This weekend I'm dog sitting for Evil Empryss while she's out of town with the Evil family. I brought the dogs over to my house for a few hours today because I have a large, fenced back yard and they can run and play freely.
Goldie is an older Carolina dog. She's gotten fairly sedate in her old age, though she's one heck of a wrestler.
Copper is a young Carolina dog, about 18 months old. He's a knucklehead. Lots of energy, not much common sense. He's had a thing about digging up snakes in EE's backyard for awhile now, possibly some rabbit warrens as well.
While the dogs were playing in my yard, I went inside to work on some laundry.
It got quiet. Too quiet. I went to check. Copper didn't come right away when I called. So I go outside to see what he's up to. He comes from around the back of my shed, and I can see little brown legs dangling from his mouth.
I run outside and the legs disappear. For a moment I think he's glombed down whatever it was he was after. Then I see it on the grass; a little brown baby bunny. Copper found a rabbit warren in my backyard somewhere (rabbits are all over the place in my neighborhood). It was still alive.
I didn't know what to do. I pick it up, find a box in the garage and bring it in the house. I call a friend of mine who's a vet, but she didn't answer. I call MY vet, get the emergency line and she gives me the name of a wildlife rehab. I call them and leave a message.
My vet friend Cassie calls back but says there's not much she can do. The bunny was alert and moving around . . . but I could see the back legs were not moving. I'm pretty sure Copper broke its back. The wildlife refuge called back; they don't take injured animals, but he recommended an emergency vet who would and wouldn't charge me.
So I took the little bunny there. He seemed more active, and I think he might have been moving his back legs a bit.
The tech said they'd do their best. But odds are, the bunny had to be humanely euthanized.
I'm very sad
Goldie is an older Carolina dog. She's gotten fairly sedate in her old age, though she's one heck of a wrestler.
Copper is a young Carolina dog, about 18 months old. He's a knucklehead. Lots of energy, not much common sense. He's had a thing about digging up snakes in EE's backyard for awhile now, possibly some rabbit warrens as well.
While the dogs were playing in my yard, I went inside to work on some laundry.
It got quiet. Too quiet. I went to check. Copper didn't come right away when I called. So I go outside to see what he's up to. He comes from around the back of my shed, and I can see little brown legs dangling from his mouth.
I run outside and the legs disappear. For a moment I think he's glombed down whatever it was he was after. Then I see it on the grass; a little brown baby bunny. Copper found a rabbit warren in my backyard somewhere (rabbits are all over the place in my neighborhood). It was still alive.
I didn't know what to do. I pick it up, find a box in the garage and bring it in the house. I call a friend of mine who's a vet, but she didn't answer. I call MY vet, get the emergency line and she gives me the name of a wildlife rehab. I call them and leave a message.
My vet friend Cassie calls back but says there's not much she can do. The bunny was alert and moving around . . . but I could see the back legs were not moving. I'm pretty sure Copper broke its back. The wildlife refuge called back; they don't take injured animals, but he recommended an emergency vet who would and wouldn't charge me.
So I took the little bunny there. He seemed more active, and I think he might have been moving his back legs a bit.
The tech said they'd do their best. But odds are, the bunny had to be humanely euthanized.
I'm very sad
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