Tuckerbunnies
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It was a Wednesday April 1st 2009 and at about 9.00 at night we had a telephone call from our friend at the time who had a rabbit rescue centre in North Yorkshire and she said that a lady had rang her to say that she was out jogging with her friend when they came across what they thought was rubbish at the side of a busy road but on a closer inspection it was a Mother and baby rabbit huddled together.
At the time of the call we lived in Preston, Lancashire in the UK and the rabbits had been dumped in St Helens, Merseyside which was about an hour away from us.
Our friend gave my Husband Mike the telephone number of the lady who had took the Mother and baby home and they arranged to meet half way and Mike would take the bunnies off her and off he went to collect them.
I heard Mike arrive home and I ran to open the front door to let him in, as he passed me with the pet carrier I said 'How's it looking', 'Not good' was his reply.
We took the Mother out first and her nails were long and her bottom was dirty and she was alive with mites that were all down her back and she was constantly trying to bite at herself and screaming. Her back legs were splayed and she seemed to have a deformity of the spine, she was also very fat which made us think that she could be pregnant, she was also very nervous.
Helen's back covered in mites.
Mike cleaned Helen's bottom, put some stuff on her to kill the mites and trimmed her nails and put her inside an indoor cage with plenty of soft hay, and a dish of pellet food and greens and herbs.
Next Mike took the baby out of the pet carrier and my heart broke, she was tiny about 3-4 weeks old, her bottom was covered in dirt and urine and her eyes were just full closed with matter and she had a badly deformed back right leg and was also very dehydrated.
Mike gave her a couple of syringes of water and then bathed her eyes and pus just oozed out of them both, he gently cleaned her bottom and trimmed away the fur that had become matted with mess and urine round her bottom.
At this stage we were both crying as we couldn't quite believe that someone could dump them both in such a state and walk away leaving them there in obvious hope that they would die.
You can see how small Baby Saint is compared to the syringe.
Safe and warm at last.
We took Helen and Baby Saint ( we named them after St Helens in Merseyside)to our friends rabbit rescue in North Yorkshire as we were worried about Baby Saint's eyes. Both bunnies saw a rabbit specialist and vet and Helen was spayed and while she was being spayed they drained loads of fluid from her tummy, her spine was twisted and we have recently found out she has a hernia.
Baby Saint is totally blind and the specialist think's that someone has tried to poke her eyes out, she has a badly deformed right leg and her left leg is dislocated and she couldn't be spayed as she is so badly damaged as they also think she had been stood on.
On the 3rd May 2009 we collected Helen and Baby Saint from our friends rescue to live with us and the rest of our rescue buns, we don't rehome our buns they all live out their days here at the Tuckerbunnies warren.
Mike and Baby Saint in March 2010.
Baby Saint
Baby Saint Now!
Helen is clear of mites now and her coat is as shiny as those big eyes of her's with having a twisted spine she is apt to get back pain and is on medication sometimes she rolls over and can't get back up and so we are there straight away to give her a gentle hand back up and she absolutely loves Baby Saint and is still very protective of her special girl.
Helen Now!
Baby Saint has her legs constantly checked every day for sore's or wounds, God has given her lovely long front legs and she uses these to pull herself along with the help of her disabled leg that she sort of uses as a crutch, she loves toys that she can toss about or hanging toys that she can nudge or knock with her head and she is the happiest little bunny that you have ever seen.
We know her life will be short due to her damaged little body and she is just starting with arthritis in her front legs so she is on medication but every single day we have her is a bonus as to us they are both so very special.
We will never know just what they went through to end up like they did,we will never know who dumped them but what we do know is that they are now safe and they will never be hurt again!
Helen and Baby Saint our very special girls.
:hearts:
At the time of the call we lived in Preston, Lancashire in the UK and the rabbits had been dumped in St Helens, Merseyside which was about an hour away from us.
Our friend gave my Husband Mike the telephone number of the lady who had took the Mother and baby home and they arranged to meet half way and Mike would take the bunnies off her and off he went to collect them.
I heard Mike arrive home and I ran to open the front door to let him in, as he passed me with the pet carrier I said 'How's it looking', 'Not good' was his reply.
We took the Mother out first and her nails were long and her bottom was dirty and she was alive with mites that were all down her back and she was constantly trying to bite at herself and screaming. Her back legs were splayed and she seemed to have a deformity of the spine, she was also very fat which made us think that she could be pregnant, she was also very nervous.
Helen's back covered in mites.
Mike cleaned Helen's bottom, put some stuff on her to kill the mites and trimmed her nails and put her inside an indoor cage with plenty of soft hay, and a dish of pellet food and greens and herbs.
Next Mike took the baby out of the pet carrier and my heart broke, she was tiny about 3-4 weeks old, her bottom was covered in dirt and urine and her eyes were just full closed with matter and she had a badly deformed back right leg and was also very dehydrated.
Mike gave her a couple of syringes of water and then bathed her eyes and pus just oozed out of them both, he gently cleaned her bottom and trimmed away the fur that had become matted with mess and urine round her bottom.
At this stage we were both crying as we couldn't quite believe that someone could dump them both in such a state and walk away leaving them there in obvious hope that they would die.
You can see how small Baby Saint is compared to the syringe.
Safe and warm at last.
We took Helen and Baby Saint ( we named them after St Helens in Merseyside)to our friends rabbit rescue in North Yorkshire as we were worried about Baby Saint's eyes. Both bunnies saw a rabbit specialist and vet and Helen was spayed and while she was being spayed they drained loads of fluid from her tummy, her spine was twisted and we have recently found out she has a hernia.
Baby Saint is totally blind and the specialist think's that someone has tried to poke her eyes out, she has a badly deformed right leg and her left leg is dislocated and she couldn't be spayed as she is so badly damaged as they also think she had been stood on.
On the 3rd May 2009 we collected Helen and Baby Saint from our friends rescue to live with us and the rest of our rescue buns, we don't rehome our buns they all live out their days here at the Tuckerbunnies warren.
Mike and Baby Saint in March 2010.
Baby Saint
Baby Saint Now!
Helen is clear of mites now and her coat is as shiny as those big eyes of her's with having a twisted spine she is apt to get back pain and is on medication sometimes she rolls over and can't get back up and so we are there straight away to give her a gentle hand back up and she absolutely loves Baby Saint and is still very protective of her special girl.
Helen Now!
Baby Saint has her legs constantly checked every day for sore's or wounds, God has given her lovely long front legs and she uses these to pull herself along with the help of her disabled leg that she sort of uses as a crutch, she loves toys that she can toss about or hanging toys that she can nudge or knock with her head and she is the happiest little bunny that you have ever seen.
We know her life will be short due to her damaged little body and she is just starting with arthritis in her front legs so she is on medication but every single day we have her is a bonus as to us they are both so very special.
We will never know just what they went through to end up like they did,we will never know who dumped them but what we do know is that they are now safe and they will never be hurt again!
Helen and Baby Saint our very special girls.
:hearts: