We bought Bigfoot at a pet store as a female, he isn't. Next, we found out Bigfoot had trouble breathing and his right eye leaked a milky white fluid. This white fluid covered his right cheek and nose. It was so hard I swear it could be marketed as concrete! It got to the point that we had to shave the area around his eye to keep it from building up. Bigfoot's health deteriorated rapidly. We took him to regular vet and they tried to help him but he continued to get worse. When Bigfoot was almost dead, we finally found PennyRoyal Exotic Animal Clinic in Lexington, KY with Doctor's Zafarano and Walker. They are the reason Bigfoot is alive and well today. Bigfoot thanks and loves them both, and so do we! PennyRoyal is not like other clinics; they are dedicated exotic specialists, which means they have additional knowledge of birds, reptiles, lagomorphs (rabbits), ferrets, as well as dogs, cats, etc. PennyRoyal diagnosed Bigfoot correctly, got him back on his feet, and continues to help us with his lifelong health problem. He was too ill to neuter until he got well and when he did, PennyRoyal neutered him for us. When your pet becomes ill, you consider your options, and ask yourself "do you want a pet/bunny or do you want THIS pet/bunny?" That is what it really is, do you just want a pet, or do you want the pet you have come to love and who depends on you, to survive? Is the pet worth it? Weigh the options, for us, if Big Foot has a good quality of life, he is worth the time, energy, and money. We admire Big Foot, he has gone through alot and he never moves a muscle, bites, or tries to get away during his treatments. It's like he understands it is for his own good. His eye must be numbed, then flushed under pressure with Saline, until it comes out his nose. Afterwards, we always hold him for about an hour and give him a small treat.
Once Big Foot got back on his feet, he gained some some weight! He weighs 7 pounds now! Bigfoot is our store mascot. He greets the customers in our tile store, Creative Tile & Stone, in Richmond, KY, and of course, he loves tile. Most people don't realize rabbits can be litter trained but they can! Bigfoot uses a litter box which keeps the store safe from "little droppings." Bigfoot is very choosy, he selects which customers are allowed to pet him and which customers can watch him run and hide. When he's not hopping around the store, he is eating a lot of Timothy Grass from Pine Hill Farms, who carries an excellent line of high quality hay and hay products at very reasonable prices. We were so impressed with their products, we bought it for our other 17 rabbits then became a distributor for them! The timothy or alfalfa grass comes in mini-bales that are so handy and convenient. It cuts down on the mess, time it takes to feed, and all our bunnies just love it. The hay is very comparable to other high quality hay products.
