I have a female bunny (milly) who I have to keep away from my other rabbits because her aggression goes beyond that of a typical rabbit. I don't like the fact that she is on her own so she lives in the summerhouse in a seven foot by 3ft cage and the rest live free range in there. Tonight by freak accident she managed to get hold of my five month old lionhead and although I managed to break it up very quickly the damage had been done.

I checked Phoebe over (five month old bun) and on first appearance seemed fine, then I noticed a chunk of her fur and picked it up to find a huge piece of skin and other matter attached to it. I turned her over and she had a hole three inches long by two inches wide and I could see her thigh muscles and stomach muscles. She is only a 1.3kg bun and is so tiny. I took her straight to the emergency vet and they have taken her in.  She wasn't sure that there was enough skin to hold it together tightly enough so I am just praying that she gets through this. She was spayed last week and went into stasis, I have only just managed to get her over that. I hope she is strong enough to cope with this. I am feeling so guilty and upset and can't stop crying. If she can't be helped I will never ever forgive myself.

oh you poor thing, how very upsetting!  i'm so sorry this has happened.  dispite our best efforts sometimes accidents still do happen.  i'm sending sweet phoebe lots & lots of (((((((((healing vibes))))))))).  keep us posted ok?

i would think that phoebe would need to be kept confined to a smal enclosure while ehr stitches healed much like after a spay. for milly... could you surround her cage with an xpen maybe?  something that allows a visual connection but puts a gap between her & the other buns. 

oh i'm so glad to hear she made it through surgery!   ((((((phoebe))))))   it's good they'll be tending to her until tomorow morning to be sure she's eating & staying hydrated.  take some deep breaths & try to rest even if you can't sleep.  you'll feel so much better tomorrow if you can get some rest.  ((((((hugs))))))

Thank you....It's strange because I have been feeling ill all day today, intended on having a really early night but as soon as that happened I forgot how ill I was! No doubt it will hit me for six tomorrow when I get Phoebe home.  I know she is in the best place at the moment because I have a right job force feeding. I think it's because she is so closely bonded with me so knows she can put up with a fight, hopefully they won't have as much trouble. I've asked if I can give her antibiotics by sub-q as opposed to orally. I hate sticking them with needles but at least that way I know she will be getting it into her system.

Oh Charlie I'm just reading this.  I am so sorry.  Please don't beat yourself up.  Just be glad you got to her when you did. You are one of the best bunny moms out there. I am so glad the little one is doing ok.  Get some rest and give us an update when you get her back.  Poor baby girl.

Charlie - plenty of ****healing vibes**** for Phoebe and ((((HUGS)))) for you. I hope that all is well and maybe do a bit more with the bunny proofing in the are where Milly is. Is it possible to put up plexi-glass between her and the other rabbits? What exactly is separating her from them?

I hope everything turns out ok for your little lion head. I'm thinking about you and hope to hear soon how she (and you) is doing!

My thoughts are with you .... reading these threads has put shivers up my spine.

Hope Phoebe is ok Girl ... remember we are here for you any time, any day.

Hugs

Dawn xx

(((((((((((((Phoebe))))))))))))

i'm happy she's going to be okay.  where did you deicde to put her while she heals?  what a troublemaker MIlly is... please don't beat yourself up over this, you're doing the best you can... i commend you for not giving up on Milly.  can Milly be a house rabbit all by herself, or do you have other pets inside the house, i don't recall...

Phoebe is residing in my bedroom at the moment, I had only just let her back outside yesterday after her spay :-( I have two other house rabbits that live upstairs. When we move I'm not allowed to have any in the house so for perhaps the next year until I am in my own house again they will all be living outside :-( Well I say outside but it's not really. I'm moving my two house bunnies into the summerhouse and re-carpeting it and painting it out so it will feel new for them and will hopefully have Phoebe bonded with them. I will be working in there as a studio so will be with them every day all day. It has heating, lighting and electricity etc. I'll be penning off a section of the garden directly in front of the summerhouse for them. The buns that are in the summerhouse at the moment will be living in the garage which again will be heated etc...I'm putting two huge rugs down for them in there and they will be in huge pens in the garden during the day. I am lucky in that the new house has huge gardens and to the right of the house I am having my own garage and garden which will be fenced off from the rest of it. My sister is having her garden to the left of the house and has decking etc and loads of space and the garden directly to the back of the house is actually more like a small field and the dogs can have that area to run around in. I'm lucky that my sister puts up with me and my needs (demands he he) x

Oh I also have a dog who is great with the rabbits but Milly HATES him and is petrified. She is scared of all other animals including our cat who doesn't bat an eyelid at her. She found it extrememly stressful when she did used to be a housebun and spent all of her time hiding under things.

oh thank goodness phoebe has pulled through!  the poor poor dear.  (((((((((phoebe))))))))) 

your set-up sounds very very well thought out and carefully planned... this was a freak accident as you say.  poor millie being such a handful.  it would take a very very specific & special circumstance to give her a better life than what you are giving her i think. 

good luck with the meds for phoebe... and keep posting about her progress please.  i'll be checking in 

Ahhh thank you

I love Milly, I've just been giving her some cuddles and it's hard to be mad at her,  especially because she didn't actually do anything wrong. It's just the kind of rabbit she is. I'm pleased the rest are relatively laid back!  I agree, I don't think anybody else would be able to give her a better life to be honest because there are so many issues she has going on. I'm going to hang on in there with her and hopefully when I get my own place she can move indoors with me if I can get her used to having the dog around.