We were walking our dog down the river bank and came across a huge rabbit, the poor thing was drenched and covered in mud. I put my coat around her and rushed her home.
She was covered in solid poo so I gave her a warm bath to try to clean her up, when I tried to losen the poo the bath filled with blood, I was histerical and screamed at my partner for my phone.
I rang my dogs vets in a complete state and was told to bring her straight in. She had to have staples and was kept in overnight as was in shock.
We collected her the next day, vets have said the poo was stuck over a nasty cut which ran from her bum to girly bits, they have been stapled. She also has urine burns and overgrown claws. Vets said she was obviously kept in her own filth. How can people do this? We are keeping her, she now has full run of my spare room, has fallen in love with my puppys bed and has claimed it as her own. She loves her hay, fresh water and veg.
problem now is she's a very fat rabbit 6kg and can't reach to clean her own bits so im doing it for her with wet wipes and cream for her urine burns. She goes back to have her staples out on the 2nd. I can't belive someone let her get in this state :(
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5hounds · 28/12/2012 19:09
Thats such an awful story, some people are so cruel, it makes me feel sick 
but aww i'm glad you're keeping her, bless her, she is one very lucky bunny! ..
Hope she continues to recover well..
I'm so glad you found her.
Rabbits are apparently the most abused animals in the uk
I loved my bunny - he gave me more than 12 years of happiness, no idea how someone could treat an animal like that.
Bless you. So kind. Poor little thing.
There are some bastards in the world... then there are nice people like you.
I would have a look too actually, i'd hazard a guess she couldn't have been hopping around for long or she'dve been got by a dog or fox, but not sure what you could do if you do spot an empty dirty hutch..
Oh that's awful, makes me so sad :(
She is super super lucky that you came to her rescue though!
Think you deserve a big 
and 
for taking her in and paying bills etc.
What have you called her?
Oh god, this has made me cry :(
People really don't realise what looking after buns entails. I have 2. One being a rescue through a local charity and the stories the owner tells me make me so sad , but folk seem to think that a little cute bundle of fluff will be the perfect pet. In reality they aren't. My buns aren't lap or hug loving buns but live the of Riley with the run of the back garden and a hutch more luxurious than my house!!!
The ending to your story is such a happy one and I hope bun and dog continue to live happily ever after
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