Bionic Bunny
Alpha Buck
I work at a visitors farm and although the rabbits and guinea pigs aren't treated cruely they tend to get a bit neglected (very complicated but basically 2 grown women are incapable of looking after them!) Whenever I go up I weigh and health check them all with one of the other girls who works Sundays. There is one particular rabbit who has been having fits. We aren't sure how frequently but they had been observed by staff a few times. The rest of the time she is very chilled out and if anything is very quiet compared to her sisters as the whole group were not handled enough as babies. This particular rabbit is also very overweight and seems to continually gain weight even though she is not fed that much dry food and has to share a bowl with 3 other rabbits. As a result of this she has a digusting bum which I get the pleasure of cleaning! The two problems are probably not related but I wondered if anyone had any ideas. The farm physically cannot afford to take her to the vet unless she is life-threatening ill, and probably wouldn't anyway! She is fed on ad lib hay and limited science selective and it took me 5 years to get the rabbits diet changed off a 9% fibre mix so changing her diet really isn't an option, they won't do it!