As you may or may not know I work at a vets, I have seen some sad things and happy things. I feel I am spreading the word of rabbit welfare and several of our clients have got partners for their buns and changed housing and vaccinated due to my preaching
But yesterday a 7yr old bunny (new client) was brought in as he had died in his hutch from heat exhaustion. The owners had gone out and left him in the oven (hutch) for a few hours, when they got back they tried to give him water and put him on wet ground but it was too late. His younger partner was huddled in the other side of the hutch I felt so sorry for the bunny he looked like a real cutie. When I said goodbye to the owners I suggested ice pods and spritzing water onto the ears, I also suggested making the run more predator secure so that remaining bun didn't need to be "put away" in the heat. On a plus side they came in again today asking for rescue centres to get a new bunny from
Today I had to help the vet pick maggots off of a bunny with fly strike, he was a cute little nethie and it was a very distressing sight, I hadn't seen it before and I hope my buns never have to suffer like that! the owners were responsible and did actually use fly guard, the reason being the bun had a mucky bum and after talking to them it was because he was fed muesli so the vet adviced switching (gradually) to pellets to eliminate the mucky bum problem. Can we have vibes for Pom Pom I really hope he pulls through, he was a little fighter
It just makes all these things so very real and I get so sad for the little buns that are suffering.
But yesterday a 7yr old bunny (new client) was brought in as he had died in his hutch from heat exhaustion. The owners had gone out and left him in the oven (hutch) for a few hours, when they got back they tried to give him water and put him on wet ground but it was too late. His younger partner was huddled in the other side of the hutch I felt so sorry for the bunny he looked like a real cutie. When I said goodbye to the owners I suggested ice pods and spritzing water onto the ears, I also suggested making the run more predator secure so that remaining bun didn't need to be "put away" in the heat. On a plus side they came in again today asking for rescue centres to get a new bunny from
Today I had to help the vet pick maggots off of a bunny with fly strike, he was a cute little nethie and it was a very distressing sight, I hadn't seen it before and I hope my buns never have to suffer like that! the owners were responsible and did actually use fly guard, the reason being the bun had a mucky bum and after talking to them it was because he was fed muesli so the vet adviced switching (gradually) to pellets to eliminate the mucky bum problem. Can we have vibes for Pom Pom I really hope he pulls through, he was a little fighter
It just makes all these things so very real and I get so sad for the little buns that are suffering.