The rabbit lives on : )

[RayOfLight]

To those who may have been wondering the baby rabbit I was talking about in the chat has made it through surgery and is doing really well, I think shes going to adapt well to life as an amputee.

for those that are unfamiliar with what happened I have some pet rabbits that I let loose in my backyard and one of them was found with an elastic band around both its rear legs, there is suspicion this was done deliberately by either my moms stepson that was here visiting with the family or possibly a neighbor. By the time I saw it its legs were pretty much necrotic, the vet and almost everyone I talked to said to put it down but I decided to have its legs amputated and try to give it a good life. Needless to say the rabbit will be well cared for .

Just thought I would share , thanks for the positive vibes and prayers.

 

[MelCat]

Cool deal Ray, it's always a rewarding feeling to get to help an animal.

At first I thought this post was about Rabbit in the Moon and I gotta say I got a little excited.

 

[RayOfLight]

thanks it was a tough call, lots of ppl told me I should put her down...part of me thought that might be best too... I just couldn't do it though, I know rabbits aren't the most self aware or conscious of creatures but I still think if I could have asked the rabbit it would have preferred to live. Hope I'm right .

 

[MelCat]

Yeah, I'm confident you made the right move as well. I hope he gets to feeling better soon.

 

[dreamer042]

Viva la bun bun! :d

 

[bongz]

well said dreamor, i was thinking about this yesterday/

 

[PrimalWisdom]

Thats awesome news. Glad its doing well!

I had a similar yet not so severe experience with a rabbit.
I was working at the local zoo as part of a job shadow thingy for school way back when.
I was handed a tiny baby rabbit and told to take it to the clinic, it had what apeared to be bad diareah. I was also told I could snap its neck on the way if I felt like it, as it would no doubt be put down after several days of suffering.

I was skeptical but I know baby rabbits don't fare so well with diareah, but figured the Vet should check it out first before I killed the poor thing.

Turns out it was an absces and was cleaned and stiched up in no time. The little guy was fine within 2 days.
I never spoke to the guy who told me to snap its neck again during my work there.

 

[RayOfLight]

good thing you didn't do it I used to be mean when I was a kid... good thing I got a grip when I grew up.