TeddyBear CondoBunnyI hear my mama’s voice and I am so ready to go home. It’s taking way too long. Home. Home. Get me Home Now. Finally, Cindy (the vet tech) comes to get me. Hurry.
Where’s mama? There she is and I jump from Cindy’s arms into mama’s arms. Sweet. She rubs me and kisses my head as she should. Then I get to go in the travel cage and home to Lacy. Yay.
That’s Teddy’s version. Below is the mama’s version:
I waited in the lobby for them to bring Teddy out. My thoughts were along the lines of, “Wait until the other pet owners see how cute Teddy is.” I imagined he would be sweetly in their arms. Nope. Didn’t happen that way. I didn’t know who would bring him out. But Cindy came out and she had a wild cat in her arms and not the domestic variety. It was twisting and stretching and all around wild. She could barely control the beast.
Yep. If you guessed that was Teddy, then you’d be correct. When Cindy was about a foot or two from me, he leapt into my arms. He snuggled against my chest and then he was so sweet and calm. At least I knew he was healthy, because no way could he have done that yesterday. Oh yeah. Everyone noticed Teddy just not the way I imagined.
Side note: When I picked Teddy up, Dr. Pursley was his new doctor – she was newly hired and a bunny specialist. Dr. Roberts owns the practice and she knows bunnies, too.
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The next day…
I feel awful. I’m just laying in this cubicle for sick critters. I still don’t feel like eating. The doctor and her helpers stick me with needles and stuff. Then I hear mama. She came back.
Mama came to the back where I am. She held me on her lap and rubbed me. She kept saying, “Poor Teddy. Good brave Teddy. Mama and Lacy love you.”
Life would be even better if I felt better, but at least mama knows her place. Just in case you don’t know where that is – it is with me.
Mama had to go because her lunch hour was over. She left me again.
Where did my mama go? The doctor took me back and did all kinds of things to me. I feel so bad. Okay I felt really bad before the doc took me. Mama should be here.
Filed under: Teddy, bunny care | Tags: bunny, bunny care, bunny emergency, Thank God for Dr. Roberts and Dr. Pursley
I don’t feel good. I can hardly hold my head up. Food doesn’t even look good. Mama offers me a piece of banana. But I just ignore it. Finally, mama picks up my limp body. She pets me and kisses me. Life would be good, but I feel icky.
(Mama’s note: Teddy being lothargic was bad enough, but not wanting any banana caused me to panic. When I held him and rubbed him, I found lumps on his lower belly. Yes. I panicked some more and called the vet. Dr. Roberts had me bring Teddy in immediately even though she had to stay past office hours to look at Teddy. Teddy had a blockage in his intestine. Everything I’d read about this said that bunnies in this condition needed surgery and had a very low survival rate. Dr. Roberts that she had a non-surgery treatment (this was May 2000). I left Teddy there and went home a very sad mama.)
Yum. I get hungry just thinking about the stuff I like to eat. Here goes.
I love to eat food pellets, carrots, broccoli, brussel sprouts, lettuce, alfalfa hay, timothy hay, oat hay, italian parsley, celery, grapes, and spinach. And banana is my very favorite of all. It’s delicious.
Also, I love to eat wood furniture, wood anything, newspapers, phone books, important papers and mail, books, clothes, cloth bags, faux leather bags, cardboard, cords, carpet, and other good stuff that I can’t remember just right now. (I never knew how good mamas books tasted until Lacy showed me that the bookcases were really a smorgasbord. That girl is smart.)
I would love to try Rocky Road ice cream. Once I tried to get some of mamas , but she moved the bowl before I could get a bite or a lick. This is so wrong. Also, I want to try popcorn and chocolate.
Lacy found a chocolate covered macademian nut that mama dropped. She got a few bites in before mama busted her and confiscated the tasty bite. Lacy said it was delicious. And she’s got chocolate breath. It is not far. I didn’t get any.
