Re: Rescue rabbit or guinea pig of the month
Posted: 21 Mar 2015 22:21
We'd like to enter Tommy from RSPCA Walsall branch
Tommy is a beautiful mini lop male rabbit who arrived in foster care at RSPCA Walsall in a very awful state indeed. I went to collect some guinea pigs from a home (unwanted pets) and whilst there the 'owner' asked me to sex his rabbits. Little Tommy was sat in the corner of the rabbit pen. We sexed all the other bunnies, then Tommy last. As I picked Tommy up I realised something was seriously wrong. He was unresponsive, really floppy. He had nasty bite wounds above his tail, which had become infected and spread up his back and all down his side to under his chin. I urged the owner to sign him over into our care so we could get him emergency veterinary treatment. Tommy was taken straight to the emergency vets, the open wound was cleaned and we came away with metacam and depocillin injections. It took 4 very long weeks of daily antibiotics and abscess cleaning (which was clearly very uncomfortable for little Tommy) before we finally fought it off.
Tommy has since been neutered and vaccinated and was listed for adoption. Tommy went from a petrified rabbit to a confident, bouncy, cheeky little chap. He has so much personality and the trust he has in humans is amazing. I am just in the process of bonding him with his new little friend, Anna, ready to go to his forever home.
Tommy will always have a special place in my heart I am certain if we hadn't of taken him he would have died within days.
Slowly improving -
Tommy is a beautiful mini lop male rabbit who arrived in foster care at RSPCA Walsall in a very awful state indeed. I went to collect some guinea pigs from a home (unwanted pets) and whilst there the 'owner' asked me to sex his rabbits. Little Tommy was sat in the corner of the rabbit pen. We sexed all the other bunnies, then Tommy last. As I picked Tommy up I realised something was seriously wrong. He was unresponsive, really floppy. He had nasty bite wounds above his tail, which had become infected and spread up his back and all down his side to under his chin. I urged the owner to sign him over into our care so we could get him emergency veterinary treatment. Tommy was taken straight to the emergency vets, the open wound was cleaned and we came away with metacam and depocillin injections. It took 4 very long weeks of daily antibiotics and abscess cleaning (which was clearly very uncomfortable for little Tommy) before we finally fought it off.
Tommy has since been neutered and vaccinated and was listed for adoption. Tommy went from a petrified rabbit to a confident, bouncy, cheeky little chap. He has so much personality and the trust he has in humans is amazing. I am just in the process of bonding him with his new little friend, Anna, ready to go to his forever home.
Tommy will always have a special place in my heart I am certain if we hadn't of taken him he would have died within days.
Slowly improving -