Sponsored Animals

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Pook and Puffy

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Pook and Puffy

Pook and Puffy were surrendered late June 2020. Their story is one we hear so often regarding rabbits. They were no longer given the attention they needed or deserved as the family surrendering them had children now and they didn’t have time for the rabbits.

When asked further questions the story becomes all too familiar. The rabbits were approx 2 years old. They were surrendered as two boys but closer examination revealed they were two females. They had not been de-sexed or ever taken to a vet. They hadn’t been vaccinated against calici virus or been wormed or treated for fleas. They had been kept in a cage and their toenails were severely overgrown. They had been fed a common supermarket rabbit food which is inappropriate for rabbits and both were fat. Puffy was obese to the point of not being able to groom herself and as you can see by the photo’s, when she was surrendered she had a large ball of wet and dry faeces stuck around her bottom and stomach area.

The day they were surrendered they were wormed, vaccinated, nail clipped and Puffy was bathed until her bottom was all cleaned up. They are both booked in for desexing and their diet has been corrected to 80% hay, small amounts of lucerne chaff and fresh greens like silverbeet and the odd very small treat like fresh cut carrot.

The way these rabbits were treated is very common and the owners are cruel. Not maliciously cruel or cruel by intent, but cruel by apathy, ignorance and their failure to provide the correct care.

We are hoping to raise enough money to pay for their desexing operations so we would love them to receive many sponsors at the lower price of $50.00 for the year for the pair.

Sponsored by:

Marina Carter – expiry 30/06/2021

Kelly Capstick – expiry 28/06/2021

Bianca Dean – expiry 28/06/2021

Deidre Brumby – expiry 28/06/2021

Ilaria Catizone – expiry 28/06/2021

Vivenne McNally – expiry 28/06/2021

Kathryn Hines – expiry 28/06/2021

Vanessa Wells – expiry 28/06/2021

Dale Heather – expiry 30/06/2021

Michael Bevitt – expiry 28/06/2021

Pawinee Yuhun – expiry 29/06/2021

Tico

This lady is one of the 30 rabbits rescued from a terrible neglect situation in Hobart in mid January 2015.

Sponsorship of $50.00 will go towards her vet checks, parasite control and vaccinations.

Sponsored by:

Charles Cazabon – expiry 10/05/2021.

Lola

Lola arrived in August 2018 as a two year old. She is a delightful little rabbit that bonded with Wally after she was desexed.

Sponsorship of Lola is $50.00 per year and will go towards her twice yearly vaccinations, parasite control and vet checks.

Sponsored by:

Oliver Smith – expires 05/04/2021.

Benjamin

Benjamin and his two friends were living in a backyard in Sydney. Their owner didn’t know anything about the keeping of rabbits and they were kept in a small wire fence boundary with no roof and exposed to the elements, it hit 38C there recently and they’re in direct sunlight. Their diet consisted of whatever part of a carrot could fit through the mesh, and whatever faeces-covered grass they could chew on. They did not have access to water, as the owners firmly believed that rabbits don’t drink water and that it would kill them.

Thankfully a neighbour intervened and after trying to educate the owner about rabbits without success he convinced the owner to give the rabbits up, swapping the rabbits for a basketball hoop instead. This good samaratin knew that the rabbits at Big ears are able to live outside as we are free from predators so paid for the rabbits to fly down and get delivered to our door on the 26/12/2019. Whilst they were in his care they would go to sleep in front of their water bowl with their little paws on it, as if afraid of being without water again.

Sponsorship of Benjamin is $50.00 per year and goes towards his vet checks, vaccinations and parasite control.

Peanut

Peanut and his two friends were living in a backyard in Sydney. Their owner didn’t know anything about the keeping of rabbits and they were kept in a small wire fence boundary with no roof and exposed to the elements, it hit 38C there recently and they’re in direct sunlight. Their diet consisted of whatever part of a carrot could fit through the mesh, and whatever faeces-covered grass they could chew on. They did not have access to water, as the owners firmly believed that rabbits don’t drink water and that it would kill them.

Sponsorship of Peanut is $50.00 per year and goes towards his vet checks, vaccinations and parasite control.

Sponsored by:

Maria Morena – expires 06/01/2021.

Tameka Hill – expires 16/01/2021.

Melinda Johnstone – expires 28/01/2021.

Leonard

Leonard and his two friends were living in a backyard in Sydney. Their owner didn’t know anything about the keeping of rabbits and they were kept in a small wire fence boundary with no roof and exposed to the elements, it hit 38C there recently and they’re in direct sunlight. Their diet consisted of whatever part of a carrot could fit through the mesh, and whatever faeces-covered grass they could chew on. They did not have access to water, as the owners firmly believed that rabbits don’t drink water and that it would kill them.

Sponsorship of Leonard is $50.00 per year and goes towards his vet checks, vaccinations and parasite control.

Sponsored by:

Maria Morena – expires 06/01/2021.

Crystal martin – expires 16/01/2021.

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A special thank you to the following donors