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Well Odin, you have been well and truly duped. You are going to the Dentist, they said. It’ll be fine they said. Then before you can say Humpty Hump your plums are whipped away :roll:
I think extra treats are the very least you should demand when you get home !!
Hope he makes a speedy recovery. If it is a healed fracture of his femur it sounds like it has been healed for more than a few weeks . He may have fractured it as a baby. Not uncommon in Giant Rabbits, especially if not housed appropriately.I doubt PAH would have much reliable history x
Thank you. I feel really awful, but I honestly would not have thought it could be something as serious as that with what we had. I don't know anything about his housing, but he was kept with a guinea pig, so they clearly weren't the most clued up owners - and there were a lot of things we didn't know, they couldn't even tell us if he had been vaccinated. No use crying over spilt milk though, it is what it is and it doesn't affect him now so I just need to find peace in my own mind and move on - and be (somehow) even more vigilant for the future. I do know that I have been trying to stay away from the vets in general because I can't go in, and I am sure that's why Odin's balls got missed, because I couldn't be sure my usual vet (who I do trust tremendously) had actually seen what we were seeing, I suspect Odin was "hiding" them when he went in. So it is hard, we took Freja when she was lame but I wasn't sure they were able to really examine her and see the problem, whereas if I could go in I could demonstrate the problems in seconds.
I love having animals who are trained in cooperative care, but it makes it immensely difficult when you can't be there to handle them and demonstrate.
Both Bunnies could not have a better home than the one you are giving them
Thank you, you've got me in tears, but that means the world to hear just now.
They are very lucky Bunnies, even though Odin may be submitting a written complaint to management regarding the theft of his jewels :lol: