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So sad!

Lind80

Mama Doe
We often get cases into the surgery that are sad and animals that haven't been looked after properly :( but last week I saw one of the saddest cases I have seen since working in practice.

A giant cross female rabbit, just under a year old, weighing 1.8kg :shock: I have never seen such a thin rabbit! She was absolutely emaciated! She was so weak that she swayed as she sat still :( She was to weak to hop, she just pulled herself along :( She had an abscess the size of a tennis ball :shock: Her hocks were so sore and bleeding and were really swollen where they had become infected :( She had urine scalding all down her back legs and sticky poo stuck all round her back end :( How this rabbit didn't have fly strike I don't know! She was such a friendly little thing it was absolutely heart wrenching treating her :cry: The vets in the practice said they had never seen me so quiet and upset about a case. I was absolutely gobsmacked that someone could leave an animal in this state :evil:

She was set up on a drip with painkillers and antibiotics, but just kept going down hill. In the end she started crying so she was put to sleep :cry:

To think that nothing can be done about these cases is awful :evil: I hate this part of my job :cry:
 
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww what a sad story, :cry: :cry: How can some people have pets and treat them so badly :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
Was it the owners that brought the bun in?

If so do you call the RSPCA?

Some people are so heartless.

I don't know why people do this to their animals.
 
nicole said:
Was it the owners that brought the bun in?

If so do you call the RSPCA?

Some people are so heartless.

I don't know why people do this to their animals.

The RSPCA can't do anything if someone takes an animal into a veterinary surgery, as they have taken the firt step to getting their animal treated :roll:
 
Many people have shared horrible stories on these forums, but I don't think any story has got me like this one. I am sitting here, unable to cry, but with a chill down my back and shaky hands.

I can;t begin to imagine the pain that poor bunny was going through, but to hear that she was crying is just too horrible to bear.

Binky free little one and I hope you find some peace now.

And as for the owner......... :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
 
oh my goodness.. that is sooo sad.. the poor bunny.. Im pleased it was able to have a chance of treatment and put out of its misery. I cant imagine doing such a job :cry: :cry: Binky free bunny :cry:
 
It is so sad.

I have had rabbits bought in here infested with maggots (flystrike) when the owners notice maggots all over them. Instead of getting it to a vets they bring it to a rescue so that they aren't faced with a vet bill.
The last time this happened I just looked them square in the face and asked if they would let their child get into this state? They had no answer, just that ...'that was what I was there for.'

People will never change sadly and animals are always thought of as inferior.

Emma
 
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