The shelter worker didn't know it on Thursday, but the vet wasn't going to be in on Friday. So she'll be seen on Monday, and the vet assistant knows about her too. She also has fleas and may have mites. She has a severe lack of muscle- poor dear literally crawled into my lap, not much in the way of hopping. She might actually have nutritional problems too. I didn't realize it on Thursday but her fur has an unusual dappled color pattern, like splotches of faint color changes and very poor quality.
I had her out to play and IMO this bunny could really use a foster home. More so than any of the others. Severe lack of muscles and extremely afraid. I sat down in the play room with her on my lap, and she didn't even look around, just sat
shaking in my lap. I haven't had a bunny shake like that since Sprite, with her extreme fear of hands. After a while I gently slid her down onto the floor, because I was wondering if maybe she was used to being forcibly held in people's laps. She didn't move for a while, then only went a few steps away and sort of hid near the trash can. Then she came back and crawled up into my lap. Poor dear, she is a sweetie. But I never really saw a real hop, it was more like crawl/walking.
I don't have the time/space to foster her right now.
I did request that she get moved to a larger cage, and the person I talked to knows me from outside the shelter and will hopefully remember to do it. She planned on doing it today when the shelter wasn't open to the public today. Cages are given on a first-come, first-served basis and all the decent sized ones are full. Her cage is maybe 2 feet long? Barely room for her to move. There's a guinea pig with a larger cage, and several dwarf bunnies too. I'm hoping she'll be switched with the little Polish in the 36x36 wire cage. That's the biggest they have.
And if
anyone wants to get rid of some good-sized stacking breeder cages, please donate!!! I hadn't realized this before I started, but the wire cages they have don't have pull-out trays, they are just set on the trays. The whole thing has to be picked up to clean out the heavy metal trays underneath. Major pain. And I hate the tiny doors on the pet store cages. It's so hard to get a mid-sized bunny like a mini lop through them. I know a lot of rescue people are anti-wire floors but IMO stacking breeder cages would be the best option for the space, door size, and ease of cleaning.