I wish we could have kept one!

[Oknuma]

so at horse riding today I was grooming and tacking up some horses while dd was in her lesson. Next thing I hear shouts and so ran over.

Well there was a very dead mummy rabbit just near her burrow and so the school owner, another instructor and myself dug out the burrow and found 7 of these lil things!

being wild they cant be kept without a lot of medical treatment because of the caleysee {sp} virus and so we called a few vets to see if they would take them and put them down humanely. We were told no and so the owner was going to have to put them down.. a lot less humanely.

In the end i opted to go and sit outside the vets until they agreed to take them which worked.. thank goodness.

 

[allison]

Aw, that's so sad. They are cute little things.

 

[GG.]

thanks for being persistent and getting someone to do that as humanely as possible

 

[feebee]

aww poor things, they are so sweet

 

[Renae]

Aw, look at them! So happy to hear the Vet took them in the end.

 

[CarmieJo]

Thanks for taking a stand for them.

 

[Faen]

Could you not have taken them to a wildlife rehabilitation centre?

 

[Jadesmom]

What is that virus? Is this strictly a rabbit thing? I have never heard of it. I'm in NY, but raised 2 orphans from tiny hairless to big guys on canned cat milk and let them go in the local cemetery with lots of food and a pond. No traffic.

 

[Bokkapooh]

They are SOOO cute! But since ferral rabbits are everywhere, dont let someone tell you that rabbits cannot live in the wild even with that virus. They are very hardy. However at that age, it'd be VERY difficult to raise them, and keep hem alive. Rabbit babies die very quickly, even if everything seems to be going alright with the handfeeding. Im glad to hear they were humanely put down