Vibes for the Foster Buns Please! (Pics!) UD p44 Marshall's Gone

Marshall and Josie both have ops today.

Marshall is having a tumour removed He's about 9 1/2 years old, so I'm a bit worried about the GA. The vet is confident she can remove it though. Sophie has gone with him to keep him company

Josie is in for her spay. She's finally put on enough weight and is well enough for it. Hopefully she'll be able to find herself a boyfriend and a forever home soon!

Some pics to focus your vibes on!

Marshall and Sophie, enjoying some noms...


You can see Marshall's tumour here...


Marshall enjoying some hawthorn...


Marshall in the bed he's destroyed!


Marshall on the 'grooming table' (the tumble dryer!)


Sophie enjoying some noms...


Josie enjoying some noms...










Josie looking chunky!








Josie having a kiss from mummy!


Josie wearing the readigrass!

aww vibes for them both! love the last pic with the hay on head!:lol:

Thank you Josie does get a little over excited about readigrass! :lol:

The vet said to call at 1pm if I haven't heard from them. I hate the waiting...

Aww good luck to them both. They look lovely x

vibes for them both today

Thank you

Hmm... I guess no news is good news? Time to call...

Josie is fine... Marshall hasn't had his tumour removed I don't know why. They said the vet will call me around 2pm to discuss.

Poor Marshall

Poor Marshall

Good news for Josie, she sure is a little stunner.

That's a pity for Marshall. Lots of vibes that all is right with him.

I've just spoken to the vet... and I'm a bit :shock:

Josie has no reproductive organs! No scar, or evidence they've been removed. Plus she has an 'abnormal vulva', or possibly a penis that hasn't formed completely?!

Her rectum and colon are extra large, and her caecum is 'pocketed'. She's quite deformed down there, which I guess explains her caecal problems and diarrhoea. Basically, she's a medical freak! :shock:

The vet thinks 'it' looks slightly more like a vulva than a penis, so we're sticking with female! :lol: Weird, considering I've read on here about two hermaphrodite bunnies in the last couple of weeks!

As for Marshall, the tumour has changed in the last week. Metacam has shrunk it slightly, but it's now more firmly attached to him. The vet doesn't think she can safely remove it. The surface has also ulcerated. He'll be on Metacam and Baytril until the ulceration settles, and then long term Metacam.

The vet thinks it will continue to grow. At some point it will affect his walking. She said best case, maybe 6 months, worst case maybe only a month or two. I'm heart broken, for Marshall, and for his loving wife Sophie I guess this will be his forever home now

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Oh that is so very very sad. But you are obviously a very caring person and Marshall has been so very lucky to have had you in his life. God Bless

Oh Helen I am so sorry about Marshall, how sad.

Josie :shock: how strange.

Im sorry it wasnt better news for Marshall, hes a gorgeous bun and also very sad for Sophie..

:shock: at Josie - I dont know what to say :lol:

Oh thats so sad Im so sorry

Thank you. I was expecting it all to go so smoothly. Wasn't expecting such a double shock!

I don't know how this will affect Josie's chances of finding a forever home. It was already difficult enough, with her not being able to eat veg or grass. How would another bun bond with her? I'm guessing since she has neither male or female reproductive organs that she won't have any sex hormones? Would another bun know what to make of her? How would she react to another bun?

Would anyone be willing to even take the risk of bonding her? I have no idea!

Captain Helen said:

Thank you. I was expecting it all to go so smoothly. Wasn't expecting such a double shock!

I don't know how this will affect Josie's chances of finding a forever home. It was already difficult enough, with her not being able to eat veg or grass. How would another bun bond with her? I'm guessing since she has neither male or female reproductive organs that she won't have any sex hormones? Would another bun know what to make of her? How would she react to another bun?

Would anyone be willing to even take the risk of bonding her? I have no idea!

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So essentially she hasn't been spayed or neutered ? :shock: But then again can't get pregnant or get a bunny pregnant. I wonder how her hormones work.

It wouldn't bother me if I was bonding. I guess the most difficult thing would be her feeding. But then again if she doesn't eat veg and grass it doesn't matter as the other bunny would eat it.

Barn Yard Bunnies said:

So essentially she hasn't been spayed or neutered ? :shock: But then again can't get pregnant or get a bunny pregnant. I wonder how her hormones work.

It wouldn't bother me if I was bonding. I guess the most difficult thing would be her feeding. But then again if she doesn't eat veg and grass it doesn't matter as the other bunny would eat it.

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There was nothing to remove, so they just stitched her back up! Hopefully she'll recover quicker.

I'm not sure how hormones work I think that if you don't have the sex organs you don't have the sex hormones? I could be very wrong about that!

I guess another rabbit would accept her like she was a baby? Maybe since she hasn't developed she's sort of in a permanent childlike state? All so confusing!

Poor Josie, doesn't know if she is Arthur or Martha but you are right she should heal more quickly as they haven't taken anything out. How bizarre. Wonder how that works with wild bunnies ? Least they won't be worried about children.

Maybe it's due to bad breeding, so it doesn't happen to wildies? I was so worried about her being pregnant the first month she was here! :lol:

Foster buns are all home now Marshall and Sophie are fine, well it was just a day out for them! Josie is looking very sorry for herself She's pooping, so she must have eaten at the vets, but she hasn't eaten here yet.

Oh, and I bumped into Zahirre and her partner at the vets!

Captain Helen said:

Maybe it's due to bad breeding, so it doesn't happen to wildies? I was so worried about her being pregnant the first month she was here! :lol:

Foster buns are all home now Marshall and Sophie are fine, well it was just a day out for them! Josie is looking very sorry for herself She's pooping, so she must have eaten at the vets, but she hasn't eaten here yet.

Oh, and I bumped into Zahirre and her partner at the vets!

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You did bump into us!!!!! Was great seeing you and I'm serious about another meet up! (or, maybe cos I'm so skint, a girlie-ish night in - can't be fully girly, you'll probably be drinking pints again! :lol: )

I am so sorry to hear about poor Marshall That really sucks. In all honesty though, you're an amazing foster mummy so it's fantastic that his forever home is with you!

Just have to say, Jo is LUSH Why I didn't go to Tower in the first place is beyond me! The receptionist has even said she's going to ask Jo to have a word with the partners about bun discounts for vacc's as there's so many of them! I'm sooooooooo glad you recommened them to us! Thank you soooooooo much

Huge hugs though for you and marshall xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx