Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the Month October 2019

[Foofy]

As we have now announced the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for September - Rupert from Bunny Burrows
see his story and photos here:-
https://www.pledgeapound.net/forum/view ... f=4&t=7749

We are now opening up this thread for entries for the October Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the Month.

All our 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 30th September to get your entries in here. Entries can only be accepted from the 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 October.

The winner will receive a prize of items to be sent to the Rescue such as Panacur, Fibreplex, critical care, etc and similar things that all rabbit/guinea pig Rescues use/need. The prize for October will be announced shortly.

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

[BabyBlueBeeBunnies]

We would like to enter little Buttercup for this month.

In March of this year we took in the bad welfare case which came to be known as The Balcony Buns. 14 rabbits kept in horrific conditions on a tiny balcony fighting and inbreeding. A mother rabbit of 6 months old who ended up having total of 6 litters, being attacked by other adult buns and her older children.

The team brought them safely to the rescue where they have had an abundance of care and exotic veterinary treatment. Sadly due to genetic issues and abnormalities, we lost a few little ones along the way. One of the buns also had to have his 4 incisors removed and a few of them have had to have ultrasound scans and blood & faecal tests done. All of them needed neutering and both sets of vaccinations. We built them a new kennel enclosure so they could live safely together away from all the other rabbits until they were ready for adoption. The supplies, vet trips and work that has went into these little totes has been immense. They have cost us thousands of pounds and 6 months of constant worry, work and vet trips.

But it has all been worth it to see them where they are now. Most of them are now happy in their forever homes and the others are hopping off in the next few weeks.

Now we just have one tiny boy left, little Buttercup. Sadly he was always the smallest and the runt so we had been holding him back to give him longer to be ready and make sure he was ok. All his tests have come back clear, but we are certain that he has mild megacolon disease. He has always been very skinny but has a big gassy stomach, despite the special high calorie high fibre diet we have him on. He cannot process fresh foods and he is always sleepy and not as active or playful as the others. He often gets gas and odd shaped poops. He has never binkied or played like the other happy healthy siblings and he sits depressed or in pain most of the time. He really is a poor little soul and we feel he doesn't have that bunny 'spark'. It's looking like sadly he will probably have to end up staying with us as a sanctuary bunny as no one is willing to take him on knowing he will have a short life and gut issues.

Screenshot_20190813-134641_Instagram by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
Screenshot_20190813-134517_Instagram by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
IMG_20190921_091926_239 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
IMG_20190830_093847_398 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
20190906_173414 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[emzbunz]

Sorry for the delay in our entry...yes my bunny chewed through my laptop cable! New cable so I can tell you about our bun of the month. My name sake Emma. She wasn't named after me but after a lady called Emma who rescued her and brought her into Windwhistle warren.

Emma is in the region of 4 years old, and, has lived in a 3ft cage. She is a very sick rabbit, but, she is determined to enjoy what life we can offer her. Because she was confined to such a small space, Emma has suffered severe muscle wastage. Her muscles became so weak, her intestines have moved through the muscle wall and are lying on the skin under her stomach. (You may be able to see the bulges protruding on either side in the photos)

She has muscle wastage on top of her head, basically everywhere. She spends a lot of time spralled out, but, does also hop in and out of her low trays. Emma enjoys the comfort of her soft bedding. Extremely thin, but, so enjoys her food and hay. As a precaution we are treating her for coccidiosis. Blood tests have been taken to ascertain liver and kidney functions.

We have never seen such severe muscle wastage, neither had the vets, a couple of whom initially thought it was a hernia or other trauma. We had to wait for our specialist vet to return off holiday before a diagnosis could be made. We have spent the time hoping nothing would burst and cause Emma a painful death. It is not operable. Emma is not suffering. And, we are happy to see a light come on in her eyes. She is a sassy determined bun, who won't give up her fight.

[alicesadventures]

Sorry for the delay in our entry...yes my bunny chewed through my laptop cable! New cable so I can tell you about our bun of the month. My name sake Emma. She wasn't named after me but after a lady called Emma who rescued her and brought her into Windwhistle warren.

Emma is in the region of 4 years old, and, has lived in a 3ft cage. She is a very sick rabbit, but, she is determined to enjoy what life we can offer her. Because she was confined to such a small space, Emma has suffered severe muscle wastage. Her muscles became so weak, her intestines have moved through the muscle wall and are lying on the skin under her stomach. (You may be able to see the bulges protruding on either side in the photos)

She has muscle wastage on top of her head, basically everywhere. She spends a lot of time spralled out, but, does also hop in and out of her low trays. Emma enjoys the comfort of her soft bedding. Extremely thin, but, so enjoys her food and hay. As a precaution we are treating her for coccidiosis. Blood tests have been taken to ascertain liver and kidney functions.

We have never seen such severe muscle wastage, neither had the vets, a couple of whom initially thought it was a hernia or other trauma. We had to wait for our specialist vet to return off holiday before a diagnosis could be made. We have spent the time hoping nothing would burst and cause Emma a painful death. It is not operable. Emma is not suffering. And, we are happy to see a light come on in her eyes. She is a sassy determined bun, who won't give up her fight.

Binky Buns would like to throw their support behind Emma for Bun of the Month. Feel better very soon little warrior princess xx

[honeybunny]

We are putting forward Poetry
She was highlighted as At Risk on a rescue group on FB and one of Honeybunnies Temp fosterers went to collect her after contacting the owner who was giving her away on Gumtree
When she arrived she was met by a couple who were obviously special needs and told her they had only bought the rabbit 2 weeks ago....off Gumtree
The rabbit arrived with us and was name Poetry.
She was urine stained, her back nails were so overgrown, she had swollen genitals and sore eyes..so went into quarantine in case of Mxyi..but also had a huge lump on her side..see 2nd pic

Poetry170917 by Jill Woodward, on Flickr

poetry'slump by Jill Woodward, on Flickr

Luckily her eyes soon lost their redness. She , even in a few days, has got confident and grunty!
And she has seen our vet who did a needle test but could get little from lump. Advised to wait a week and monitor to see if lump hardens in which case an abcess but if stays same may be best to leave.
Vet also said the swollen genitals could have been due to a recent pregnancy..or in early stages of pregnancy now even though no kits can be felt. so again a waiting game and we've not had her vaccines done due to this
So all in all this little bun has had quite a rough time and may have more challenges to overcome.
Here she is on arrival back from vet check

Poetrybackvet by Jill Woodward, on Flickr

[BunnyBurrowsRescue]

Our guinea of the month is Cleopatra; more commonly known as Cleo.

Cleo arrived at bunny Burrows in August along with 4 of her 5 babies and 19 other guinea pigs. It was a chaotic week for us where we took in a total of 36 guinea pigs!

When Cleo arrived she was in the process of giving birth. Unfortunately due to the trauma of being rescued and brought to us meant that she was unable to bond with the baby she gave birth to in transit and it died a couple of days later. Amazingly she held back on giving birth to her final baby until she knew that she was safe. You can imagine Gwen’s surprise when she found an extra baby in the cage when she got up!

Cleo now lives in our colony with 16 other guinea pigs and 9 rabbits. Due to her small size we’ve had to block up a couple of gaps so she doesn’t get stuck; especially since she likes to explore every nook and cranny! She loves to have a good wander around the garage on clean out days and doesn’t stay in one place for long! She lets everyone know that she’s the boss.

[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 Emma from Windwhistle Warren, she wins a packet of Critical Care and a tube of Panacur for the Rescue. See her story and photos below.

The Team found it very hard to choose the winner this month, it's a tough decision every month, but this time seemed extra hard!

Sorry for the delay in our entry...yes my bunny chewed through my laptop cable! New cable so I can tell you about our bun of the month. My name sake Emma. She wasn't named after me but after a lady called Emma who rescued her and brought her into Windwhistle warren.

Emma is in the region of 4 years old, and, has lived in a 3ft cage. She is a very sick rabbit, but, she is determined to enjoy what life we can offer her. Because she was confined to such a small space, Emma has suffered severe muscle wastage. Her muscles became so weak, her intestines have moved through the muscle wall and are lying on the skin under her stomach. (You may be able to see the bulges protruding on either side in the photos)

She has muscle wastage on top of her head, basically everywhere. She spends a lot of time spralled out, but, does also hop in and out of her low trays. Emma enjoys the comfort of her soft bedding. Extremely thin, but, so enjoys her food and hay. As a precaution we are treating her for coccidiosis. Blood tests have been taken to ascertain liver and kidney functions.

We have never seen such severe muscle wastage, neither had the vets, a couple of whom initially thought it was a hernia or other trauma. We had to wait for our specialist vet to return off holiday before a diagnosis could be made. We have spent the time hoping nothing would burst and cause Emma a painful death. It is not operable. Emma is not suffering. And, we are happy to see a light come on in her eyes. She is a sassy determined bun, who won't give up her fight.

Emma 3 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
Emma 2 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
Emma 1 by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[honeybunny]

A worthy winner and hope Emma is doing well