice ones who didn't give up on them, even my Smudge the runt with a white nose.
I recieved him at about 4 months old as a birthday gift, though his arrival had been arranged about a month below between my parents and his breeder who was a family friend. At the same time I recieved a beautiful solid hand made hutch from my Granda who's also passed on.
Smudge was a swet heart. The gentlest of entire bucks I've ever known. He'd sit on my head, come for cuddles, knew voice commands, and so easy to let free roam in the garden or home.
One day our garden was broken into. They didn;t take anything just trashed the place and attacked my rabbits. I have 3 at the time.
Fudge a tan doe was traumatised for the rest of her life though I never knew what happened to her.
Rag my fully tame wildie ran away but was found 2 days later at a friends.
Smudge, he had it worse of all. The
took lit cigarettes to his genitals. There were cigarette butts in the cage which made me suspicious and I checked my beautiful boy all over, and found the raw circular marks on his testicals. It must have hurt, but none of us ever remember hearing a rabbit scream in the night and we know that sound sadly. My parents took him to the vets for antibiotics, but the damage was done. Smudge was supposed to become a breeding buck for me with Fudge and Rag. (Don't shout. I just love tans and never wanted more than a litter a year!)
After putting Smudge to both Rag and Fudge with neither gettin pregnant we figured he was totally sterile. He pretty much was. Fudge never got pregnant and Rag only twice, 1 for 2 consecutive years. This was with Smudge being allowed to run with them quite often, though his drive was greatly gone as well as viability ruined.
The damage never changed my lovely boy's nature, though I'd not blame him if it had. we reported it, but nothing ever came of it.
Lock up your bunnies well. Use the strongest mesh you can for their cages/runs. Never leave them alone to free range.
There are too many sick and twisted in this worl who take pleasure in causing people and animals suffering. Never think it wont be you, it could be and you'll never know why.
He was hand raised by his breeder as his dam died in labour leaving 4 kits behind. The breeder was one of the nice ones who didn't give up on them, even my Smudge the runt with a white nose.
I recieved him at about 4 months old as a birthday gift, though his arrival had been arranged about a month below between my parents and his breeder who was a family friend. At the same time I recieved a beautiful solid hand made hutch from my Granda who's also passed on.
Smudge was a swet heart. The gentlest of entire bucks I've ever known. He'd sit on my head, come for cuddles, knew voice commands, and so easy to let free roam in the garden or home.
One day our garden was broken into. They didn;t take anything just trashed the place and attacked my rabbits. I have 3 at the time.
Fudge a tan doe was traumatised for the rest of her life though I never knew what happened to her.
Rag my fully tame wildie ran away but was found 2 days later at a friends.
Smudge, he had it worse of all. The
took lit cigarettes to his genitals. There were cigarette butts in the cage which made me suspicious and I checked my beautiful boy all over, and found the raw circular marks on his testicals. It must have hurt, but none of us ever remember hearing a rabbit scream in the night and we know that sound sadly. My parents took him to the vets for antibiotics, but the damage was done. Smudge was supposed to become a breeding buck for me with Fudge and Rag. (Don't shout. I just love tans and never wanted more than a litter a year!)After putting Smudge to both Rag and Fudge with neither gettin pregnant we figured he was totally sterile. He pretty much was. Fudge never got pregnant and Rag only twice, 1 for 2 consecutive years. This was with Smudge being allowed to run with them quite often, though his drive was greatly gone as well as viability ruined.
The damage never changed my lovely boy's nature, though I'd not blame him if it had. we reported it, but nothing ever came of it.
Lock up your bunnies well. Use the strongest mesh you can for their cages/runs. Never leave them alone to free range.
There are too many sick and twisted
in this worl who take pleasure in causing people and animals suffering. Never think it wont be you, it could be and you'll never know why.
