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dumped."
Budny said the person or
people who abandoned the
rabbits frustrate her
imensely.
"I'm now dealing with
someone else's problem, a
big problem, out of the kind-
ness of my heart," Budny
said. "I'm putting out my
own money and several
hours of work out of my day
to care for these 14 sick
bunnies."
Budny said the rabbits
were all in poor condition
when she took them into her
care. She said they had a
number of ailments includ-
ing bald spots, awful skin
and overgrown teeth.
Many would likely ask
Budny why she wouldn't just
bring the rabbits to a shelter.
However, sheltering is no
longer a viable solution for
many animals, let alone rab-
bits, as shelters are often
finding themselves at
capacity.
"Many shelters are at
capacity because of the
number of animals brought
there as a result of irrespon-
sible pet ownership," Bluhm
said. "If people spayed and
neutered their pets, we
would see less animals com-
ing to us or becoming
abandoned:'
Bluhm said many shelters
will often accept the surren-
der of pocket animals like
rabbits, but it depends on
the location, their resources
and of course the amount of
space that the shelter has.
"People fail to understand
that they're not pocket ani-
mals like hamsters where
Budny and her veterinarian are pretty sure
the bunnies are a lion head -cross because
of their appearance.
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they only live for a few years,"
Budny said. "Rabbits are like
cats and dogs, in that they
have a life span of 10 to 12
years."
Budny believes the 14 rab-
bits were a result of someone
having a couple of unfixed
rabbits as pet in their back-
yard and their breeding got
out of hand.
"Rabbits hit sexual matu-
rity around five months old
and a doe can have a litter
every 30 days, back-to-back
even," Budny said. "If you
put two unfixed rabbits of
the opposite sex together,
they're going to breed, for
lack of a better term, 'like
rabbits.' It can get out of
hand pretty quickly."
Budny said another prob-
lem is that many vets in
Huron County don't spay or
neuter rabbits, and if they
do, the costs associated with
the procedure can cost just
as much as if you were going
to fix a cat - another reason
there are so many stray cats.
"As a rabbit mom, I have
angorra rabbits as pets, the
whole thing is very upset-
ting," Budny said. "These
bunnies are defenseless, we
picked them up so easily."
Budny said all of the rab-
bits are very calm. She said
they didn't fight when she
bathed them, when they
were seen by the vet or get-
ting their needles either.
"As of right now, there are
five bucks that will be ready
to find homes in about 15
days, after they're treatments
are done," Budny said. "The
does are on pregnancy
watch, it's really hard to tell if
does are pregnant until the
later stages. If they do end up
having babies, the ones with
kits [a term for young rab-
bits] won't be available until
the babies have been
weaned."
Budny and her veterinar-
ian believe the rabbits are all
mature, possible lion
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A few of the rescued does huddle together for a photo on Budny's grooming table.
head -crosses because of
their appearance. She said
some of the rabbits may be a
bit older than the others,
perhaps the result of older
rabbits with a new litter.
"It's very hard to tell how
old the rabbits are," Budny
said. "There are a couple of
bucks that have deformed
noses caused by a treatable
disease. The longer the rab-
bit has it, the worse the
deformities get, which leads
me to believe that these ones
are a little bit older than the
rest:'
Budny hopes that despite
some of them having
deformities, all of the rabbits
will be able to find new
homes.
Budny said all of the rab-
bits are taking well to their
medications and at this time,
she is seeking any help that
she can get from the
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community in the way of the
donation of supplies and
finding the rabbits homes.
She said every week she is
constantly making runs for
supplies, going through
251bs of food per week, on
top of hay and bedding.
Donations that she needs
right now are rabbit bed-
ding, feed and water bottles,
as she said she currently
doesn't have enough bottles
for the amount of cages
required. She said she might
even need more cages if the
does are pregnant.
Donations can be made by
calling Budny at 519-524-
6442 or by emailing her at
monstermum_789@hotmail.
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