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OK, I knowIknowIknow I haven't been keeping up, but it has been PANDEMONIUM here! Bunnies, bunnies, and more bunnies by the boxload! I have 12 at present (little Pink, as featured in the last post, is seen here to the left, at about 2 1/2 weeks). The one that came in with a cat injury, about a month ago (see 7 May post) is about to be moved to an outdoor cage and will then be released- she's doing really well. Then I have about 5 who are weaned, but I want them to get a bit bigger before they are released, and a couple of them still are getting over their injuries/sickness. 6 are still nursing.
Had a very sad thing happen yesterday. One of the two thriving nursing bunnies (all the others have various injuries/broken limbs/upset tummies) suddenly stopped moving her legs. I brought her for an Xray and both legs were broken and there were signs that her bones had not developed well. So now I have everyone on special supplements, etc... to make sure that the same thing won't happen to them. She had to be put down. It was so sad.
I am also starting to wean them, which is a dangerous time in that their digestive systems sometimes shut down and they die, so I'm giving them all probiotics as well. Phew!!
Out of the 12, 4 were dog attacks, 6 cat attacks, one hurt by a lawnmower, and the litter I've been talking about in my last few posts (only 3 still alive of the original 5) were disturbed by a gardener. Between then, they are on 3 different anti-biotics/anti-fungals, painkiller/anti-inflammatory, vitamins & the probiotics.
Two of the weaned babies from 2 different litters (so cute how you put them together and they immediately snuggle!). One was caught by a dog, the other by a cat.
My tiny ones who are still nursing; c/w from bottom left: Catattack, Blue, Brokenarm, Blaze, Gold, Naked & Pink. Naked is the one that I had to put down yesterday :'(
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Dr. Connolly and Blaze, one of her patients, caught by a dog at 5 days old. Now doing really well at WTS!!
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And what about other species?? This is a picture of a mother opossum at the clinic being treated for a broken arm & jaw. She was brought in and 12 babies were found in her pouch! They are all doing very well. What a good mama! see the little one looking over the food bowl?? So cute!
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Bandit visiting WTS.
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OK, This was another very sad story. This lovely little Indigo Bunting comes every spring. this year it arrived on the very same day that it arrived last year: 18May. Amazing! It comes all the way from S.America, where it winters. I was so excited that her was back. A week later I found him dead by my house. I couldn't beleive it. They are so unusual. I just hope that he left some babies behind in my woods so they keep coming every year. Isn't he the most incredible colour?!
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Guess who's at the feeder....