Shade(RIP)
Shade was rescued from a breeder of meat rabbits. She had gone to the breeder’s as her owner could no longer afford to care for her but the owner had second thoughts about the placement and bought Shade back several weeks later.
When collecting Shade from the breeder’s the original owner noticed that Shade now had a rear leg deformity that was not there previously. Shade was surrendered to Big Ears in 2016 and x-rays revealed that Shade’s leg had been doubly dislocated. She had been living in filthy conditions and no medical care had been sought for her leg.
Veterinary advice was that the dislocations were too old to repair as the muscle and ligament had reformed around the strange position of Shade’s leg. It was not causing any pain or suffering and Shade was very mobile but with a strange gait.