In our blog reading list we have a like you maybe have seen
Marit Emilie's blog it's in Norwegian but we had to share this entry with you anyway (hopefully you will survive terrible translated Norwegian from Google Translate).
So even though he doesn’t live here, this entry will be about a 10 year old rabbit called Erling. He was just rescued from a life in a small cage that he had been living in his whole life. He's human was originally the children that lived in the house when Erling was a small bunny baby. It was fun in a while cause they loved him as long as he was a baby, even though he had to live in a small cage. But then the humans stopped coming that much, and in the end they even gave him away to someone else because they though it was a hassle to go out and feed him.
To be given away was actually really fortunate for him, because now he has gotten himself a loving family with two other bunny friends and he finally gets to live like everybun should: As a free-roaming house bunny that lives together with her or his humans inside.
But 10 years in a cage is not god for anybun and Erling had problems to walk after being let out of his cage. And x-ray pictures from
Marit Emilie's blog shows what actually happens to you're muscles and your organs when living in a cage for so long: The pictures show (se link below) a comparison between Melis (Marit is Melis' human) and Erling, where you can see that Erling's muscles aren't able to hold his organs in place at all.
You can read more and see the pictures here:
Here Erling is getting checked and treated by vet called Heidi Stenstad (picture used with permission from
Marit Emilie):
The most terrible thing about this is that mummy and daddy have told us that this is the
usual way rabbits are living in Norway and the rest of the world. That's so terrible and sad! We only have to sit in a cage when we're going some were, and sometimes we have to be in a pen when someone is looking after us. And that's terrible enough even though our pen is bigger than the cage Erling lived in. Poor poor, Erling..
Why we rabbits are not supposed to live in cages
In our blog reading list we have a like you maybe have seen
Marit Emilie's blog it's in Norwegian but we had to share this entry with you anyway (hopefully you will survive terrible translated Norwegian from Google Translate).
So even though he doesn’t live here, this entry will be about a 10 year old rabbit called Erling. He was just rescued from a life in a small cage that he had been living in his whole life. He's human was originally the children that lived in the house when Erling was a small bunny baby. It was fun in a while cause they loved him as long as he was a baby, even though he had to live in a small cage. But then the humans stopped coming that much, and in the end they even gave him away to someone else because they though it was a hassle to go out and feed him.
To be given away was actually really fortunate for him, because now he has gotten himself a loving family with two other bunny friends and he finally gets to live like everybun should: As a free-roaming house bunny that lives together with her or his humans inside.
But 10 years in a cage is not god for anybun and Erling had problems to walk after being let out of his cage. And x-ray pictures from
Marit Emilie's blog shows what actually happens to you're muscles and your organs when living in a cage for so long: The pictures show (se link below) a comparison between Melis (Marit is Melis' human) and Erling, where you can see that Erling's muscles aren't able to hold his organs in place at all.
You can read more and see the pictures here:
Here Erling is getting checked and treated by vet called Heidi Stenstad (picture used with permission from
Marit Emilie):
The most terrible thing about this is that mummy and daddy have told us that this is the
usual way rabbits are living in Norway and the rest of the world. That's so terrible and sad! We only have to sit in a cage when we're going some were, and sometimes we have to be in a pen when someone is looking after us. And that's terrible enough even though our pen is bigger than the cage Erling lived in. Poor poor, Erling..
No more cage!
Balto seems much better after the abscess was removed :)
He's got his energy back, and it's a little more difficult to apply salve to the wound.
When it comes to the antibiotics I'm really impressed by how easy it is to give it to him, he swallows it without much fighting and doesn't spit out even a little droplet ^^
His eyes or rather his pupils is still white, thought. I can see that the whiteness in his eyes is dependent on the light and therefore the size of the pupil. And when I think back on the night I found him lying in the cage it was very dark so his pupils should be extracted so the whole eye would seem white to me.
I've tried to ask on a Norwegian hamster forum, but I've haven't got any answer, so I think I'll ask on an international forum to see if anyone seems to know what this is. I also think I will send some photos (the two bellow) to the vet, as it seems to me like they diden't check his eyes properly.
After surfing on the net a little searching for his symptoms I've begin to suspect cataract, as I he doesn't have problems with runny or sticky eyes I don't think is an eye infection, but I'm not an expert. And since he is on antibiotics shouldn't any infection been better by now? To me it seems like Balto has no problems with his eyes hurting, but it seems like he has lost some of his eyesight, as it seemed as he had some problems finding water in his cage, but I think that's solved after I gave him a water dish in addition to his water bottle).
Some pictures were you can see his white pupils (they were taken while he explored the bathroom after last evenings dose of medicine). Please click on the pictures to make them bigger.
Update: Balto
Balto seems much better after the abscess was removed :)
He's got his energy back, and it's a little more difficult to apply salve to the wound.
When it comes to the antibiotics I'm really impressed by how easy it is to give it to him, he swallows it without much fighting and doesn't spit out even a little droplet ^^
His eyes or rather his pupils is still white, thought. I can see that the whiteness in his eyes is dependent on the light and therefore the size of the pupil. And when I think back on the night I found him lying in the cage it was very dark so his pupils should be extracted so the whole eye would seem white to me.
I've tried to ask on a Norwegian hamster forum, but I've haven't got any answer, so I think I'll ask on an international forum to see if anyone seems to know what this is. I also think I will send some photos (the two bellow) to the vet, as it seems to me like they diden't check his eyes properly.
After surfing on the net a little searching for his symptoms I've begin to suspect cataract, as I he doesn't have problems with runny or sticky eyes I don't think is an eye infection, but I'm not an expert. And since he is on antibiotics shouldn't any infection been better by now? To me it seems like Balto has no problems with his eyes hurting, but it seems like he has lost some of his eyesight, as it seemed as he had some problems finding water in his cage, but I think that's solved after I gave him a water dish in addition to his water bottle).
Some pictures were you can see his white pupils (they were taken while he explored the bathroom after last evenings dose of medicine). Please click on the pictures to make them bigger.
Right now we're visiting granddad and my aunts. Some days ago my it started to hurt inside my mouth so I kind of lost my apetite yesterday. It hurts so much when I chew, but it hav ehurted a little. So I have just eaten soft things, like leaves and dandilions or tasty things like my papaya tablets. And even thought I tried to trick mum into believing that I was fine by running a lot and pretending to eat she understood and today she and granddad took me to the vet after I had "played" a while in the garden...
And after the terrible new vet looked at my teeth mum LEFT me! And then they gave me something and I felt asleep. When I woke up I feelt really bad and my mouth hurt. A vet came and gave me Critical Care and then my old vet(!!!) came even though we are about 450 km away from home!
[mums comment: His old vet had moved to work on this veterinary office, I was really surprised to find out].After a looooooong time mum came and picked me up and granddad drove us home. Right now I'm sitting in the cage inside my enclosure here, with a blanket over me and is feeling kind of betrayed. Stupid mum... We're on a vacation and she left me with the vet :(
Think I'm going to try to relax a little, before mum starts to give me Critical Care.
[mums comment: His medication after fixing he's teeth this time is painkillers for three days (starting tomorrow), FibrePlex and Critical Care.]
Sick again...
Right now we're visiting granddad and my aunts. Some days ago my it started to hurt inside my mouth so I kind of lost my apetite yesterday. It hurts so much when I chew, but it hav ehurted a little. So I have just eaten soft things, like leaves and dandilions or tasty things like my papaya tablets. And even thought I tried to trick mum into believing that I was fine by running a lot and pretending to eat she understood and today she and granddad took me to the vet after I had "played" a while in the garden...
And after the terrible new vet looked at my teeth mum LEFT me! And then they gave me something and I felt asleep. When I woke up I feelt really bad and my mouth hurt. A vet came and gave me Critical Care and then my old vet(!!!) came even though we are about 450 km away from home!
[mums comment: His old vet had moved to work on this veterinary office, I was really surprised to find out].After a looooooong time mum came and picked me up and granddad drove us home. Right now I'm sitting in the cage inside my enclosure here, with a blanket over me and is feeling kind of betrayed. Stupid mum... We're on a vacation and she left me with the vet :(
Think I'm going to try to relax a little, before mum starts to give me Critical Care.
[mums comment: His medication after fixing he's teeth this time is painkillers for three days (starting tomorrow), FibrePlex and Critical Care.]
Some pictures of my little Balto (I think I'm going to opload some pictures from Christmas later).
Look at his small adorable and cute paws <3
(unfortunately I had to take the pictures trough his cage so that's why the pictures is full of stripes)
Yes, he's still alive ^^
Some pictures of my little Balto (I think I'm going to opload some pictures from Christmas later).
Look at his small adorable and cute paws <3
(unfortunately I had to take the pictures trough his cage so that's why the pictures is full of stripes)
I'm feeling better today :)
I was placed in my cage last evening and has been sitting there until now, so I ate some hay since it was really boring.
And I tricked mum today so I just had to take one syringe with medicine! [mom's comment: he just had to take antibiotics today, as we ended the paraffin cure yesterday]
Right now I'm lying under the bed to hide in case mum finds out that she is going to give me some more, or if she decides to put me in the cage again.
Everybunny should be allowed to roam free at all times, especially when they are not feeling well!
Update - Aristoteles
I'm feeling better today :)
I was placed in my cage last evening and has been sitting there until now, so I ate some hay since it was really boring.
And I tricked mum today so I just had to take one syringe with medicine! [mom's comment: he just had to take antibiotics today, as we ended the paraffin cure yesterday]
Right now I'm lying under the bed to hide in case mum finds out that she is going to give me some more, or if she decides to put me in the cage again.
Everybunny should be allowed to roam free at all times, especially when they are not feeling well!
Thursday evening I didn't feel really well and my tummy was really painful, so when mum gave my my pellets I didn't eat as I was in so much pain. So mum force-feed with Critical Care me and massaged my tummy. I tried to run away of course but my strength just disappeared as I tried.
The next morning I was feeling better and ate a little pellets so mum went to do some errands. And while she was away I started to feel ill again, and didn't manage to finish my food. I tried to trick mum into believing everything was fine but she force-feed me again and put me in the my carrier. So we went to PetVett again... The vet checked my teeth as usual and after mum said something the started to touch my belly and I tried to run away. We went out but didn't leave and after a while another vet came took me away from mum(!) then she laid me on a table and held me tight and I was really scared. But then she took me back to mum. I tried to tell mum that we had to run and that these people was trying to kill me or worse! Then the vet came out again and we went into the room where I had been held on the table. Mum and the vet was looking on something and talked. I picked up the words serious, but I'm always serious you know.
Mum left me with the vets again and they force-feed me with something and then I was held on the table again before they gave me some medicine and put a cable (you know almost like the one that mum has put out of my reach) with water or something in one of my front legs (it really painful because it has a torn in it that they put in my leg).
After a long long time mum picked me up and we took the bus home, and then I was put in my cage even though I wanted to run under the bed. Mum also force-feed me and gave me medicine.
Now two days later I was allowed to go out of my cage. And I'm feeling a little better but I'm still feeling really sick, but I have managed to eat a little (mum has brought some really tasty hay, I think it is called alfaalfa hay or something). Right now I'm lying under mums desk and telling her what to write.
So see you later, and I will try to keep you fans a little updated on how I'm feeling.
[Mums comment: Aristotels has became really sick. The x-rays showed that his stomach has been magnified and he has problems with his digestion. I was tolled that if I had come later, it could have been to late for him... He got intravenous therapy at the vet (the cord he is talking about), and some medicines. Right now he gets antibiotics, medical paraffin and FibrePlex (and Critical Care). It's seems like his condition is stable right now, but if he gets worse it's straight back to the vet.]
Me after coming home from the vet:
And like it weren't enough that I felt ill I was put in my cage for two whole days!
I'm not feeling really well right now
Thursday evening I didn't feel really well and my tummy was really painful, so when mum gave my my pellets I didn't eat as I was in so much pain. So mum force-feed with Critical Care me and massaged my tummy. I tried to run away of course but my strength just disappeared as I tried.
The next morning I was feeling better and ate a little pellets so mum went to do some errands. And while she was away I started to feel ill again, and didn't manage to finish my food. I tried to trick mum into believing everything was fine but she force-feed me again and put me in the my carrier. So we went to PetVett again... The vet checked my teeth as usual and after mum said something the started to touch my belly and I tried to run away. We went out but didn't leave and after a while another vet came took me away from mum(!) then she laid me on a table and held me tight and I was really scared. But then she took me back to mum. I tried to tell mum that we had to run and that these people was trying to kill me or worse! Then the vet came out again and we went into the room where I had been held on the table. Mum and the vet was looking on something and talked. I picked up the words serious, but I'm always serious you know.
Mum left me with the vets again and they force-feed me with something and then I was held on the table again before they gave me some medicine and put a cable (you know almost like the one that mum has put out of my reach) with water or something in one of my front legs (it really painful because it has a torn in it that they put in my leg).
After a long long time mum picked me up and we took the bus home, and then I was put in my cage even though I wanted to run under the bed. Mum also force-feed me and gave me medicine.
Now two days later I was allowed to go out of my cage. And I'm feeling a little better but I'm still feeling really sick, but I have managed to eat a little (mum has brought some really tasty hay, I think it is called alfaalfa hay or something). Right now I'm lying under mums desk and telling her what to write.
So see you later, and I will try to keep you fans a little updated on how I'm feeling.
[Mums comment: Aristotels has became really sick. The x-rays showed that his stomach has been magnified and he has problems with his digestion. I was tolled that if I had come later, it could have been to late for him... He got intravenous therapy at the vet (the cord he is talking about), and some medicines. Right now he gets antibiotics, medical paraffin and FibrePlex (and Critical Care). It's seems like his condition is stable right now, but if he gets worse it's straight back to the vet.]
Me after coming home from the vet:
And like it weren't enough that I felt ill I was put in my cage for two whole days!
Yesterday evening I was feeling very well so I was allowed to sleep in mums bed:
But after a while I decided that I wanted to sleep on my regular spot instead:
Me this morning:
And this is me now:
I don't feel well at all... I don't want to either eat or drink myself so mum is feeding me with Critical Care and water...
Mum has called the vet and she his going to call her back around 15:00.
I'm not feeling well...
Yesterday evening I was feeling very well so I was allowed to sleep in mums bed:
But after a while I decided that I wanted to sleep on my regular spot instead:
Me this morning:
And this is me now:
I don't feel well at all... I don't want to either eat or drink myself so mum is feeding me with Critical Care and water...
Mum has called the vet and she his going to call her back around 15:00.
Balto is eating food in his cage new cage that he got from his youngest aunt (Tusen takk!). The picture was taken right after he moved to Bergen after living with Hamsterguardian for a while. I thank you a lot for watching after him for all this time!
Cutey
Balto is eating food in his cage new cage that he got from his youngest aunt (Tusen takk!). The picture was taken right after he moved to Bergen after living with Hamsterguardian for a while. I thank you a lot for watching after him for all this time!
Today mum and a friend of hers was out and bought a new home for me ^^
And I love it!
I have made a few happy-jumps in my new cage and have played in it for the whole day. Who needs to be a indoorrabbit who can run outside he's cage when he wants, when you have a cool cage as mine ^^ (don't misunderstand I love to have the freedom to deicide when I want to be outside my own cage)
Mum has also clipped my nails today so now I can walk on the floor easily ^^ It was a little scary at first but then I realaxed and everything went fine ^^
I have also got a toy today, that are really spessial: When I push it arrownd it sometimes fall yummy pellets out of it (mum calls it a snackball or something) <3
Lurifacks, my mums little boy who died before I was born. I'm not allowed to play with his other toys who stands in the bookshelf, but I got this little toy from him and I really love it!
A video of me when I just got inside my new cage (I'm playing the intromusic on my new drinkingbotle :) The one I mum bought in the petstore was way to difficult to drink from, and mum have now trown it away).
Me in my cool new cage:
Evil Eyes :P
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Pellets! Yummy!!!
Relaxing after exploring my new home ^^ Look at my ball and the carrot chewing toy (which also is new by the way) .
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My new cage!
Today mum and a friend of hers was out and bought a new home for me ^^
And I love it!
I have made a few happy-jumps in my new cage and have played in it for the whole day. Who needs to be a indoorrabbit who can run outside he's cage when he wants, when you have a cool cage as mine ^^ (don't misunderstand I love to have the freedom to deicide when I want to be outside my own cage)
Mum has also clipped my nails today so now I can walk on the floor easily ^^ It was a little scary at first but then I realaxed and everything went fine ^^
I have also got a toy today, that are really spessial: When I push it arrownd it sometimes fall yummy pellets out of it (mum calls it a snackball or something) <3
Lurifacks, my mums little boy who died before I was born. I'm not allowed to play with his other toys who stands in the bookshelf, but I got this little toy from him and I really love it!
A video of me when I just got inside my new cage (I'm playing the intromusic on my new drinkingbotle :) The one I mum bought in the petstore was way to difficult to drink from, and mum have now trown it away).
Me in my cool new cage:
Evil Eyes :P
Pellets! Yummy!!!
Relaxing after exploring my new home ^^ Look at my ball and the carrot chewing toy (which also is new by the way) .
Yesterday I was outside for the first time in my life.
It was right after my new mum picket me up.
It was a little scary but as the brave bunny I am I conquered my fear and explored the world who was laid near my travelling cage.
OUTSIDE!!!
Yesterday I was outside for the first time in my life.
It was right after my new mum picket me up.
It was a little scary but as the brave bunny I am I conquered my fear and explored the world who was laid near my travelling cage.
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Gender: Male
Gender: Female
Gender: Female
