dayna
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Yeah. I figure if an animal can hurt itself on it, I'm the lucky owner. I've had parrots get stuck in "parrot safe toys" a large goat get stuck in a CAT CARRIER (yeah I wish I had taken a few seconds to video that one, but I panicked and got her out quickly).
And now I have a rabbit that got his leg wrapped up so badly in orchard grass he can barely walk. This is the angora I rescued (gee I bet he's thanking me NOW grrrrr) So I put orchard grass in last night. I don't use a hopper for him because he has such a hard time getting around, I wanted to make sure he has easy access to his food....
DOUBLE GRRRRR
I go out this morning, he's just laying there. I think oh he's so cute! Go about my chores.
I walk by later, still laying in the same place (learned my lesson on a pet not moving when my macaw was stuck in a toy and I thought he was just playing with it a lot!). So I went to investigate further.
DARN RABBIT. He had somehow managed to wind his back foot up sooooo badly I couln't get the hay off! Coupleed with the fact that he tried to CHEW the hay off. Chewed his hock sores on that side pretty badly.
So I grabbed him out of the cage, hay noose and all and plop him on top of his cage and take a couple photos.
After taking the photos, I toss him into my utility sink. For his second bath this week... I've been bathing his hind end since he can't clean it, and he can't keep it clear of the ground. Its made all his sores heal up much better. He only has the hock sore on that HAY side now. I wonder if it might have been mostly healed except for the chewing... I used the scissors to cut off as much as I could, then bathed the rest off, working it out with my fingers.
Anyway, I decided since he's such an agreeable bun to see if he would tolerate my high velocity dryer.
And he did! Really well!
Here he is all fluffed up and dry.
And since it's sunny and frankly he can't get too far, I put him in a makeshift play yard to munch some grass and "recover" from his bath.
His leg/back problem is obviously worse now. I'm not sure what to do...
And now I have a rabbit that got his leg wrapped up so badly in orchard grass he can barely walk. This is the angora I rescued (gee I bet he's thanking me NOW grrrrr) So I put orchard grass in last night. I don't use a hopper for him because he has such a hard time getting around, I wanted to make sure he has easy access to his food....
DOUBLE GRRRRR
I go out this morning, he's just laying there. I think oh he's so cute! Go about my chores.
I walk by later, still laying in the same place (learned my lesson on a pet not moving when my macaw was stuck in a toy and I thought he was just playing with it a lot!). So I went to investigate further.
DARN RABBIT. He had somehow managed to wind his back foot up sooooo badly I couln't get the hay off! Coupleed with the fact that he tried to CHEW the hay off. Chewed his hock sores on that side pretty badly.
So I grabbed him out of the cage, hay noose and all and plop him on top of his cage and take a couple photos.
After taking the photos, I toss him into my utility sink. For his second bath this week... I've been bathing his hind end since he can't clean it, and he can't keep it clear of the ground. Its made all his sores heal up much better. He only has the hock sore on that HAY side now. I wonder if it might have been mostly healed except for the chewing... I used the scissors to cut off as much as I could, then bathed the rest off, working it out with my fingers.
Anyway, I decided since he's such an agreeable bun to see if he would tolerate my high velocity dryer.
And he did! Really well!
Here he is all fluffed up and dry.
And since it's sunny and frankly he can't get too far, I put him in a makeshift play yard to munch some grass and "recover" from his bath.
His leg/back problem is obviously worse now. I'm not sure what to do...