BlueCamasRabbitry
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:rant:Well the title pretty much says it all - and no, Sippi didn't die, he's still with us. But he can't be shown any longer - that is in type classes in ARBA or anything, not sure if he'll be ok to be shown in Pet classes through 4-H.
The story behind this devastating situation?
This afternoon we went out and checked the bunnies at 4:30. I raced withmy dog twice, and then dashed into the shed and unlatched Sippi's door. My sister (BSAR) was putting bunnies out in the exercise pens, and the door was open. Sippi did what he normally does - explore. I opened Magic's cage door and went out and set up all the jumps to new heights and lengths and warmed him (Magic) up over them about 4 times. Well, on one jump round, Sippi sat at the end of the course after the last jump, and too the left, right outside the shed doors. Mandi was watching him, and since Magic was on a harness and Sippi normally doesn't bug him and was staying well clear (and magic knows directions on his leash) we thought everything would be ok, and it would be easy to keep the two away from eachother. :nono
WRONG! Magic cleared the last jump and before we knew it the two were fighting. We were right there and broke it up in about 5 seconds, but Magic and Sippi attached to eachother so quickly we didn't know what had happened. Magic's harness came off in the fight, and Sippi laid on the ground and started kicking at it, thinking Magic was still in the harness, but I had Magic in my arms. I thought he was having a seizure, but I didn't know what they looked like - he was just kicking his legs, my mom said that seizures arelike a dead flopping fish. Totally opposite... I hope. (I thank God we were there, who knows if there'd be any bunny left if we had been in the shed and not heard anything
) The bad news is....Magic took a HUGE chunk out of Sippi's ear.:expressionless The moment I saw that, and blood, I immediatley started crying.:cry1: I rushed to put Magic in his cage as my sister got Sippi up on the grooming stand. I found the piece of Sippi's ear lying on the ground and just started crying harder. I was screaming "I can't show him! I can't show him!" That's all I cared about - was him... :cry4:I was so sad that his ears had been ruined and he can't be shown any longer. My sister was saying that we still would be able to, and I said no, it's a DQ from compeitition. From my point of view, it didn't sound like she thought it was a big deal - even though she probably did think it, but I show Sippi, not her.
We managed to clean up his ears, we put some neosporin on it after we stopped the bleeding using flour, pressure, and water. (We cleaned it with water, then put pressure on it with flour - to clot the blood - and then applied neosporin and more flour).By this time, I had stopped crying and stuff, and I was just sooo angry that we had let this happen - It's ALL my fault! I was the one who let Sippi out, I was the one who took Magic out and thought that he wouldn't care about Sippi, etc... It's my fault that my own buck can no longer show and I'm sooo p..... at myself for that. I mean, I know it's somewhat my sister's fault too, because she wasn't on the ground getting Sippi as Magic hopped over to him, but it all happened so fast....!! :shock:
We got in the house, and I hadn't even walked through the doorway when I told my mom. I started crying really more this time, because I was even more sadder. Mostly, I'm sad becauseI can't show him, and he's such a promising boy (He has three BOBs. He would have three legs of GC, if the shows had 5 rabbits in his classes/were ARBA sponsored, and then he would be a GC already!! But no, this dream is over ). I don't want to show him in Pet class in 4-H cuz i already show three in that category and my sister won't let me show Bruce. Well, my mom went out and checked his ear, she said we need to put peroxide on it, so we're going to do that.
Well, I'm pretty sure I got everything covered...well I know i'm missing some things but im in so much shock at this right now. I'm just INCREDIBLY mad that he can't show anymore. I was pretty angry with Magic that he ripped a chunk out of Sippi's ear, and I kept telling him that he was a badboy for doing that, and I gave him a little tap on the nose (Nothing hard, don't worry!) when I said No, but he moved his face out of the way, so it was just like a finger touching a board. It wasn't meant to be harsh anyhow. I just wanted to let him know he did something bad. I mean, I know bucks fight and all, but that was just soo incredibly horrible. :cry4:
Well, I think I'm done with my rant now. When I get a camera that actually works - which might not be for a few months - then I'll take pictures of Sippi's ear.
I think I'm probably just going to sell him - I mean I don't want to, but what's the point of keeping him when all I can use him for is showing in Pet Class - which sucks - and breeding and we have no doe, and won't for a while. Why wait that long for something that may not happen? I dunno though...I'm just really confused and angry and I feel stupid and awful....I'm a bad bunny mommy You guys should feel ashamed of me.:dunno If that makes sense? :?
A very, very, very, dissapointed Emily
The story behind this devastating situation?
This afternoon we went out and checked the bunnies at 4:30. I raced withmy dog twice, and then dashed into the shed and unlatched Sippi's door. My sister (BSAR) was putting bunnies out in the exercise pens, and the door was open. Sippi did what he normally does - explore. I opened Magic's cage door and went out and set up all the jumps to new heights and lengths and warmed him (Magic) up over them about 4 times. Well, on one jump round, Sippi sat at the end of the course after the last jump, and too the left, right outside the shed doors. Mandi was watching him, and since Magic was on a harness and Sippi normally doesn't bug him and was staying well clear (and magic knows directions on his leash) we thought everything would be ok, and it would be easy to keep the two away from eachother. :nono
WRONG! Magic cleared the last jump and before we knew it the two were fighting. We were right there and broke it up in about 5 seconds, but Magic and Sippi attached to eachother so quickly we didn't know what had happened. Magic's harness came off in the fight, and Sippi laid on the ground and started kicking at it, thinking Magic was still in the harness, but I had Magic in my arms. I thought he was having a seizure, but I didn't know what they looked like - he was just kicking his legs, my mom said that seizures arelike a dead flopping fish. Totally opposite... I hope. (I thank God we were there, who knows if there'd be any bunny left if we had been in the shed and not heard anything
) The bad news is....Magic took a HUGE chunk out of Sippi's ear.:expressionless The moment I saw that, and blood, I immediatley started crying.:cry1: I rushed to put Magic in his cage as my sister got Sippi up on the grooming stand. I found the piece of Sippi's ear lying on the ground and just started crying harder. I was screaming "I can't show him! I can't show him!" That's all I cared about - was him... :cry4:I was so sad that his ears had been ruined and he can't be shown any longer. My sister was saying that we still would be able to, and I said no, it's a DQ from compeitition. From my point of view, it didn't sound like she thought it was a big deal - even though she probably did think it, but I show Sippi, not her. We managed to clean up his ears, we put some neosporin on it after we stopped the bleeding using flour, pressure, and water. (We cleaned it with water, then put pressure on it with flour - to clot the blood - and then applied neosporin and more flour).By this time, I had stopped crying and stuff, and I was just sooo angry that we had let this happen - It's ALL my fault! I was the one who let Sippi out, I was the one who took Magic out and thought that he wouldn't care about Sippi, etc... It's my fault that my own buck can no longer show and I'm sooo p..... at myself for that. I mean, I know it's somewhat my sister's fault too, because she wasn't on the ground getting Sippi as Magic hopped over to him, but it all happened so fast....!! :shock:
We got in the house, and I hadn't even walked through the doorway when I told my mom. I started crying really more this time, because I was even more sadder. Mostly, I'm sad becauseI can't show him, and he's such a promising boy (He has three BOBs. He would have three legs of GC, if the shows had 5 rabbits in his classes/were ARBA sponsored, and then he would be a GC already!! But no, this dream is over
). I don't want to show him in Pet class in 4-H cuz i already show three in that category and my sister won't let me show Bruce. Well, my mom went out and checked his ear, she said we need to put peroxide on it, so we're going to do that. Well, I'm pretty sure I got everything covered...well I know i'm missing some things but im in so much shock at this right now. I'm just INCREDIBLY mad that he can't show anymore. I was pretty angry with Magic that he ripped a chunk out of Sippi's ear, and I kept telling him that he was a badboy for doing that, and I gave him a little tap on the nose (Nothing hard, don't worry!) when I said No, but he moved his face out of the way, so it was just like a finger touching a board. It wasn't meant to be harsh anyhow. I just wanted to let him know he did something bad. I mean, I know bucks fight and all, but that was just soo incredibly horrible. :cry4:
Well, I think I'm done with my rant now. When I get a camera that actually works - which might not be for a few months
- then I'll take pictures of Sippi's ear. I think I'm probably just going to sell him - I mean I don't want to, but what's the point of keeping him when all I can use him for is showing in Pet Class - which sucks - and breeding and we have no doe, and won't for a while. Why wait that long for something that may not happen? I dunno though...I'm just really confused and angry and I feel stupid and awful....I'm a bad bunny mommy
You guys should feel ashamed of me.:dunno If that makes sense? :?A very, very, very, dissapointed Emily
