Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the Month December 2023

[Foofy]

As we have now announced the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for November Mr Magoo from Windwhistle Warren Rescue, see his story by clicking on the link below,

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We are now opening up this thread for entries for the December 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 November 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 of rabbits/ guinea pigs that live together.

The winner will be chosen by the Pledge a Pound Team at the beginning of December.

If anyone needs help uploading their entry and or photos to the forum please let me know.

The winner will receive the items (or similar) in the photo below.
PXL_20230816_181032288.MP by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[Foofy]

THIS ENTRY IS ON BEHALF OF MARIAS ANIMAL SHELTER

Marias Animal Shelter would like to enter Blue for the Rescue Rabbit of the month. Blue came in quite quickly because the owner was moving away and had nowhere for her rabbits. I am so pleased he came into the shelter as you could see straight away that he was a poorly bunny. The vet thought it was either Syphilis or myxomatosis. Penicillin injections, syringe feeding and pain meds were started. He was also cold so we rigged up a heat lamp for him. After a few days Blue started to eat on his own and was looking a bit brighter. I thought we were in with a chance with Blue surviving. Unfortunately a few days later lumps were appearing around his eye and he then started to deteriorate. It sounds as though the mixy virus was winning and the vet decided that euthanasia was the kindest thing for him. Blue was so sweet and loved a stroke.

Blue
370095952_1509859136471839_4002814352598473059_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
387616096_252185911163425_1426019272569131830_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[Foofy]

THIS ENTRY IS ON BEHALF OF WINDWHISTLE WARREN RESCUE

Windwhistle would like to enter Byron & Tilly for the Rescue rabbits of the month for December.
Byron a little buck came to the rescue in February, wasn’t neutered and had been living with a non neutered doe for over a year.
His anguish and frustration was obvious. The doe Tilly will have been having a litter every month for at least 8 months. And the babies will have been killed & eaten. As a result sadly Byron has become very aggressive and distrustful of humans. He will bite and latch onto anything he can.

They both have since been neutered and rebonded and are now permanent residents at the rescue, where they can happily live together on their own.
Byron - just awaiting a photo of Tilly
398519748_1825874271197460_5434394494355741435_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[BabyBlueBeeBunniesLk]

Baby Blue Bee Bunnies would like to posthumously nominate poor little Milo.

The events over the last day have been so distressing for us and we are really heartbroken.

This little boy was surrendered to us last night. Arriving in critical condition, we were horrified. The words the vets used were "total neglect". Sadly this little bun did not survive.

When he arrived, we exclaimed how sick and in critical condition he was and gave the previous guardian the option to take him straight to a vet instead of leaving him with us. They chose not to and decided to leave him with us. This was both devastating to us and our vet who then had to deal with the consequences. He was severely malnourished, a bunny who if healthy would weight 2.5 kg, was 0.76 kg. Regular health checks at the vets would have prevented this little souls suffering and given him a chance at a good life, unfortunately this was not the case and his illness was not treated.

If you or someone you know is struggling to meet basic welfare needs of an animal, please reach out to an organisation that can support and assist long before it becomes life threatening. Sadly, in this little boys case, it was too late.

403625842_1381843256068703_9204659111153346934_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
400331984_909499274034914_5271998922280785616_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr

[Foofy]

The Pledge a Pound Team have chosen the winner of the Rescue Rabbit/Guinea Pig of the month for December and it's in memory of Milo from Baby Blue Bee Bunnies see his sad story and photo below.

Baby Blue Bee Bunnies would like to posthumously nominate poor little Milo.

The events over the last day have been so distressing for us and we are really heartbroken.

This little boy was surrendered to us last night. Arriving in critical condition, we were horrified. The words the vets used were "total neglect". Sadly this little bun did not survive.

When he arrived, we exclaimed how sick and in critical condition he was and gave the previous guardian the option to take him straight to a vet instead of leaving him with us. They chose not to and decided to leave him with us. This was both devastating to us and our vet who then had to deal with the consequences. He was severely malnourished, a bunny who if healthy would weight 2.5 kg, was 0.76 kg. Regular health checks at the vets would have prevented this little souls suffering and given him a chance at a good life, unfortunately this was not the case and his illness was not treated.

If you or someone you know is struggling to meet basic welfare needs of an animal, please reach out to an organisation that can support and assist long before it becomes life threatening. Sadly, in this little boys case, it was too late.

403625842_1381843256068703_9204659111153346934_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr
400331984_909499274034914_5271998922280785616_n by Sue Gibson, on Flickr