Baby Blue Bee Bunnies entry for June is this lovely girl Bute.
Bute was 1 of 3 sisters who were rescued from being dumped in a field. Understandably the girls were really shy after this awful experience however with love and care little Bute really came round.
The lovely girl went out on a long term companion foster with her sister however a few months in and her foster mum contacted the rescue to say she was in The Royal (Dick) Vet school with stasis, this however turned out to be the most complicated situation they had seen. Poor wee Bute who is a very small slim bunny had 7 growths, growing fast and starting to compromise her internal organs. Our amazing vet partner team at RDV undertook a surgery of over 6 hours, the growths had adhered to vital organs and arteries, however their enormous skill and care meant that the surgery could be completed. It was touch and go for the next few days with 24/7 care from our vet team, to help Bute's liver and kidneys recover sufficiently, as well as recover from the trauma of surgery, but shes now home at the rescue and doing well. This is only the 2nd time in the world that this condition has been documented and Bute's surgery will also further exotic rabbit medicine for bunnies in the future, as the vet team plan to undertake pathology studies etc to understand more. So as well as being an amazing little bunny through so much in her short life she is making a difference for other bunnies in the future.
Once fully recovered we plan to find just the perfect home for little Bute, she will need ongoing monitoring for at least the next 6 mnths in case this condition come back, but we are just adore this little fighter.
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