The story
about the bunnies: The Gray One and The Yellow One
Part 2 – At the
vet for castrations
Sebastian from Croatia
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Now rabbits, once small cubs grew bigger and again
there was the danger of extending their numbers so some action was in order.
Rabbits were situated in Makarska (Croatia) but the vet there was (and still
is) working with cows, goats, cats and dogs so the rabbits were truly exotic
to him. So, neutering and castration had to be done in Split. There I managed
to find one veterinarian who dared to do rabbits and luckily at least surgery
was not the problem anymore. So I would take the rabbit to the doctor, the
surgery is done same day and the rabbit stays at my place for about a week. I
give him his medicines, than after seven or ten days the sutures are removed
and the rabbit goes back to Makarska. Ten days can be a long time and I learned a lot
about each one rabbit’s personality. Most of them were either too scared or too
inquisitive but one I liked very much. That was my Babe. Actually, at first she was called just The Yellow
One. The first one to go was The Happy Yellow One. She
was very cute but also very inquisitive. Somehow she was the first to go to
be neutered. She was also pregnant at that time. Surgery went well and there were
no ill consequences. She was
really happy creature. Always ready to explore, fearing almost nothing and no
one. But I had to watch every step I made since she was always to pop out of
somewhere pushing the nose. Where there was action, she was there too.
The Happy
One inspects who's that taking photos over there
Now she
founds me But that's
the reason she had to go back to Makarska. I simply wasn't ready to take care
of her.
The Happy
One - 05. Feb. 2010 The next
to go was another Yellow One, she was the Happy One's sister. She was a bit
shy, not at all like her sister. The surgery went well.
The Yellow
Babe loved to nibble on young wheat sprouts
The Yellow
Babe Next one
to go to be neutered was The Little Gray One. She was the smallest of all and
also she always kept herself separated. She wasn't much interested in
communications with humans. Actually, probably she needed more attention than
there was available regarding the large number of rabbits. The Yellow Babe
has already mapped all the space available and she of course marked it with
her scent, so The Little Gray One found herself in quite hostile environment
after arriving in Split. The Yellow Babe took care that nobody leaves this
hostile smelling transporter.
The Little
Gray One in Makarska garden The next
one to be neutered was Roktalica. She was the big one. She got her name by
the sound she used to produce that was similar to the sounds that pigs
produce. She also grew extremely large. She maybe even had 5kg at one time.
At that point she was put to the diet allowing only unlimited hay but she
remained as large as she was.
Roktalica
What, may I or not?
The Little Yellow One followed next and then males
were castrated, The Gray Teddy Bear and The Teddy Bear. There was no reason
to castrate those except they were very aggressive fighting one each other
and also spraying urine at anyone and anything. The Gray Mouse, last of the
males was spared. It was now time of fine tuning who gets along with whom.
It took some time to figure out how to keep fighting among them to a minimum
level. At the end it looked like this: Teddy Bear and The Happy One. Gray Bear and The Little Yellow One The Gray Mouse and Roktalica Next: Part
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