Couldn't decide which of my 21 bunnies to tell a story about. Thought I would tell Eve's story as it is such a typical story of how a bunny ends up being rescued.
Eve was born at a rabbit Breeders at Easter 2000 and was chosen as a pet for a young girl who named her Sooty as she was a small black upeared bunny. She lived with her new family for only a few short months, by which time the girl had grown tired of her as she didn't realy do much :? and it was tiresome to clean her out .
It was decided to pass Sooty on to a 12 year old girl they knew who also wanted a pet bunny. After the initial excitement, this girl too grew tired of Sooty. Her small hutch was placed on the ground in the rubbish corner of the garden surrounded by bikes, toys, garden equipment and bags of garden rubbish. Her hutch was dark and not cleaned out regularly. In winter no provision was made for protection from the elements. Sooty was fed when they remembered and often went without food for days, only having straw to eat. She never had veggies and the dry food was damp and of the very heavily mollassed variety-very bad for the teeth. She was never let out of the hutch for excercise.
All of this was watched by a neighbour who herself owned a very pampered bunny. The neighbour was very upset and often offered food for the bunny if she saw the young girl in the garden, just to make sure she got something.
Eventualy the girls father moved a girlfriend in to live with them. This woman was an animal lover and was most upset at how the rabbit was treated. The neighbour saw her chance to sudgest to someone who cared, that the bunny should be re-homed. The woman agread to talk to the girl and Sooty was soon on her way to live with me.
Just in time too as by 3 years of age the real problems of bad diet etc were just begining to cause problems. Not long after she arrived her teeth had to be burred down. The vet was disgusted at the state of her mouth. If I feel along her jaw line it is very jagged as the teeth have never grown properly and are malacluded. Her eyes are also an ongoing problem and need flushing and drops regularly. She also has a sticky bottom which has to a large extent responded to good diet but can still be a problem at times as she is not chewing her food properly with her problem teeth.
I have renamed her Eve and she is a very happy, affectionate bunny and loves binkying round her run and playing with her teddy. Every night at bedtime she pops her head out of her cage, shuts her eyes and waits for head rubs .
Eve was born at a rabbit Breeders at Easter 2000 and was chosen as a pet for a young girl who named her Sooty as she was a small black upeared bunny. She lived with her new family for only a few short months, by which time the girl had grown tired of her as she didn't realy do much :? and it was tiresome to clean her out .
It was decided to pass Sooty on to a 12 year old girl they knew who also wanted a pet bunny. After the initial excitement, this girl too grew tired of Sooty. Her small hutch was placed on the ground in the rubbish corner of the garden surrounded by bikes, toys, garden equipment and bags of garden rubbish. Her hutch was dark and not cleaned out regularly. In winter no provision was made for protection from the elements. Sooty was fed when they remembered and often went without food for days, only having straw to eat. She never had veggies and the dry food was damp and of the very heavily mollassed variety-very bad for the teeth. She was never let out of the hutch for excercise.
All of this was watched by a neighbour who herself owned a very pampered bunny. The neighbour was very upset and often offered food for the bunny if she saw the young girl in the garden, just to make sure she got something.
Eventualy the girls father moved a girlfriend in to live with them. This woman was an animal lover and was most upset at how the rabbit was treated. The neighbour saw her chance to sudgest to someone who cared, that the bunny should be re-homed. The woman agread to talk to the girl and Sooty was soon on her way to live with me.
Just in time too as by 3 years of age the real problems of bad diet etc were just begining to cause problems. Not long after she arrived her teeth had to be burred down. The vet was disgusted at the state of her mouth. If I feel along her jaw line it is very jagged as the teeth have never grown properly and are malacluded. Her eyes are also an ongoing problem and need flushing and drops regularly. She also has a sticky bottom which has to a large extent responded to good diet but can still be a problem at times as she is not chewing her food properly with her problem teeth.
I have renamed her Eve and she is a very happy, affectionate bunny and loves binkying round her run and playing with her teddy. Every night at bedtime she pops her head out of her cage, shuts her eyes and waits for head rubs .