Hi Guys
Sorry for yet another long one, I have acquired a very neglected bun and was wondering if anyone would be able to help me please.
I was back home in East Anglia this weekend for my Mum's hen night and my sister told me about her friend's rabbit.
Despite being friends with this woman for a while my sister was not even aware she had a rabbit. This is a children-have-got-bored-forgotten-about at-the-end-of-the-garden-bunny, but actually much worse.
This rabbit has never been given hay, was often left without food and water, was living in a stinking mess as she was hardly cleaned out, was NEVER allowed out of the hutch- she didn't have a run or go out in the garden. She was in a hutch so small that sis said if she layed down then she was stretched from one end to the other (she is a big bunny), the hutch had holes all over it so bunny kept escaping. Now the worst part of the story is that my sister's friend has two dogs who have KILLED two of her pet rabbits- they escaped from the hutch and were attacked. This woman doesn't seem to think this is a big deal. :evil:
Anyway, the upshot is that I have brought her home with me. She is absolutely terrified as she has hardly been handled. She is 2.5 years old, has not been neutered or vaccinated and has in fact never been to the vets, but I will take her this week as although she does actually seem ok I think she could do with a check up.
They could not even remember what her name was :evil:
She is grossly overweight- they say she's a girl, I didn't want to stress her out even more by checking but I'd say she probably is going by her enormous dewlap. Apparently they didn't like her because she would scratch when they tried to pick her up- well it would be pretty impossible for her not to do that with the length of her claws! :evil: If you look closely at her back feet in the pic below you can see how bad they were. I have now cut them.
Now to my question, she's in Hann's old dog crate for the moment, but could anyone take this bunn on? Do any rescues have any space for her at all please? I am in Nottingham.
Thank you xx
Here she is:
Her nail clippings:
Sorry for yet another long one, I have acquired a very neglected bun and was wondering if anyone would be able to help me please.
I was back home in East Anglia this weekend for my Mum's hen night and my sister told me about her friend's rabbit.
Despite being friends with this woman for a while my sister was not even aware she had a rabbit. This is a children-have-got-bored-forgotten-about at-the-end-of-the-garden-bunny, but actually much worse.
This rabbit has never been given hay, was often left without food and water, was living in a stinking mess as she was hardly cleaned out, was NEVER allowed out of the hutch- she didn't have a run or go out in the garden. She was in a hutch so small that sis said if she layed down then she was stretched from one end to the other (she is a big bunny), the hutch had holes all over it so bunny kept escaping. Now the worst part of the story is that my sister's friend has two dogs who have KILLED two of her pet rabbits- they escaped from the hutch and were attacked. This woman doesn't seem to think this is a big deal. :evil:
Anyway, the upshot is that I have brought her home with me. She is absolutely terrified as she has hardly been handled. She is 2.5 years old, has not been neutered or vaccinated and has in fact never been to the vets, but I will take her this week as although she does actually seem ok I think she could do with a check up.
They could not even remember what her name was :evil:
She is grossly overweight- they say she's a girl, I didn't want to stress her out even more by checking but I'd say she probably is going by her enormous dewlap. Apparently they didn't like her because she would scratch when they tried to pick her up- well it would be pretty impossible for her not to do that with the length of her claws! :evil: If you look closely at her back feet in the pic below you can see how bad they were. I have now cut them.
Now to my question, she's in Hann's old dog crate for the moment, but could anyone take this bunn on? Do any rescues have any space for her at all please? I am in Nottingham.
Thank you xx
Here she is:
Her nail clippings: