Minneapolis/St. Paul Nesties
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Paraplegic Bunny Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gqvqkwEx7U&feature=player_embedded
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Re: Paraplegic Bunny Video
Oh... this made me cry and feel all kinds of conflicting things.
1) Seeing the poor baby bunny not be able to use his back legs made me cry, partly because it's just so sad, and partly because that could be Captain Danger some day
He has E. cuniculi, which is a protazoa that causes paralysis if it infects the brain. His symptoms have only been in the eyes so far (causing a cataract to form when he was only 1 year old), and I hope it never attacks his brain, but it's sad to think about.
2) In general, if you find baby bunnies in your backyard, you should leave them alone. Wild mama bunnies are notorious for leaving the nests for lengthy periods of time, and too often when people find baby bunnies, they try and rescue them thinking they're abaondoned when they're really not. See: http://www.wrcmn.org/faq.php. Also, wild rabbits often die relatively quickly when kept in captivity. See: http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/orphan.html
3) That said, there's no way this paralyzed baby bunny was going to survive in the wild... but it still probably would have had a better chance going to a wildlife rehabilitation center. They may not have had a resource like this available... or they may just not have been aware of it (many people aren't).
4) THAT said, it's totally sweet and adorable that they tried to rescue these bunnies and build the little "ATB" for the paralyzed one. It's so sweet, and they mean well, and it's very cute.
But... it still makes me sad. Poor lil' guy
That's the saddest f-ing thing I've ever seen.
We're kind of going out.
So....does he poop and pee in his little cart? Are they going to keep him?
I think their hearts are in the right place....but....but....I can't put my finger on why it makes me feel a little icky.
Poor bunny. He looked a bit better off without that thing with wheels though. I do think it was funny someone commented that it was a ?prototype? and would be better designed later.
Littlemissflip is right that bunnies should be left alone or taken to a rehab facility. They stress super easy, although it looks like these guys in particular didn't seem to have that kind of trouble.
Admittedly the little guy would not have survived in the wild, and may not have been able to be rehabbed. However, I'm pretty sure it's illegal in most states to turn local wildlife into pets. Doesn't stop it from happening, but I know many states have laws on the books about just welcoming wild rabbits, ducks, foxes, whatever into your home.