Rescue rabbit or guinea pig of the month

[wrgpsos-jo]

This little lady piggy was handed into the rescue within hours of giving birth! as the family who had her didn't know what to do!!
Unfortunetly 3 of the babies didn't make it so Caroline hand reared the remaining 2.
4 weeks on and mum (Julie) and babies are going strong

[Foofy]

Thank you to Warwickshire Rabbit & Guinea Pig SOS for your entries

[Foofy]

This entry is on behalf of Tameside Rescue

Tameside Rabbit and Guinea Pig would like to enter Penny.
This is little Penny and she lost the use of her back legs aged just 1 week old. She was fine one day and the next day unable to move them. She would drag them at the back her and had no strength in them for around a week. Penny continued to eat and enjoy mums milk. She has now had a lot of time and attention spent on her as she was unable to toilet herself properly and was constantly wet. This resulted in daily baths, also able to exercise her in the water and massages - shes now regaining the use of them. We hope that in time she will regain the movement correctly – however due to the unknown reason for her paralysis , we will be unable to rehome her and have decided to keep her and her mum together here at the rescue where we can continue to pay for vet care and give her the medical treatment she needs.
21430065_1553214538034511_11665400347379704_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21369189_1553214544701177_7885944246402975037_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21317578_1553214561367842_3173692669579761850_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
20708302_1553214531367845_8028573479327796711_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[Foofy]

This entry is on behalf of Honeybunnies Rescue

Can we put Bran forward please? He was found having been dumped in a car park, was thin and scraggy on arrival and has stayed that way, we had him neutered and what had appeared to be an infected testicle was in fact part of his bladder.
He seems to have had a deformity as when opened up his bladder was through a gap in his abdominal wall. The gap was not a tear, he may have been born with it.
So clever vet Amy pulled the bladder back up into place and put a stitch to hold it there, then dealt with the gap. He took a while to recover but is now fit but as said still a bit thin and very food driven. He is lively and is looking for a VERY secure home! pics below

22014700_10155080013519423_2128214611_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21942434_10155080016904423_1066182034_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21979362_10155080017594423_1169139422_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[tabithakat64]

Entry on behalf of rabbit Residence rescue
Meet Tate he was being advertised on preloved for free along with his brother Lyle as his owners could not take care of them.
Usual story, tiny hutch, in appropriate diet with little hay.
Sadly the owner had taken Tate to her vet only to be told he needed to be fed separately from his brother but was otherwise healthy.
It was evident from the photos that Tate was very ill.
He weighed just 1kg, his healthy brother weighs two and a half times that
On examination he not only has an eye infection, as suspected he also has awful dental disease and tests showed that he has liver issues. Despite this he's a bright little fella who adores attention
https://plus.google.com/116595173107492 ... XmQc1qbhEc

[Foofy]

Thanks for entering Tate [emoji3]

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[sdf76]

Good luck to all the entries. I hope their health problems all improve.
It's a shame that a qualified vet was unable to realise that 1kg is a very low weight for an adult rabbit I have heard that vets only got 2 weeks training on rabbits?... I do hope that has improved today? Rabbits are the third most popular UK pets, so you would hope that the amount of vet training would take that into consideration.
sue:)

[Foofy]

The Pledge a Pound Team are busy deciding on the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for October The winner will be announced soon watch this space

[Foofy]

The Pledge a Pound Team have now chosen the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for October and it is Penny the guinea pig from Tameside Rescue see her story and pictures below.

Penny wins a £20.00 supermarket gift card for the Rescue to buy her and the other rabbits and guinea pigs some goodies.

This entry is on behalf of Tameside Rescue

Tameside Rabbit and Guinea Pig would like to enter Penny.
This is little Penny and she lost the use of her back legs aged just 1 week old. She was fine one day and the next day unable to move them. She would drag them at the back her and had no strength in them for around a week. Penny continued to eat and enjoy mums milk. She has now had a lot of time and attention spent on her as she was unable to toilet herself properly and was constantly wet. This resulted in daily baths, also able to exercise her in the water and massages - shes now regaining the use of them. We hope that in time she will regain the movement correctly – however due to the unknown reason for her paralysis , we will be unable to rehome her and have decided to keep her and her mum together here at the rescue where we can continue to pay for vet care and give her the medical treatment she needs.
21430065_1553214538034511_11665400347379704_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21369189_1553214544701177_7885944246402975037_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
21317578_1553214561367842_3173692669579761850_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
20708302_1553214531367845_8028573479327796711_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[Foofy]

As we have now announced the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for October- Penny the guinea pig from Tameside Rescue, we are now opening up this thread for entries for the November Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the Month.

All our 21 Rescues are welcome to enter, even if you have won before. Your entry must include the animal/s story and at least 1 photo (but more is good), you have until midnight on 31st October to get your entries in here. Entries can only be accepted from the 21 Rescues/Sanctuaries that Pledge a Pound supports, and must be placed as a reply to this thread.

Only one entry per Rescue please.

Your entry can be a single rabbit or guinea pig, or it can be a pair or group that live together.

The winner will be chosen by the Pledge a Pound Team at the beginning of November and will win a £20.00 supermarket gift card for the Rescue to buy greens, herbs, supplies etc for the winner and the other animals at their Rescue

If anyone needs help uploading photos to the forum please let me know.