Brodie
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My aunt who lives on the sunshine coast of BC took two of Brodie and Lints babies this spring, bothlittle females, Crosby (agouti) and Nash (grey). She also has aolder neutered malefrenchlop, Jefferson.They live in a large enclosure outside with a small doggy door that leads into their own shed. The pen is around 10'x10' and is very secure. Weused mesh wire with 1"x1" squares, under the grass and dirt is cementbricks to prevent digging out, and we didn't leave any spaces big enough for a cat to squeeze through. It is also covered on top.
This morning she went out to feed them, and to her horror discovered that a weasel had gotten in and attacked the rabbits. She first saw alot of blood and Crosby laying limp and covered with blood in the corner. She ran in and found that Crosby was still alive but very very badly injured. She has the many bites, a broken leg and is missing the top quarter of an ear. Next she found Nash, who has quite a few bitesand is missing a fair bit of fur, but she is at least up and moving.Jefferson was not outside, so fearing the worst she checked the shed.
In the shed she found Jefferson with scratches all over his face andears, a big bite on his chest and scratches and fur missing on hisback. She also found a dead weasel. It seems that Jefferson killed it.
I am happy to report at the end of this horrific tale that my aunt, who is a vet, rushed them to her clinic and examined everyone better.Jeffersons wounds were all superficial and after being cleaned up and put on antibiotics, He will be perfectly fine. Nash required a few stitches, had her other wounds flushed and disinfected and is also on antibiotics. Shewill also be okay. Crosby was close to death by the time my aunt got her to the clinic, but with immediate life saving measures, fluids and surgery, Crosby is alive and quickly regaining strength. It may take her months to recover fully but my aunt says her spirits are up and seems to still want to be her because she is fighting with all that she's got.
My aunt later learned that a neighbours ferret had gotten out and unfortunately she had to break the news to her neighbour that his ferret had not survived the ordeal. They buried the ferret in theneighbours yard on christmas day. Buckles will be missed dearly!!!
This morning she went out to feed them, and to her horror discovered that a weasel had gotten in and attacked the rabbits. She first saw alot of blood and Crosby laying limp and covered with blood in the corner. She ran in and found that Crosby was still alive but very very badly injured. She has the many bites, a broken leg and is missing the top quarter of an ear. Next she found Nash, who has quite a few bitesand is missing a fair bit of fur, but she is at least up and moving.Jefferson was not outside, so fearing the worst she checked the shed.
In the shed she found Jefferson with scratches all over his face andears, a big bite on his chest and scratches and fur missing on hisback. She also found a dead weasel. It seems that Jefferson killed it.
I am happy to report at the end of this horrific tale that my aunt, who is a vet, rushed them to her clinic and examined everyone better.Jeffersons wounds were all superficial and after being cleaned up and put on antibiotics, He will be perfectly fine. Nash required a few stitches, had her other wounds flushed and disinfected and is also on antibiotics. Shewill also be okay. Crosby was close to death by the time my aunt got her to the clinic, but with immediate life saving measures, fluids and surgery, Crosby is alive and quickly regaining strength. It may take her months to recover fully but my aunt says her spirits are up and seems to still want to be her because she is fighting with all that she's got.
My aunt later learned that a neighbours ferret had gotten out and unfortunately she had to break the news to her neighbour that his ferret had not survived the ordeal. They buried the ferret in theneighbours yard on christmas day. Buckles will be missed dearly!!!
