As we have now announced the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for September - Magnolia from Honeybunnies, see her story by clicking on the link below.
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 is 1 tube of Panacur, 2 sachets of Science Selective Recovery Food, and 1 packet of Burns Meadow Mix.
If anyone needs help uploading photos to the forum please let me know.
Harvey entered the shelter a few years ago with his girlfriend. They were both full of urine stains where Harvey had kept spraying. His girlfriend unfortunately died whilst being spayed, and Harvey left us to be bonded with another rabbit in a foster home. In the foster home we took things slowly, but soon found out there was a problem with Harvey and his hormones. Harvey had a second castration because the vet thought there was something left behind from the first neutering, but his behaviour didn't change. He would race around the garden non stop and then flop as though exhausted. Sprayed anything he could, including himself. We couldn't find out the answers for a while, but managed to get hold of Richard Saunders who explained that it was highly likely to be a tumour on his adrenal gland. We have recently found out this is correct, and he is now on a palliative care routine. He continues to have good and bad days but we have now got everything in place to help him to the end. Fingers crossed he will soon have a luxury pad to end his days in.
We would like to nominate Clegg who has joined us following an RSPCA seizure. Clegg is a lovely boy who sadly has an old break to one of his hind legs which was left untreated. We are currently monitoring him to see if long term pain relief will be required as he has restricted movement.
Beloved Rabbits would like to nominate Captain Morgan, one of our foster bunnies who has recently had to undergo an ear amputation due to a fast acting infection. Captain Morgan's foster carer reported to us very early on that he had a slightly wet bottom and a small patch of fur missing but aside from this his health, in general, seemed good. We kept an eye on this, and it wasn't until he returned to our Hub that we saw a rapid deterioration in his health. Over the course of a week, Captain lost a large amount of weight and developed a strong smell - of which we weren't sure why at this point.
We quickly identified that there was a problem with his ears, and unfortunately the vet advised that amputation would be necessary to help stop the spread of infection, reduce his discomfort and to help improve his long-term quality of life. He came through the op well, but we noticed that he still appeared to be in significant pain, and agreed to seek advice from a specialist vet. Madonna at Ark Vets skilfully took the time to neaten up his ears further and give him a new course of medication to help aid his recovery. It's now been two weeks since that op and we're so pleased to report that he's coming on leaps and bounds and gaining weight steadily with lots of love and TLC from his foster carers.
The Pledge a Pound Team have now chosen the winner of the Rescue Rabbit of the Month for October and it's Harvey from Marias Animal Shelter
He wins a tube of Panacur, a packet of Burns Meadow Mix and some sachets of Supreme Recovery Food. See his photos and story below
Foofy wrote:THIS ENTRY IS ON BEHALF OF MARIAS ANIMAL SHELTER
Harvey entered the shelter a few years ago with his girlfriend. They were both full of urine stains where Harvey had kept spraying. His girlfriend unfortunately died whilst being spayed, and Harvey left us to be bonded with another rabbit in a foster home. In the foster home we took things slowly, but soon found out there was a problem with Harvey and his hormones. Harvey had a second castration because the vet thought there was something left behind from the first neutering, but his behaviour didn't change. He would race around the garden non stop and then flop as though exhausted. Sprayed anything he could, including himself. We couldn't find out the answers for a while, but managed to get hold of Richard Saunders who explained that it was highly likely to be a tumour on his adrenal gland. We have recently found out this is correct, and he is now on a palliative care routine. He continues to have good and bad days but we have now got everything in place to help him to the end. Fingers crossed he will soon have a luxury pad to end his days in.
), 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.
