Westley's World

25/04/2025

Lee Asher is an incredible man who runs an amazing animal rescue in the states. He cops a fair bit of hate and these words are just so, SO true.

https://fb.watch/zbPog53zO1/?

25/04/2025

Artemis and Ted came for their grooms

22/04/2025

Willow and Speckles had a groom to freshen them up in readiness to head home.

22/04/2025

A belated welcome to Willow & Speckles!

22/04/2025

A belated welcome to Pepper & Cocoa!

22/04/2025

Florence & Kennedy hopped along for their regular groom.

21/04/2025

Florence & Kennedy were such good bunners for their groom!

20/04/2025

Little Lily and her ElderBun husbun Bluebelle visited the grooming table. Both buns had a ManiPedi and Bluebelle had a big ole hygiene trim, before heading off home with a lovely clean and tidy, baldy bum!

20/04/2025

19/04/2025

Last but not least, Mr Kitty had his groom and forgot to be bossy!

19/04/2025

Tess and Boris are all groomed and looking spiffy!

19/04/2025

Daisy came for her regular groom.

18/04/2025

Starlight had a huge groom. I bet that feels so much better now!

10/04/2025

This year has been…..a great time 🤪

Plenty has been happening behind the scenes despite a quiet exterior.
Sometimes, survival is the main and the only objective.

We took in a family of six rabbits who were being sold on Facebook Marketplace. Four members of this family were 4 weeks old. Their mum was not one of the six, so they were separated from her very early.

They were being kept out the back corner of the garage, surrounded by about 200 flies, in a small dingy cage. Baking for summer, freezing for winter. They had no hay, just bare MDF floors and all crammed in together. The smell stayed in my nostrils for weeks. I was asked as I was leaving if I was intending to eat them, not out of concern only curiosity as to why I would want six rabbits.

Despite pulling every stunt in the book, we sadly could not secure Mum. They wanted to keep breeding and profiting off these little lives. There was no dissuading them.

The best part of this was that their brother is their father who is also their uncle 👻 how delightful.

This has meant tonnes of fun.

Stevie is blind and deaf. His heart rate is unusually low at approx 120bpm which strangely increases to a normal range under anaesthetic. Puzzling to say the least.
Dumbo is….well……he’s himself. A specimen. He also has an unusually low heart rate.
Troy isn’t too bad considering we have some real in**ed vibes going on here. Hes just not the sharpest tool in the shed and thats okay.
Ethan likes to do his best impression of a stoner dude at every minute possible, even eating with his eyes fully closed. He’s also playing games about dropping his manhood for neutering.
All of them were infested with parasites.
All of them are weird about their water bowls.

Then we have Spots and Erica. The two that have triggered this post.

At a ripe 5 months old, Spots and Erica’s time in this world is up.
It’s not morally or ethically okay to keep them earthside.

We’ll never know if their problems are directly related to their heritage, but half of a litter having the same very serious health problem that is not compatible with life is a mighty large coincidence if its not their genetics. Personally, I don’t believe in coincidences.

It’s disappointing to have this situation even occur, let alone have it be a flag for why supporting backyard breeders sucks. The woman simply did not and does not care about what she is inflicting on these little creatures. She knows of their issues as we disclosed all of it to her. She still does not care.
It all sucks.

Now it’s our cross to bear euthanising these little buns. To hold them in their last moments. To take the emotional king-hit.

It never gets easier to be the reason a heart ceases to beat.
Whether its the right choice is irrelevant - it cuts deep to pull the trigger on a decision like that every single time.

They deserved better.
They deserved more.

Additionally, the cost of stepping up to the plate has been phenomenal.

Desexing and vaccinating of the ones who get to find a home - $1188.92
Diagnostics on Spots and Erica - $993.51
Stevies sympathy stasis episode for his sister-daughters the day after Spots and Ericas news - $759.98

We don’t like asking for money especially in this economy but we are starting to get a bit short on funds to keep everyone housed, fed and vetted. If you can spare even $1 or the amount a cup of coffee would be this week we would be truely grateful.

15-3976-0162689-00
Christchurch Rabbit Rescue

https://givealittle.co.nz/org/christchurch-rabbit-rescue-1

Fly high my little mates 🕊️ there will be past bun friends waiting to meet you at the bridge 🌈

09/04/2025

Special ElderBun Storm came for his groom. Not only has Storm reached an amazing age, he also most likely has a genetic condition which causes excess skin. In the time I’ve been grooming him his skin volume has at least tripled.

08/04/2025

Welcome back Baxter!

05/04/2025

Ceasar & Cleo came along for a groom.

05/04/2025

Toastie and Walter came for their grooms along with more tuition for their mum; who is learning to groom them herself. Hence Toastie’s already started ‘before’ photo. Good job bun mum!