Schez
Mama Doe
As many are aware, I rescued a bunny and collected her on Wednesday... She wasn't in the healthiest of conditions... (Not as bad as what some poor rescues are faced with, but enough to conclude unintentional neglect)
We named her Phoebe.
She's 2.5 years (maybe) white with beautiful black markings - really not sure on breed, (English spot in there maybe) nor was vet, though she did confirm Phoebe was a girl.
The poor girl smelt bad and was rather stressed out with everything. Her bottom was caked in poo. She was bottom bathed that night and taken into the vets the next day (after the receptionist realising I was Reggie's mummy :roll:) We must have done an ok job as the vet didn't feel the need to give further treatment for her bottom and gave her an injection to help her gut get moving properly again.
She's really not handling being stroked, she boxes... But quiet perseverance and she relaxes into it and chatters her teeth. Last night she was inquisitive enough to hop out her pen and investigate... She found a place to squeeze into and flop.
She responds to my voice when I'm sitting outside her pen by stretching out, so I'm guessing this is positive. :thumb:
She's moulting rather a lot so I spend time grooming her and talking/singing to her each night and it seems that she's appreciative of this gesture. Enough fluff came off her to stuff a small cushion... :lol:
I've been just observing her a lot to be honest. I know this will sound weird, but she looks "front heavy" and her front legs look a bit odd... Almost look as if they are at an angle... ??? Maybe it's just my eyes but her movements look different to that of my healthy buns...??
I have contacted the previous owner as I think I did a good job in building some trust with this woman - she said she would like updates and so I've told her about the vet visit etc (politely but hopefully making a point) ... Strange that I haven't had a response... :roll:
I promise I will add pictures to this post later, but my lovely girl is hard to photograph plus I've just got the iPad camera which doesn't take the best shots.
Thank you to everyone for sending vibes that night, I was feeling rather emotional.
We named her Phoebe.
She's 2.5 years (maybe) white with beautiful black markings - really not sure on breed, (English spot in there maybe) nor was vet, though she did confirm Phoebe was a girl.
The poor girl smelt bad and was rather stressed out with everything. Her bottom was caked in poo. She was bottom bathed that night and taken into the vets the next day (after the receptionist realising I was Reggie's mummy :roll:) We must have done an ok job as the vet didn't feel the need to give further treatment for her bottom and gave her an injection to help her gut get moving properly again.
She's really not handling being stroked, she boxes... But quiet perseverance and she relaxes into it and chatters her teeth. Last night she was inquisitive enough to hop out her pen and investigate... She found a place to squeeze into and flop.
She responds to my voice when I'm sitting outside her pen by stretching out, so I'm guessing this is positive. :thumb:
She's moulting rather a lot so I spend time grooming her and talking/singing to her each night and it seems that she's appreciative of this gesture. Enough fluff came off her to stuff a small cushion... :lol:
I've been just observing her a lot to be honest. I know this will sound weird, but she looks "front heavy" and her front legs look a bit odd... Almost look as if they are at an angle... ??? Maybe it's just my eyes but her movements look different to that of my healthy buns...??
I have contacted the previous owner as I think I did a good job in building some trust with this woman - she said she would like updates and so I've told her about the vet visit etc (politely but hopefully making a point) ... Strange that I haven't had a response... :roll:
I promise I will add pictures to this post later, but my lovely girl is hard to photograph plus I've just got the iPad camera which doesn't take the best shots.
Thank you to everyone for sending vibes that night, I was feeling rather emotional.