Inimical Me
Wise Old Thumper
I was laid on the sofa watching TV after having a couple of drinks, when I heard Bea suddenly make a mad dash around her run (she's in a rectangular run made of 2 of these together: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004QRKP5I/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). Usually she'd have free range of the front room whilst I'm in here with her but I'm moving house on Saturday so there is stuff everywhere.
When I heard her crashing around I jumped up and saw her at the far end of her run. It looked like she'd got one of her feet stuck in the bars and I ran over to free her. When I got near her she screamed (I know rabbits can scream but in 9 years of keeping rabbits I'd never heard it) and when I looked she had her HEAD stuck in the bars. I tried briefly to prise the bars apart but had to run and get my o/h out of bed to help me. Between the two of us we managed to prise the bars apart and force her head back through. One of the worst experiences of my life.
Bea seems ok in herself. She's hopping around and exploring, albeit more slowly than usual, and she's understandably off her food a bit (and I'm worried sick), I'm just so happy that I was in the room when it happened because I can't bear to think if I'd been asleep in the bedroom and found her 8 hours later in the morning.
I'm going to call the vet first thing and have her checked over to make sure everything is OK. I'll be staying up tonight to keep an eye on her . I've been in tears, I know she's a small bunny (1.4kg when I weighed her last week), but the bars of the run are no more than 1.75" wide, probably less, I can't believe she got her head stuck. Logically I know it was probably a freak accident but I feel worried about leaving her in there now. I feel guilty too, I took some panels out today and reduced the size from 9 foot to 6 foot temporarily to make room for all the boxes I've packed to move. If I hadn't, she'd probably have been able to have a mad panic without that happening.
I don't know what frightened her either. There were no loud noises of anything.
When I heard her crashing around I jumped up and saw her at the far end of her run. It looked like she'd got one of her feet stuck in the bars and I ran over to free her. When I got near her she screamed (I know rabbits can scream but in 9 years of keeping rabbits I'd never heard it) and when I looked she had her HEAD stuck in the bars. I tried briefly to prise the bars apart but had to run and get my o/h out of bed to help me. Between the two of us we managed to prise the bars apart and force her head back through. One of the worst experiences of my life.
Bea seems ok in herself. She's hopping around and exploring, albeit more slowly than usual, and she's understandably off her food a bit (and I'm worried sick), I'm just so happy that I was in the room when it happened because I can't bear to think if I'd been asleep in the bedroom and found her 8 hours later in the morning.
I'm going to call the vet first thing and have her checked over to make sure everything is OK. I'll be staying up tonight to keep an eye on her . I've been in tears, I know she's a small bunny (1.4kg when I weighed her last week), but the bars of the run are no more than 1.75" wide, probably less, I can't believe she got her head stuck. Logically I know it was probably a freak accident but I feel worried about leaving her in there now. I feel guilty too, I took some panels out today and reduced the size from 9 foot to 6 foot temporarily to make room for all the boxes I've packed to move. If I hadn't, she'd probably have been able to have a mad panic without that happening.
I don't know what frightened her either. There were no loud noises of anything.