The following Big Ears animals have been sponsored. Thank you so much to everyone who is now a sponsor. If you would like to be a sponsor please go to the sponsor an animal page.
Brownie was a duckling that needed help. He was found in a box with wire on the top. He had a badly infected eye and his head had been severely pecked. The finders couldn’t say no so took him in. They cleared up his eye and tended to his pecked head. Because he turned out to be a drake and they had chickens they tried to re-home him with no luck. The only people who were interested in were the ones that wanted to eat him.
Brownie came to the sanctuary late July 2018 and has fitted in beautifully with the other Big Ears ducks.
Little Bonk was found in the middle of the road on a rainy day at the end of May. She was shivering in the rain when a kind lady stopped for her as other cars were driving around her. When she was brought to the sanctuary she was covered in flea’s, dehydrated and really hungry. She survived the night so we thought she was a fighter.
Bonk was treated for fleas and worms and passed the biggest worm we had ever seen come out of a rabbit. It took her ages to begin to eat grass and she was bottle fed by Jacqui for two months.
Bonk can be sponsored for $50.00 per year which will go towards her vet checks, parasite control and vaccinations. She will also be de-sexed shortly as female rabbits that don’t have babies usually develop uterine cancers and de-sexing improves their behaviour.
Sponsored by:
Nikki Roach – expires 12/08/2019.
Lauren Soanes – expires 13/08/2019.
Rachel Wagner – expires 13/08/2019.
Fergus
Fergus
Fergus is one of the 300 rabbits Big Ears took in when they bought out a meat rabbit farm in 2012. The numbers have declined over the years due to the poor hygiene and breeding they were subjected to at the farm. Those that remain, like Fergus, enjoy the very best life a rabbit could hope for. They are able to engage in all types of rabbit behaviour including digging, running, socialising and living with another that understands them. Fergus has a asmall issue with his hind leg that is kept in check with pain relief and cartrophen shots.
Fergus can be sponsored for $50.00 per year which goes towards his vet checks, parasite control and vaccinations.
Sponsored by:
Jeannie & Leon Connell – expires 20/08/2019.
Alba
Alba
This lady is one of the 30 rabbits rescued from a terrible neglect situation in Hobart in mid January 2015. For more on his story please visit our rabbit rescue tab.
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 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 beside the strange gait.
Shade lives with her bunny boyfriend Prince and copes well with her disability.
Shade can be sponsored for $50.00 per year which will go towards her vet checks, vaccinations and parasite control.
Sponsored by:
Ruth McMahon – expires 02/08/2019.
Mr Spock
Mr Spock
Mr Spock came to Big Ears in April 2018. He was surrendered as his human owner had passed away from Cancer.
He has now been de-sexed and vaccinated and is heading out into the outside pens with a new partner.
Sponsorship of Mr Spock is $50.00 per year which goes towards his vet checks, vaccinations and parasite control.
