parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
So a while ago we were contacted by someone who had been given what they thought was a wildie - after it had been found inside a town centre pub by their father/ex husband. [NB I HAVE queried this story but do now believe it - suspect rabbit had been caught by something and escaped and become disorientated somehow - though NO parks near that area of town).
I went round to see it at their house and confirmed it was a wildie, estimated it was about 9 months or so, but did no more, it was in the girls lap all the time and I did not want to scare it. . They had already taken it to a vet for a health check. They were wanting to keep it, and were hoping it would bond with their house bun . . they took it back to the vet gave it its myxi jab and then later again to same vet for its VHD.
It wouldn't bond with their house bun (neutered male) and so a few days ago (after they had had it just over 2 months) they contacted me again and said would I take it as I had Pippin our hand reared male wildie and he would like a nice wildie female . . .
So it came here a couple of days ago and we tried a slow bond process, but Pippin was being very unfriendly (uncharacteristically) . .
They had a real chasing session this morning and I said (jokingly) to Steve - perhaps we best check that this IS a girl!!!
Upended the bun and lo and behold . . . . PLUMS!!!
THREE vet visits and it was wrongly sexed each time!!!:shock::shock::shock: They are large and well developed plums - and I suspect the bun is about 9 months old (its bigger than Pippin) so its not as though they've only just dropped in the last day or so . . .
Thank god I don't use their vets . . . Have rung the original people to tell them to swap their vets:lol::lol::lol:
Now what am I meant to do with a 2nd wildie male??????
[before anyone says let it free . . . although I agree thats what should have been done when it was first found, its now been in close human company for about 10 weeks - I really don't think its an option any more - especially as we have no idea how on earth it got into a city pub so would not know where to release it].
I went round to see it at their house and confirmed it was a wildie, estimated it was about 9 months or so, but did no more, it was in the girls lap all the time and I did not want to scare it. . They had already taken it to a vet for a health check. They were wanting to keep it, and were hoping it would bond with their house bun . . they took it back to the vet gave it its myxi jab and then later again to same vet for its VHD.
It wouldn't bond with their house bun (neutered male) and so a few days ago (after they had had it just over 2 months) they contacted me again and said would I take it as I had Pippin our hand reared male wildie and he would like a nice wildie female . . .
So it came here a couple of days ago and we tried a slow bond process, but Pippin was being very unfriendly (uncharacteristically) . .
They had a real chasing session this morning and I said (jokingly) to Steve - perhaps we best check that this IS a girl!!!
Upended the bun and lo and behold . . . . PLUMS!!!
THREE vet visits and it was wrongly sexed each time!!!:shock::shock::shock: They are large and well developed plums - and I suspect the bun is about 9 months old (its bigger than Pippin) so its not as though they've only just dropped in the last day or so . . .
Thank god I don't use their vets . . . Have rung the original people to tell them to swap their vets:lol::lol::lol:
Now what am I meant to do with a 2nd wildie male??????
[before anyone says let it free . . . although I agree thats what should have been done when it was first found, its now been in close human company for about 10 weeks - I really don't think its an option any more - especially as we have no idea how on earth it got into a city pub so would not know where to release it].
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