Frankie28
Young Bun
It is a rather complicated, long story but I have ended up taking in another bun. She currently doesn't have a name (any suggestions welcome) and is a sweet little thing. We think she is about two but that's just at a guess. She has been taken out of a situation where she wasn't getting the care she needed-no food, water, tiny enclosure etc. The poor girl has a very bad case of mites and is alarmingly underweight. She also has sores on her feet from standing in urine. I'm afraid she had no bedding at all, just a plastic tray.
She has been to the vets and she is having a course of injections to treat the mites. Apart from her weight and mites, she seems in good health and is fairly bright in herself. Once she is stronger I will get her vaccinated, spayed etc.
She is nibbling at hay but I think she has mainly lived on a pellet diet, when she has been fed that is. I have been sprinkling pellets through it to encourage her. Are there any other hay tempting tips?
I was wondering if anyone had any advice for weight gain. Obviously I must be very careful not to shock her system, but I was just wondering on pellet amounts and whether I can give her anything else to help? She of course has ad-lib access to hay and she has a bowl of readigrass.
She is completely on vet bed as her feet are so sore. She sits in a very peculiar way and folds her front feet so she is sitting on the back of them if that makes sense? I think they are far too sore to put pressure on. The vet seemed to think these would heal in time and obviously now that she is on bedding. I wondered also if there was anything I could do to help this?
I may possibly end up bonding her with my two, although a local rescue has said they could take her. At the moment the most important thing is getting her back to full health as she is not out of the woods yet.
Here she is-
She has been to the vets and she is having a course of injections to treat the mites. Apart from her weight and mites, she seems in good health and is fairly bright in herself. Once she is stronger I will get her vaccinated, spayed etc.
She is nibbling at hay but I think she has mainly lived on a pellet diet, when she has been fed that is. I have been sprinkling pellets through it to encourage her. Are there any other hay tempting tips?
I was wondering if anyone had any advice for weight gain. Obviously I must be very careful not to shock her system, but I was just wondering on pellet amounts and whether I can give her anything else to help? She of course has ad-lib access to hay and she has a bowl of readigrass.
She is completely on vet bed as her feet are so sore. She sits in a very peculiar way and folds her front feet so she is sitting on the back of them if that makes sense? I think they are far too sore to put pressure on. The vet seemed to think these would heal in time and obviously now that she is on bedding. I wondered also if there was anything I could do to help this?
I may possibly end up bonding her with my two, although a local rescue has said they could take her. At the moment the most important thing is getting her back to full health as she is not out of the woods yet.
Here she is-