RABBIT ATTACK>horrible accident :( :( :(

Well what a **** day i had yesterday.

A friend of ours dropped up some hazel branches for the bunnies. We have four bunnies in two seperate three teir hutches [home made] They live in a summer house and in general we never have any problems as such. However yesterday my OH made a terrible mistake.

When he put the hazel branches in each hutch he didnt shut either hutch correctly

Alex was indoors with us [having her indoor playtime with out gizmo because she is territorial] . However when OH took alex back he seen that both hutches were open. Gizmo our Gummy bunny was on the floor and yoshi and tiggs were in their hutch. He rushed in to find fur and patches of blood on the floor.
On picking gizmo up he rushed in to me and told me to phone the vet. Gizmo was bleeding from the mouth and was in shock.
We wrapped him in a blacket and rushed him to the vets.

The vet preformed emerency surgery on Gizmo and said what had happened was one of the other two must have jumped out of their hutch and lunged at gizmo - grabbing him under the chin and through his droopy bottom lip [droppy because of no insiors] and pulled hard!!! She said he was in shock and that she had stitched him from inside his mouth right round and under his chin. The biggest risk factors now are infection or if he looses blood supply then that could cause his chin to drop off She is hopeful it wont but he will be watched closely. Luckily they did no other damage other than the mouth. it could have been a lot worse.

Now although Gizmo looks a mess and must be uncomfortable he is eatting already and seemed to settle with his partner alex very quickly. The vet gave us all his meds via injection so we dont have to touch his mouth. i am hoping that he continues to improve over the next 48hrs.

As you can imagine my OH is heart broken that he didnt shut the hutches but as i said to him it was an accident. In a way it is lucky it was Gizmo down there not alex because she would have been able to fight back and i think the injuries then could have been fatal

we dont know which bunny out of Yoshi & Tiggs did the attack but both of them are fine with not a mark, not a little scratch or anything.

Please send get well vibes for Gizmo. He is a fighter at heart and is battleing his way through the pain :shock:

Sending mega vibes to Gizmo for a full recovery.

At leat it was spotted quickly and acted on. If he needs more meds, ask your vet how to give via injection it is less stressful (especially with his poor ickle mouth).

We had a similar incident where my hubby didn't realise a gate was part open in the garden partition, luckily he saw Katy running towards Cassie but he did have to dive and rugby tackle her before she got to Cassie as she is that quick.:lol: No harm was done luckily enough but it is easily done.

Oh no.Poor Gizmo I hope he is feeling better soon.x

Hope Gizmo feels better soon xxx

hoping Gizmo is much better this morning -

we have actually had two instances of mouth attack (so to speak) - in one case an escapee like yours and in another through the wire of a run (goodness knows how they managed it).

In both instances it healed remarkably well.

Get well soon Gizmo.

oh no, poor gizmo sending vibes xx

Oh poor Gizmo, hope he feels better soon xxx

Poor Gizmo . Sending vibes for a speedy recovery.

Hope Gizmo is feeling alot better.

i had a similar occurence at the beginning of the year & my bun had her nose flap hanging off, it sickened me to think it happened to her whilst in my care, but like yourself we went straight to the emergency vet & had it stitched & she made such a beautiful recovery that now you wouldn't know it had happened. Hope Gizmo makes the same successful recovery

You poor souls, hope Gizmo is back to normal soon.

Hope Gizmo makes a full recovery. Sending lots of vibes xx

Lots of recovery vibes for Gizmo xxxx