Digdug
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I found Digdug as an abandon pet at a state park in Pennsylvania. She was barely a month old.I took her home and persuaded my superintendent to let me keep the pet in my apartment. When she was 2yrs, the next door dogs broken into our yard and nearly tore her to bits. Having just battled the vicious dogs off of her, when I picked Digdug up she screamed! ..thinking my hand was a dogs jaw about to take the last fatal bite,.. but mid scream she cracked one eye open, saw it was me.. and collapsed in a relaxed sigh of relief "Oh thank god, its just you!"
She was such a bloody mess I actually prayed that she would die quickly to spare her from outrageous suffering..but she refused to give in. despite the severity of her injuries this throw away bunny that nobody wanted struggled bravely to cope with her new limitations, A local non-rabbit friendly vet advised putting her down. No! I saw that Digdug was a fighter and Special needs rabbit care was something I was going to introduce this backward town to. I gave my bunny all the care & support she needed to accomplish her stubborn survival goal. For almost a year after the attack she had lost the ability to hop, walking slowly on all fours like a crawling baby. Her regular inside bunny enclosure was a multi-level tall tower that she used to love hoping platform to platform, but since the mauling, I had to put everything down on ground level.
7½ yrs later, she's doing Okay. More than okay. Only I can tell where her old wounds lightly show through her fur coat an she regained her hop. As a free roaming house rabbit, she likes to jump on my bed in the morning to get head rubs. If I'm not awake, she finds my hand and shoves her head under it, in hopes It'll start scratching her fuzzy noggin.
Long live/love Digdug
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She was such a bloody mess I actually prayed that she would die quickly to spare her from outrageous suffering..but she refused to give in. despite the severity of her injuries this throw away bunny that nobody wanted struggled bravely to cope with her new limitations, A local non-rabbit friendly vet advised putting her down. No! I saw that Digdug was a fighter and Special needs rabbit care was something I was going to introduce this backward town to. I gave my bunny all the care & support she needed to accomplish her stubborn survival goal. For almost a year after the attack she had lost the ability to hop, walking slowly on all fours like a crawling baby. Her regular inside bunny enclosure was a multi-level tall tower that she used to love hoping platform to platform, but since the mauling, I had to put everything down on ground level.
7½ yrs later, she's doing Okay. More than okay. Only I can tell where her old wounds lightly show through her fur coat an she regained her hop. As a free roaming house rabbit, she likes to jump on my bed in the morning to get head rubs. If I'm not awake, she finds my hand and shoves her head under it, in hopes It'll start scratching her fuzzy noggin.
Long live/love Digdug
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