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Showing posts with label Disabled Animals. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Adorable Baby Bunny Gets a Second Chance at Life After He Was Attacked by Another Bigger Rabbit


An adorable baby bunny is as happy as can be as he gets a second chance at life when his owners decided not to put him down after he was hurt by another rabbit.

A farmer at Overlook Acres discovered the bunny, who has since been named Wheels, in a barn 'stiff and half frozen', according to a Facebook post.  

The bunny is unable to use its rear legs and instead of being put down, his owners decided to give him some wheels.

They bought him a $1 miniature skateboard and attached it to his legs in order to help him move around. 

Luckily the rabbit really took to its new attachment and loves zipping around with its friends.

The video begins with one of the owners laying on the floor as the bunny wheels over to him and starts to lick his face.

As the owner slides his hand across the floor, the tiny, white puffball chases after it, moving pretty quick for an injured bunny.

One of the owners said '”With dragging his legs, he's faster than all the other rabbits.”

As the baby bunny continues to explore his surroundings, he wanders over to another person in the video, who reaches down to give him a tickle behind the ears.

Overlook Acres has lost several bunnies out of the six litters that were born to the frigid temperatures of upstate New York.

One night Wheels wandered out of his nest and was attacked by a bigger bunny, who injured him so bad he was unable to move his back legs.

A farmer discovered wheels and within a few days nursed him back to health.

His owners figured out that he was paralyzed from his belly down, and normally they would put animals down in these situations, but Wheels 'managed to still pull himself around the floor and was moving faster than the other babies'. 

They then bought the little skateboard toy at the dollar store and manufactured a mini wheelchair body for the little guy.

Wheels has since been dubbed 'the little bunny that wouldn't give up'. 

And after getting more than 22 million views on his video, the farm decided to turn Wheels' story into an illustrated children's book.

The farm has created a Kickstarter page.










Wheels was given a second chance at life when his owners bought him a $1 miniature skateboard and attached it to his legs so that he could still move around.




Kisses for you: Wheels, the little bunny that could, gives his owner a kiss as he gets used to his new skateboard wheelchair.




Wheels has been moving around and exploring his new environment. And he is also pretty fast as he zips around with his friends.




Wheels has since been dubbed 'the little bunny that wouldn't give up' and the farm is trying to turn his story into a children's book.




Overlook Acres has decided to turn Wheels' story into an illustrated children's book. The farm recently posted different illustrations of Wheels by illustrators on their Facebook page, such as the one pictured.



The farm has also created a Kickstarter page that has raised more than $1,700 that will go toward publishing Wheels' story. Pictured is another illustration for the book by Holly Skalski. 




As Wheels' video has touched millions of hearts, the farm is hoping that the children's book will to. As seen from the video, an illustration (pictured) of Wheels and his owner by Greg Panneitz.


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Monday, January 25, 2016

Meet Piglet, The Adorable Cleft-Lip Kitty


The first thing you notice about Piglet is her nose. This dinky white kitty with black-and-gray accents suffers from a cleft lip, which gives her a certain resemblance to the A. A. Milne character of the same name.

She’s also experienced a turbulent start to life, but now this kitty is blooming into a champion for special needs cats.

Also, Snoop Dogg has Piglet’s back.
I’ll explain more on that one later, but for now let’s get to Piglet’s tale.

Piglet was originally part of a litter that was orphaned at just a few days old. Thankfully, two veterinary technicians stepped in and bottle-raised Piglet and her pals.

“She was a lot of work as a baby,” says a friend of the vet technicians, who’d shortly become become Piglet’s mom after becoming smitten with a picture of her. “Although she didn’t have many complications from her cleft, her litter was not very healthy.”

Recounting her first meeting with Piglet, her mom says, “She was mostly nose! Her eyes were closed, and her ears hadn’t stood up yet. The first time I met her in person was when she was about 1 and a half weeks old, and I immediately fell in love with her. She loved being held, and I thought her nose was extremely cute!”

While Piglet’s personality shone through from the start — and her mom describes her as “very social and loving” but also “adventurous and brave” — her cleft lip situation was cause to be cautious.

“So far there have not been any complications due to her cleft lip,” explains her mom. “We are lucky that her palate is 100 percent intact, and, despite having a unique nose, her breathing is completely normal.”

She adds that Piglet’s lower jaw is technically shorter than her top jaw, and that the disparity might cause some future dental issues, but for now it’s a case of “waiting to see how things develop as she grows.”

Helping Piglet’s cause is the fact that her mom is also a vet tech at a speciality and emergency hospital — so this little darling is going to be constantly surrounded by veterinary experts all keeping a close eye on her development.

Along with the interest of the local veterinary community, Piglet is also growing up in the public eye thanks to her burgeoning Instagram account.  With her social media profile blooming, she’s all about showing the world that “a physical difference is not a disability — cats with physical differences are unique and beautiful in their own way,” her mom says. “Just look at Piglet’s account and see how many people have embraced her unique look and love her little lip and nose!”

Along with her online following, Piglet has also picked up a fan by the name of Snoop Dogg — although in this case it’s not the rapper (who, incidentally, owns cats), but another feline living in her forever home.

“The majority of their interactions include Piglet play-attacking Snoop Dogg and stalking his tail,” says her mom. “Luckily, Snoop is very tolerant and just stands there and allows her to do it. Their relationship is like that of an older brother taking care of his little sister.”

Head over to Piglet’s Instagram account to follow her story.










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