Story of 米寶

Recently, we have received an abandoned lop who is 8 years old, called “米寶”. As he has cataract, so he has totally lost his sight. What’s more, he has never try timothy hay before. His former master only fed him some Japanese Brand Pellets as principal food!

We concerned much that 米寶 is an aged lop, and his former diet habit is not so satisfactory, so we arranged a provisional foster family to take care him. It is glad that he can adapt to the new environment, and his unsatisfactory diet habit has gradually changed under the care of provisional foster family. He now takes timothy hay as his principal food and enjoys his new life much.

However, it is not every aged rabbit can easily adapt to new environment. Elder rabbits usually have lower adaptability and resistance against diseases. If you abandon an elder rabbit, it may be a great disaster to the rabbit. To site a case, there was a lop called 煲煲abandoned by his master before. He was 9 years old and arranged to provisional foster family as well. He could not adapt to new environment. Head tilt problem occurred after living at provisional foster home for a week, even received proper medical treatment, he dead 2 days after having head tilt problem.

What a rabbit need is so simple! They just need a space for activity and sleeping, unlimited proper hays and your care. Do not give up your rabbit so easily. And, the story of 米寶 teaches us one more thing that “ if we don’t give up, even a bad diet habit for 8 years, can also be corrected gradually. “By the implication of story, please do not give yourselves any excuse to abandon your rabbit or give up teaching it a good habit. All problems can be solved if you are determined.