Hiya 
I just wanted to let you know about our beautiful little Isis (Grey Lionhead) Doe, who looks just like a cuddly Koala Bear
Isis has been living very happily with two other Lionheads Buttons, and Lady Guinivere for over a year now without their ever being any problems.
A few days ago, I opened up the gazebo and discovered to my absolute horror a trail of blood leading uo into the hutch area above
I opened the bunnies house up and discovered our darling Isis had been attacked and mauled badly Her nose had been bitten in two her eye lid had been torn her ears had been badly nibbled and she was shaking from head to toe
I could see her fur had been pulled out, and Lady G had some around her mouth so I knew who the culprit was
I gathered up our trembling little darling, and prepared a carrier to take Isis to the vets as she obviously needed surgery to stick her back together again.
I am delighted to say that Isis came through both the trauma of the attack, and the surgery and is making a great recovery, though she is now living by herself till she heals. I will introduce her to a buddy, or group elsewhere in the Spring, but am making a lot of fuss of her in the meantime and she has been promoted to housebunny status :wink:
I wanted to tell you about this, as it illustrates how important it is to regularly check your bunnies for any injuries, even if they appear happily settled with a buddy or in a group.
It has been very upsetting as you can imagine, but we truly had no warning this would happen, it is just rabbits being rabbits for you :roll:
Other news here, is that our young Angora rescue Mauna-Kea, has had white discharge from her nostril for three weeks :? , The vet popped Mauna on antibiotics having examined her nose and found nothing out of the ordinary. After a couple of weeks I was not convinced it was just an infection, so got the torch out and had a good rummage up Maunas nose :shock: :shock: :lol: I spotted something embedded in the lining of Maunas nostril, and took her back to the vets to show her where I had seen the thingy up Maunas nose :shock: :lol: :lol: The vet agreed it was a foreign object, gave Mauna a whiff of gas there and then, and a good old flush of the eyes and sinuses brought a huge thorn out of Maunas nose :shock: :shock: So we are hopeful that has done the trick, and Mauna seems a LOT better this morning, really lively and back to her cheeky self
All in all, it has been a very busy few weeks here at the Sanctuary, and we now have 50 rabbits in residence for the Christmas period, so had better get back to my labours of love :wink:
Isis and Mauna-Kea send their love, and hope in return you will send some healing vibes to them so they can continue a positive recovery.
Best wishes
Adele
I just wanted to let you know about our beautiful little Isis (Grey Lionhead) Doe, who looks just like a cuddly Koala Bear
Isis has been living very happily with two other Lionheads Buttons, and Lady Guinivere for over a year now without their ever being any problems.
A few days ago, I opened up the gazebo and discovered to my absolute horror a trail of blood leading uo into the hutch area above
I opened the bunnies house up and discovered our darling Isis had been attacked and mauled badly
Her nose had been bitten in two her eye lid had been torn her ears had been badly nibbled and she was shaking from head to toe I could see her fur had been pulled out, and Lady G had some around her mouth so I knew who the culprit was
I gathered up our trembling little darling, and prepared a carrier to take Isis to the vets as she obviously needed surgery to stick her back together again.
I am delighted to say that Isis came through both the trauma of the attack, and the surgery and is making a great recovery, though she is now living by herself till she heals. I will introduce her to a buddy, or group elsewhere in the Spring, but am making a lot of fuss of her in the meantime and she has been promoted to housebunny status :wink:
I wanted to tell you about this, as it illustrates how important it is to regularly check your bunnies for any injuries, even if they appear happily settled with a buddy or in a group.
It has been very upsetting as you can imagine, but we truly had no warning this would happen, it is just rabbits being rabbits for you :roll:
Other news here, is that our young Angora rescue Mauna-Kea, has had white discharge from her nostril for three weeks :? , The vet popped Mauna on antibiotics having examined her nose and found nothing out of the ordinary. After a couple of weeks I was not convinced it was just an infection, so got the torch out and had a good rummage up Maunas nose :shock: :shock: :lol: I spotted something embedded in the lining of Maunas nostril, and took her back to the vets to show her where I had seen the thingy up Maunas nose :shock: :lol: :lol: The vet agreed it was a foreign object, gave Mauna a whiff of gas there and then, and a good old flush of the eyes and sinuses brought a huge thorn out of Maunas nose :shock: :shock: So we are hopeful that has done the trick, and Mauna seems a LOT better this morning, really lively and back to her cheeky self
All in all, it has been a very busy few weeks here at the Sanctuary, and we now have 50 rabbits in residence for the Christmas period, so had better get back to my labours of love :wink:
Isis and Mauna-Kea send their love, and hope in return you will send some healing vibes to them so they can continue a positive recovery.
Best wishes
Adele
