Update on Lucky, our owl attack survivor... Shes a girl!! (And so is her sister). We may have to change her name to Lucky Lucy or (4 Leaf) Clover. ;) At yesterdays check up, this time at Little Paws, her teeth, although bent, were still not in need of a trim (she continues to eat normally as well) but Dr. Joseph decided to test his new x-ray machine on the area of her face with some missing fur we werent sure was from an owl talon or the impact, and she appears to have a small crush fracture with missing bone, but its hard to see without a true dental x-ray. Whatever the injury, its healing very well. Her teeth may be out of alignment because of the fracture, and a nasal passage is looking a little funky, but those are unknowns at this point. And because shes eating, drinking and breathing normally, its not an issue. The worst case scenario is that shell need incisor and/or molar trims every few months and maybe catching cold may make her more uncomfortable than another rabbit. But its still unfortunate for us because its more likely she wont be able to join a colony, shell need to be kept monitored in a home. So unless we see another little miracle on top of her big miracles -- being caught by an owl and dropped from 30 feet, surviving and thriving -- shes going to need an angel to take her in (preferably with her sister). Dr. Joseph absolutely agrees with Dr. Ranas initial treatment, and would not have taken x-rays when she first came in, either. Shes a baby, she had been alert and nibbling on food a few hours after being dropped by the owl. She was not critical, not even showing pain responses. She had a slight wheeze, neither holding her nor anaesthetic was advised, and the dental x-ray required involved propping open her jaw and inserting a special device which also could have caused further injuries. And even had surgery been possible, it would have required wiring her jaw and other invasive procedures, and could have caused major problems (further breakage, anaesthetic reaction, etc) in a bid to fix a minor problem (a funky but fully functioning jaw). We have to mention this because we are under attack yet again from somebody who feel compelled to try very hard to turn EVERYTHING we do into a negative, and we are disappointed to see people who should know better appearing to echo her claims even though time and time again theyre disproved. Lucky went to an excellent rabbit-savvy vet hours after the owl attack. A second vet agreed with her treatment. We obviously had nothing to do with her injuries, our light-hearted discussion about baby bunnies bouncing was not abusive to rabbits and our comments marvelling at feral rabbits ability to self-heal did not warrant mocking. And we most certainly have never said rabbits de-worm themselves! Please people, dont trust a haters translations of anything, read or talk to the source!
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:16:59 +0000
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