sarahbarnsley
Mama Doe
This morning I am feeling like a terrible bunny owner.
Gus & Lola are my semi-bonded pair. They sometimes get on great but Lola is very terratorial over food and as she weighs more than twice as much as Gus, they dont live together. Instead they are seperated by a baby-gate and socialise under supervision.
On Tuesay night I put a barrier up in the living room to do the hoovering. I heard a bang and when I went into the living room found Lola & Gus fighting. Lola must have cleared the settee to get to Gus and his spring greens. I split them up and checked them over and found nothing. I then found a piece of Gus' fur behind the settee with a small piece of skin on it.
By this point I was panicking so I checked Gus again and found what I thought was the injury (a sore spot on his tummy). I cleaned this with salt water and checked him again at bed time.
On Wednesay morning whilst checking him again I found what was the real injury, which was a mark about the size of 20p piece next to his tail. It didnt look too bad so I cleaned it and went to work. When I came home it was looking quite sore so I cleaned it again and decided to get the vet to check it in the morning when she burred his teeth. Big mistake - he should have gone to the vets there and then.
Yesterday morning the vet checked Gus -she shaved some of his fur as the wound was infected and the infection was spreading. He ended up needed 8 stitches poor bunny and is on antibiotics. I feel awful, I thought it wasnt too bad and I could keep it clean. I have learned 2 lessons though, that I will never leave them unsupervised even with a barrier and I will always go straight to the vets if something like this happens again.
The worst thing is that I'm going to Greece for a week on Sat and I'm dreading leaving him. But the lady he boards with is taking him indoors and I know she will take good care of him.
Our vet was great as ever, not only did she do a great job of cleaning up the wound, she also managed to get me a discount as he was having two ops in the same day.
Gus incidentally has taken it all in his stride as usual. This morning he's been skipping about, throwing his seagrass mat around the bedroom and when I left he was fast asleep in his tunnel.
Sorry about the length of this post, I just feel so bad about letting my poor bunster down.
Gus & Lola are my semi-bonded pair. They sometimes get on great but Lola is very terratorial over food and as she weighs more than twice as much as Gus, they dont live together. Instead they are seperated by a baby-gate and socialise under supervision.
On Tuesay night I put a barrier up in the living room to do the hoovering. I heard a bang and when I went into the living room found Lola & Gus fighting. Lola must have cleared the settee to get to Gus and his spring greens. I split them up and checked them over and found nothing. I then found a piece of Gus' fur behind the settee with a small piece of skin on it.
By this point I was panicking so I checked Gus again and found what I thought was the injury (a sore spot on his tummy). I cleaned this with salt water and checked him again at bed time.
On Wednesay morning whilst checking him again I found what was the real injury, which was a mark about the size of 20p piece next to his tail. It didnt look too bad so I cleaned it and went to work. When I came home it was looking quite sore so I cleaned it again and decided to get the vet to check it in the morning when she burred his teeth. Big mistake - he should have gone to the vets there and then.
Yesterday morning the vet checked Gus -she shaved some of his fur as the wound was infected and the infection was spreading. He ended up needed 8 stitches poor bunny and is on antibiotics. I feel awful, I thought it wasnt too bad and I could keep it clean. I have learned 2 lessons though, that I will never leave them unsupervised even with a barrier and I will always go straight to the vets if something like this happens again.
The worst thing is that I'm going to Greece for a week on Sat and I'm dreading leaving him. But the lady he boards with is taking him indoors and I know she will take good care of him.
Our vet was great as ever, not only did she do a great job of cleaning up the wound, she also managed to get me a discount as he was having two ops in the same day.
Gus incidentally has taken it all in his stride as usual. This morning he's been skipping about, throwing his seagrass mat around the bedroom and when I left he was fast asleep in his tunnel.
Sorry about the length of this post, I just feel so bad about letting my poor bunster down.