BrandeeRawr
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This event started on August 10th of 2012. She was brought to me when my friend came to pick up two baby rabbits she had bought. We had talked on the phone earlier but I didn't believe it was actually this bad. She was lifeless, with wrinkles folding over each other from being so skinny. Her eyes closed and sunken in. Discoloration from old shed that was never able to fall off due to lack of bathing.
She refused to open her eyes no matter how much I examined or touched her. The person that wanted me to take her claimed that she had taken her to the vet two days before and given IV fluids, but I doubt this because she was loaded with parasites and crawling with mites that the vet would have tested and treated for. I had her quarantined for less then 5 minutes and her tank was in eyes view of my oldest male, Harlow. She had opened her eyes and seen him and didn't lose focus for at least 10 minutes. I sat and watched her stare at Harlow like it was the long lost mate she had never had and I knew that this would turn into something.
I took her to the vet the following Wednesday and told the vet her story. He gave her a shot for the mites and sent me home with a round of de-worming medicine and a/d wet food to force feed her with and told me to come back in a week. Since I've had her she's had a bath everyday to soothe her skin and drown some mites.
It's now Sunday and she's so full of life, aside from the fact that she has no muscle mass in her legs making it impossible to walk, she's eating twice a day and finished her de-worming meds. She's fatter then a pancake now and headed to the vet on Wednesday for a follow up. She's also moved in with Harlow, and they love each other. Every time Harlow is near her she perks up and follows him with her eyes, Harlow licks her and lets her lie on him. Harlow is her motivation to go on if he does something, she does it. It's adorable. Roxy will live out the rest of her life at the side of Harlow.
I'll post before and after pictures as soon as I can.
^first day
^about 3rd day
^force-feeding
^them together
^all the kids on cleaning day
She refused to open her eyes no matter how much I examined or touched her. The person that wanted me to take her claimed that she had taken her to the vet two days before and given IV fluids, but I doubt this because she was loaded with parasites and crawling with mites that the vet would have tested and treated for. I had her quarantined for less then 5 minutes and her tank was in eyes view of my oldest male, Harlow. She had opened her eyes and seen him and didn't lose focus for at least 10 minutes. I sat and watched her stare at Harlow like it was the long lost mate she had never had and I knew that this would turn into something.
I took her to the vet the following Wednesday and told the vet her story. He gave her a shot for the mites and sent me home with a round of de-worming medicine and a/d wet food to force feed her with and told me to come back in a week. Since I've had her she's had a bath everyday to soothe her skin and drown some mites.
It's now Sunday and she's so full of life, aside from the fact that she has no muscle mass in her legs making it impossible to walk, she's eating twice a day and finished her de-worming meds. She's fatter then a pancake now and headed to the vet on Wednesday for a follow up. She's also moved in with Harlow, and they love each other. Every time Harlow is near her she perks up and follows him with her eyes, Harlow licks her and lets her lie on him. Harlow is her motivation to go on if he does something, she does it. It's adorable. Roxy will live out the rest of her life at the side of Harlow.
I'll post before and after pictures as soon as I can.
^first day
^about 3rd day
^force-feeding
^them together
^all the kids on cleaning day