Hi,
today, at 11.00am, sitting in my living room I heard a terrible scream, ran out and on the steps leading to the garden where my rabbits are I almost stumbled over a fox. My buck had his garden time, and was nowhere to be seen. Startled fox ran away.
After 15 min. I found my buck, perched on a wire grate that was stored under the ceiling, no obvious injuries.
Older picture, but up there he hid. Bunnies like that spot, they know that even I cant reach them there. On the right are the steps where I met the fox:
But since putting him into his hutch he is completly apathic, lies there, on his side, doesn't even bother to look up. Doesn't eat or drink. Just lies there, when grooming him and checking for injuries he seems to have some pain in the neck/shoulder area, but no blood or torn fur.
What I've read it can be shock, and that can be a serious problem. Best thing to give him rest, keep anything that can desturb him away, and so on. And bringing him to the vet would mean terrible stress, even when healthy, not used to beeing handled or transported. Finding a vet here on sunday is another topic.
So I keep his hutch dark, put fresh water in front of him and leave him alone.
Or do you have other advise? It would be an awful loss to lose him, he is such a nice guy
So, time to dust off my coach gun and start building a trap... :twisted:
It really doesn't ever get boring.... :shock:
Preitler
today, at 11.00am, sitting in my living room I heard a terrible scream, ran out and on the steps leading to the garden where my rabbits are I almost stumbled over a fox. My buck had his garden time, and was nowhere to be seen. Startled fox ran away.
After 15 min. I found my buck, perched on a wire grate that was stored under the ceiling, no obvious injuries.
Older picture, but up there he hid. Bunnies like that spot, they know that even I cant reach them there. On the right are the steps where I met the fox:
But since putting him into his hutch he is completly apathic, lies there, on his side, doesn't even bother to look up. Doesn't eat or drink. Just lies there, when grooming him and checking for injuries he seems to have some pain in the neck/shoulder area, but no blood or torn fur.
What I've read it can be shock, and that can be a serious problem. Best thing to give him rest, keep anything that can desturb him away, and so on. And bringing him to the vet would mean terrible stress, even when healthy, not used to beeing handled or transported. Finding a vet here on sunday is another topic.
So I keep his hutch dark, put fresh water in front of him and leave him alone.
Or do you have other advise? It would be an awful loss to lose him, he is such a nice guy
So, time to dust off my coach gun and start building a trap... :twisted:
It really doesn't ever get boring.... :shock:
Preitler
