Gabby
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Daphnee's story starts 6 years ago, while I'm not familiar with the tale, I have a vague idea of ideas. I understand she belonged to a young girl/lady, who then needed to rehome her. At what age she was rehomed I have no idea.. The new people are a daughter mother and father. As is my understanding.. The mother is in the hospital for reasons that were blurry to me, but very unfavorable outcome is expected from what I gather. Daphnee is now 6 years old...
Ireceived a phone call Saturday Jan 8th, from a lady who lives a good hour away from the clinic I work at, but she brings her rabbits to us.
From what I understand, (I live in Ma) she was contacted by a girl who works at a clinic in RI, now I am not sure if this girl ever metDaphnee, or just heard of her, it is quite unclear to me now. I was under the impression she knew her, but at any rate, i was given the girl's number.I called her andin turn she told me about Daphnee, said she was 6 years old and litter trained, and a french lop. (I'm picturing 12 to 15 lbs at least ok, I have space for that).
So i get a call from the people who are transporting Daphnee, we make plans to meet just over the border of RI at a mall. They tell me she's at least 12 lbs, that she was spayed when she was young, she is healthy, litter box trained and peach color.
Tuesday Jan 11, I get lost on my way there *red faced was suposed to be a straight shot.. darn construction* At any rate, an hour lateI meet up with them, first thingI notice is left eye is a bit weapy but they want to get her in my car and get on their way, ratherfrom impatience from waiting for me, or just wanting to get rid of her as fast as possible i don't know.
At any rate, it is now shortly after 11am and I have an hour dive back and I still have to be at work for 1pm. Thankfully, the drive home is uneventful. I rush home, change my clothes, and then do a quick exam of Daphnee in my car. First thing I notice taking her out of her cardboard carrieris one side her face is bigger than the other (now that i see her face on). It's the side with the weepy eye. Ok that makes sense, she also feels boney, and i look in her mouth, nightmare city. She also has a lump on her chest...
So off to work her and I go. Where I check her out a little better on a table. Defenitelyan abscess in her cheek, teeth need cutting and filing, and she has a cyst in her mammary gland...
The vets say the cysts like that are almost always benign, but that her surgery on Saturday will be long enough w/o checking that..
So Daphnee lives at work from the 11 to the 15th.. She is started on antibiotics a couple days prior to surgery.
Saturday the15th, she goes under the knife, which was a very long surgery. They remove the abcess, stuff the pocket with penG, and cut and file teeth. May sound easy, but she was under for a good hour or more. We are leaving the cyst alone unless it chages or causes her problems..
Ihold her while she is waking up. Now truthfully, I tried to be distant with her in the days she was waiting for surgery, becauseI didn't wanna get attached to a bun that may possnot make it on the surgery table or if we found something so horrible, like the infection infected far more of her face than we could see.
So while I'm holding her I can feel just how bony she is. Oh i forgot to mention she is a mini lop not a french, that was the second thing i noticed when i firstsaw her. She is very malnourished, the stuff they had given to me whenI took her was a horrible feed mix, and i don't believe she had ever seen hay in her life.
She was started on good food on Tuesday, good quality pellets and hay, big diet change right there. On taking her home saturday night, she didn't eat much, but sunday she wolfed down her bowl of pellets and oats. She's drinking very well and starting to poop better/ She had sme NASTY poos the first few days. D
id I forget anything? Pictures coming soon...
Ireceived a phone call Saturday Jan 8th, from a lady who lives a good hour away from the clinic I work at, but she brings her rabbits to us.
From what I understand, (I live in Ma) she was contacted by a girl who works at a clinic in RI, now I am not sure if this girl ever metDaphnee, or just heard of her, it is quite unclear to me now. I was under the impression she knew her, but at any rate, i was given the girl's number.I called her andin turn she told me about Daphnee, said she was 6 years old and litter trained, and a french lop. (I'm picturing 12 to 15 lbs at least ok, I have space for that).
So i get a call from the people who are transporting Daphnee, we make plans to meet just over the border of RI at a mall. They tell me she's at least 12 lbs, that she was spayed when she was young, she is healthy, litter box trained and peach color.
Tuesday Jan 11, I get lost on my way there *red faced was suposed to be a straight shot.. darn construction* At any rate, an hour lateI meet up with them, first thingI notice is left eye is a bit weapy but they want to get her in my car and get on their way, ratherfrom impatience from waiting for me, or just wanting to get rid of her as fast as possible i don't know.
At any rate, it is now shortly after 11am and I have an hour dive back and I still have to be at work for 1pm. Thankfully, the drive home is uneventful. I rush home, change my clothes, and then do a quick exam of Daphnee in my car. First thing I notice taking her out of her cardboard carrieris one side her face is bigger than the other (now that i see her face on). It's the side with the weepy eye. Ok that makes sense, she also feels boney, and i look in her mouth, nightmare city. She also has a lump on her chest...
So off to work her and I go. Where I check her out a little better on a table. Defenitelyan abscess in her cheek, teeth need cutting and filing, and she has a cyst in her mammary gland...
The vets say the cysts like that are almost always benign, but that her surgery on Saturday will be long enough w/o checking that..
So Daphnee lives at work from the 11 to the 15th.. She is started on antibiotics a couple days prior to surgery.
Saturday the15th, she goes under the knife, which was a very long surgery. They remove the abcess, stuff the pocket with penG, and cut and file teeth. May sound easy, but she was under for a good hour or more. We are leaving the cyst alone unless it chages or causes her problems..
Ihold her while she is waking up. Now truthfully, I tried to be distant with her in the days she was waiting for surgery, becauseI didn't wanna get attached to a bun that may possnot make it on the surgery table or if we found something so horrible, like the infection infected far more of her face than we could see.
So while I'm holding her I can feel just how bony she is. Oh i forgot to mention she is a mini lop not a french, that was the second thing i noticed when i firstsaw her. She is very malnourished, the stuff they had given to me whenI took her was a horrible feed mix, and i don't believe she had ever seen hay in her life.
She was started on good food on Tuesday, good quality pellets and hay, big diet change right there. On taking her home saturday night, she didn't eat much, but sunday she wolfed down her bowl of pellets and oats. She's drinking very well and starting to poop better/ She had sme NASTY poos the first few days. D
id I forget anything? Pictures coming soon...