my bunny i found dumped on the side of the road

[crtrlovr]

what a cutie! glad you were there for her!

 

[Eggstra New]

Oh my she is so lucky! I'm so glad you saw her. I can't believe she let you catch her. I have a huge spot in my heart for buns! I have a bun that I rescued from the trash at an auction. Someone wanted the cage and not the bun. I saw the box moving piled on a heap in the trash. Looked in and there was baby Oscar. Thank you for helping that bun!

 

[lcw]

thanks everyone for your comments.
she is by far the sweetest out of all the bunnies i have.
when i found her she had poop stuck to her butt and she couldn't go to the bathroom properly.and her nails were 2-3 inches long.
shes all better now.im thinking she could have been treated badly because when i told my sister to come out and look at her cuddles(new rabbits name)growled at her and kicked her hand away with her front feet.could she have been an easter rabbit from last year that no one wanted to take care of anymore?maybe the owner was a little girl.she she only growls and kicks at my sister.

 

[Bunnylady]

If she's growling and striking at anyone, that may be your answer to why she was dumped, and why she has obviously been neglected. The poopy butt may be because her cage hadn't been cleaned, and the cage hadn't been cleaned because the rabbit's possessiveness made her owner afraid of her. The same thing with the claws - how do you trim the claws on a rabbit that you can't handle, because you are afraid of it? My guess, is that the rabbit was a child's pet, and the child's parent finally got fed up with the animal's not being looked after properly. Maybe the parent was one of those people (and I have known many like this) that think that releasing a pet rabbit "to the wild" is perfectly fine!

Cuddles looks like an oversized Netherland Dwarf to me. I breed Dwarfs, and IME, they often have outsized personalities! Some of the sweetest buns I have ever owned have been Dwarfs, but sadly, the few truly vicious rabbits I have known have all been Dwarfs, too. A friend of mine turned a handful of Dwarf youngsters out to free-range with her chickens. It was so cute to see those little rabbits hopping around, at least for the first few weeks. Things changed when the sole buck in the bunch hit puberty. One morning, as my friend was carrying some hay to her cows, something came up off the ground and knocked the hay out of her hands. It was that little 2 pound buck, and he was in full attack mode. He latched onto her ankle (I saw the bite mark) and it was all she could do to shake him off! Things went downhill from there, let's just say that her husband dealt with the rabbit permanently.

I have seen a lot of rabbits (mostly does) that resent people coming into their cages. Growling and striking, charging and even biting is typical behavior. A dominant rabbit would "tell off" a subordinate that had come into its space in just this way. When Cuddles does this to your sister (or anyone else) she is saying, "I outrank you, get out of my space, leave me alone!" She is not afraid, she is being bossy (afraid is running, hiding in a corner, and whining). Like any other animal, rabbits will pretty quickly figure out who they can push around. I have had animals that were perfectly good with me, be quite snotty with my kids. Is your sister (a lot) smaller than you?

In rabbit body language, high is dominant, low is submissive. A rabbit that is (maybe) going to challenge you sits erect, and has its ears and tail up. You have to convince such a rabbit that you are more dominant than it is. When you put your hand into that rabbit's cage, you keep your hand high, and only pet it when it lowers its body and ears and submits. To put your hand in low (like you are trying to pick it up) is just asking to get smacked!

Cuddles is one lucky bun to have found you. With time, maybe your sister can become friends with her too. (Her color is Opal, in case you were wondering!!)

 

[chinbunny]

Did you see the rabbit get tossed out of the car? Its looks to be in pretty good shape for going through that. A lot of animals won't survive thrown out of a car like that. Some that do end up with pretty extensive injuries.

If not its possible it could be an escaped pet. I would be worried about someone missing their pet bunny, and would try to see if it has an owner first, before deciding on keeping it. If you do, show them how to trim its nails. Its possible they just didn't know how to to do it. put an add in the paper or put up some flyers stating you found abunny, and where you found it at.

Its also possible someone decided they didn't want her any more, and decided to set her free. Not a good situation for a rabbit to be in.

You need to give her a couple of days to herself to adjust to her new surroundings before you handle her.

 

[lcw]

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this rabbit has went through alot today.

she had more poop stuck to her butt so i soaked her butt in the bathtub(just her butt,dont worry) and got the poop off.once i did that then i wrapped her up in a towel to soak up some of the moisture in her fur.then after that i put a hair dryer on as low as it could go and blow dryed her.she LOVED it.she layed all sprawled out and let me dry her off.so cute.(what does it mean when they lay as flat as they can and when you run your hand down her back toward her rear end her tail goes up?does that mean she wants to breed?)she is in a different cage outside now.this morning when i got up there was about 1 inch of snow in there from where it was blowing in.now she is in a cage that is like 6 -7 foot long.she loves all the extra room.

p.s.i cut her nails too.

 

[lcw]

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chinbunny i was telling the story in a nutshell.

my grandma and grandpa said they got a call from a petshop saying there was a rabbit that just got brought in that was thrown out of a car window in a box on the side of the road.now wether that is true or not i dont know.anyway the pet shop said she had been mis-treated.and thats all i know.but im guessing if they said she was thrown out of a car window in a box none the less,wouldnt that mean the previous owner doesnt want her anymore?i dont know.

 

[usschicago1]

Thanks for being a "normal person" and doing the right thing. I would think it would be in-natural and against our instincts to throw such a beautiful animal out our window or bye the highway.
That bunny was probably bought for a spoiled kid who decided they didnt want it.
On second thought, in today's world, thanks for doing the Rightthing !

 

[usschicago1]

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I am so discusted right now

How could someone do that !

 

[lcw]

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I am so discusted right now

How could someone do that !

exactually my thoughts.