It’s official! Pearl’s got a new home!! Yay for her! 
Will be taking pictures of her before she leaves. I’m going to miss her though. She’s quite a girl and she’s a good girl! Lovely and gentle as well. 
Filed under: adoption, rabbit, rabbit care | Tags: false pregnancy, hay, medical attention, pee, pellets, poop, pregnancy, vet
Today is Pearl’s second visit to the vet. She’s good to let the vet give her the jab. And she’s 1.59kg, up from 1.57kg (because she’s a fussy eater).
Her guts isn’t moving as much as it’s supposed to. Partly because she refuses to eat her hay and only wants pellets. I’m just gradually increasing her veggie intake. Has to be such because if it’s introduced to her too fast, she may get the runs.
Right now, her pee and poo is fine – pelletised poop and yellow pee without any sludge. So gotta get her to eat more hay. Vet says that can give her more pellets though it’s not a very good habit. So we go to our next alternative, give more veggies. She eats the leaves but the stalk remains. What a fusspot.
Pearl has two swollen nipples. That is a concern. She might be pregnant or experiencing a false pregnancy. We’re hoping for the latter. It might be taxing on her to be a mother at this point of time, plus can be stressful too. Also, if there are babies, it might not be healthy ones. It’s hard to say.
Anyway, next Friday, 7 November 2008 is her next appointment. It will be her last jab. Hopefully we’ll see more improvements then.
Filed under: adoption, foster, rabbit care | Tags: critical care, foster, medicine, up for adoption
We (her rescuer and I) have decided to name her Pearl.
That day I brought Pearl home, I monitored her for 3 hours before I had to call the vet, Dr Chionh from The Animal Doctors. Pearl still wasn’t eating.
I was told to go back to the vet’s to pick up critical care (oxbow) powder and metoclopromide syrup. I had to feed Pearl 0.62ml or metoclopromide syrup orally twice a day until eating and defaecating normally because it’s a gut motility agent that will help move her guts and critical care (oxbow) power, mixing 1 part to 3 parts water and give 20mls orally every 4 – 6 hours until eating on her own.
That’s actually quite a lot of effort. Thankfully, Pearl did start to eat on her own. *phew!*
Come tomorrow, 31 October 2008, she’ll need to go for another jab for the fur & ear mites. I’m hoping she’ll be okay soon.
Another abandoned bunny is staying at my place. She’s 2ish years old, very sweet and gentle though she is really nervous.
She’s got fur mites and possibly ear mites as well. She’s currently being treated for both type of mites. She’s got a jab today and second jab next week.
At the vet’s, I had to give her a name, so I named her Vanilla but she’s not pure white so I wanna change her name. Probably Pearl or Harmony. Will see what her rescuer says. Her rescuer found her in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. I’m just fostering her.
At present, she’s got little gut movement so have to monitor over the next 2-3 hours upon reaching home to see if she will eat. If she doesn’t, I’ll have to call the vet immediately and arrange to get meds for her. I hope she’s eating though.
So far, I’ve given her hay and pellets and water. Fruits and veggies will come a bit later today.
Muffin and Cookie are happily settled in their new home. It’s great to hear that really.
Their Daddy says that Muffin has decided that she only wants to eat hay and boycotts all the pellets. Cookie will just finish everything. LOL. Muffin has decided that she wants to be healthy. That’s really nice!
I hope the remain really happy in their home!
Muffin & Cookie went to their new home on Monday, 1st September 2008. Hurray for them!! =)
Muffin & Cookie says Thank You to all those who have helped. Either by contributing food and bedding or passing on the link about their story so that they have a higher chance of being adopted.
Thanks everyone for their hard work!
I know I haven’t updated a lot.
Muffin and Cookie are growing well and are healthy.
The best part is that they’ve both got a new home! A friend of mine is taking them in. He’s a first time rabbit owner and is very excited about it. He’s got quite a fair bit of reading materials to digest but things are looking good!
Muffin & Cookie will probably go to their new home next week. All the logistics details are being finalised as I type this.
Filed under: adoption, photos, rabbit | Tags: bunny, muffin, pictures, rabbit
Muffin’s front view
I lurrrrve Muffin’s beautiful long ears
Muffin doesn’t really stay still enough for me to take photos of her…
Filed under: adoption, photos, rabbit | Tags: bunny, cookie, pictures, rabbit
This is Cookie on the cushion. He’s more gentle and less active compared to Muffin.
Cookie’s side profile… Okay, semi-side.
He kinda likes to move his ears only.
Cookie’s front view
