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Just to let you know, on Tuesday of this week Goldie <dogpages forums> and I rescued 2 rabbits.
James and I went to her house in Deepcut to come up with a "plan" to make sure these rabbits would be safe.
In the end we walked around the "house in question" to check out the situation.
It became clear to me that the rabbits needed to leave that night. There was already a dead rabbit found in the hutch the day before.
Rather than take the law into our own hands we took the view that the owner quite clearly didn't care about them anyway so asking her for them wouldn't hurt. If she told us to bog off, well ...
We rang the bell.
We apologised for the intrusion, and asked about the rabbits.
OWNER "oh yeah... the rspca was around a few days ago"
"they can't take them for a few weeks."
HGL "I have room in my "rescue " for them and if the RSPCA are full they will only phone the rescues anyway. Shall I take them tonight?"
OWNER "I don't care. I'm moving to a flat next week anyway."
I didn't want to ask what she was going to do with them if the RSPCA didn't collect them before she left.
Anyway, Daisy Boo and Shannon are now safe.
When we opened the hutches I almost gagged. They reeked.
There was no water, no food, and and no bedding. The hutches were exposed to rain and wind for months until the rspca visit last week. They put a tarp on them and the neighbour told me it hadn't been lifted for days...
These rabbits feel like little skeletons in a bag of skin. Their nails were all growing out sideways. Their glands filled with black filth.
The only "blessing" is that neither were wounded. They were kept in 2 different hutches and could not fight over food the rare times it was available.
I think Daisy Boo is blind. She stands still and sways her chin from shoulder to shoulder. Constantly scanning. She can't see a hand making a flick movement at her face but can smell you are there,
At some point when they are healthy, spayed, jabbed and well balanced, I will be looking to re-home them.
I will post a new note for each of the girls when they are more photogenic and can describe their personalities after I get to know them better.
If anyone is interested in advance let me know.
The worst thing is that I can tell these rabbits were loved once. They are ever so tame and sweet. A military woman was called to another base overseas and had to leave her beloved buns with a neighbour. She didn't know if she would be back or posted in Germany for years. The neighbour said yes she'd take them and proceeded to starve them.
These girls just want a nice mummy again.
<edited for spelling>
James and I went to her house in Deepcut to come up with a "plan" to make sure these rabbits would be safe.
In the end we walked around the "house in question" to check out the situation.
It became clear to me that the rabbits needed to leave that night. There was already a dead rabbit found in the hutch the day before.
Rather than take the law into our own hands we took the view that the owner quite clearly didn't care about them anyway so asking her for them wouldn't hurt. If she told us to bog off, well ...
We rang the bell.
We apologised for the intrusion, and asked about the rabbits.
OWNER "oh yeah... the rspca was around a few days ago"
"they can't take them for a few weeks."
HGL "I have room in my "rescue " for them and if the RSPCA are full they will only phone the rescues anyway. Shall I take them tonight?"
OWNER "I don't care. I'm moving to a flat next week anyway."
I didn't want to ask what she was going to do with them if the RSPCA didn't collect them before she left.
Anyway, Daisy Boo and Shannon are now safe.
When we opened the hutches I almost gagged. They reeked.
There was no water, no food, and and no bedding. The hutches were exposed to rain and wind for months until the rspca visit last week. They put a tarp on them and the neighbour told me it hadn't been lifted for days...
These rabbits feel like little skeletons in a bag of skin. Their nails were all growing out sideways. Their glands filled with black filth.
The only "blessing" is that neither were wounded. They were kept in 2 different hutches and could not fight over food the rare times it was available.
I think Daisy Boo is blind. She stands still and sways her chin from shoulder to shoulder. Constantly scanning. She can't see a hand making a flick movement at her face but can smell you are there,
At some point when they are healthy, spayed, jabbed and well balanced, I will be looking to re-home them.
I will post a new note for each of the girls when they are more photogenic and can describe their personalities after I get to know them better.
If anyone is interested in advance let me know.
The worst thing is that I can tell these rabbits were loved once. They are ever so tame and sweet. A military woman was called to another base overseas and had to leave her beloved buns with a neighbour. She didn't know if she would be back or posted in Germany for years. The neighbour said yes she'd take them and proceeded to starve them.
These girls just want a nice mummy again.
<edited for spelling>