New Bunnies

Today started off like this... I woke to find one of the baby bunnies we currently have (mom is a visiting black lion head and had 6 babies last Sunday) cold and dying, and it sucks knowing there is nothing to do to help it, mom and mother nature know best... Linda called with the news that Blue passed away in her oxygen tent last night... Ok, sad, sucks... I went to meet a woman today at Bridgeport Animal Control to try and help trap and home domestic rabbits that got dumped there. Above are some pictures of "Friday" who was caught today (Good Friday) by Mindy Coman. Mindy actually shimmied into a pipe to catch this little girl, coming out herself with metal burns on her arms. Friday has a gash over her eye that has started to abscess, which can kill a rabbit by poisoning it's blood stream, and she's also got a scar on her ear, fur missing off her upper eye and ears, and a wound on her back. She has ear mites as well. I took her to the vet, had her weighed and than gave her revolution for fleas and mites, and started her on Pen G shots for the abscess. We will then have her spayed and adopt her out to an indoor free-range home. We also dug out a burrow in the search for older babies, but the only nest we found was one of 6-7 babies that looked like they probably drowned in all the rain we just had, there were no other signs of injury other than very bloated little bodies. 2 rabbits have already been found dead hit by cars on the street.

and some more sad news....

A day after losing Fuzzbutt, Hop-Along Hollow has also lost our longtime resident Cinnamon. She was one of the first bunnies to come into the shelter when we first started out, and due to an illness which caused seizures, she was rendered basically unadoptable. She had been bonded to a large while male New Zealand named Rags.

We will miss both Fuzzy and Cinni very much!

Sad News

Sad to report that Mr. Fuzz (more commonly known as Fuzzbutt) passed away at South Wilton Vet Group last night.

Having come to us about a year and 1/2 ago, Fuzzbutt had suffered some kind of injury prior to arrival, rendering his back legs useless. He was not able to urinate on his own or do much moving around without the help of a cart. He had undergone bladder flushing yesterday and the vets were thrilled with the results as a large clump of sludge that had formed an obstruction in the urethra was found and they were able to remove it. The vet was very pleased with the procedure and everything seemed to go very well but it was too much for Fuzzy's body to handle.

We'll miss you, Fuzzbutt! Run free at the Bridge (without the help of a butt-cart!)

Adoptions! YAY!!!

We have had an INCREDIBLE last few days, here at Hop-Along Hollow!

All of these bunnies were adopted:
Chester the mini lop (who just came in a couple of days ago):


Briar & Pachino:



Button (no picture)

Crystal (no picture)


Spot:



Dutch Pumpkin:


Hooray for adoptions!!

Lacie (one the 8 black bunnies who came in over the summer and then developed head-tilt), Spanky (Lacie's brother), Cinderella, and her parents Shayla & Steve, have all gone into foster care!

Chopsticks too!!

We also got in Chopsticks last week, a spotted female that somehow had her ears cut off. She's doing well now, but needs a home!

Help for Gracie...

So much has happened this past month. Our Hollow party was postponed from Christmas time to Jan 10th due to snow, Linda's uncle passed away two days before Christmas, and she, Chelsea and baby Logan are in Fla. now cleaning out his home. Linda is very sick this week and I'm sure exhausted. We have quite a few things going on right now, most importantly, Gracie. Gracie was brought to us by North Haven Animal Control, they dropped her directly at South Wilton Vet, she had such horrible sore hocks that they split open and bled out, her bones in her feet were exposed and she has bone infections in both legs. Best case scenario ,we get her on heavy duty antibiotics, the infection somewhat cures, she continues going on for a couple of years, than we have the option of double leg-amputation, and depending on how far up the infection has gone, euthanization. We are looking for help once again to save a bunnies life, to give her a last happy moment in a good home, not just knowing hard life on the street than dying. Any contributions can be made directly to South Wilton Vet on Danbury Road in Wilton, CT, or through www.hopalonghollow.org. Thanks! Brandee

A note from Linda, our President...

To let you know............
A note from Linda, our President...

Salty our big Gray Giant Chinchilla Breed Bunny died last night though we tried hard to save her. A necropsy done today showed that Salty died of bowel impaction and renal failure brought on by a bizarre complication of her spay back on November 5th. She developed adhesions that encircled both the bowl and one ureter shutting both off which put her into renal failure and obstructed her bowel. It was a very odd complication that could in no way have been predicted or prevented. The only way to save her would have been surgery some time ago before the symptoms appeared. So nature took it's course as hard as we tried to prevent that from happening. Thanks to Dr Fahy of South Wilton for doing a no charge necropsy to help us all learn what happened. Salty had been bonded last week so she leaves behind a very sad little black bunny who we will be rebonding as soon as possible.

Linda at the Hop A Long Hollow 203-247-4661