Why Bugzy doesn't like rabbits.

[Merrypigs Sanctuary]

This is Bugzy!

A kind lady took Bugzy on from a friend. She had kept Bugzy in an unsuitable hutch - with a rabbit!

Bugzy doesn't sit like that for fun you know! He was crushed by the rabbit. Not bunny's fault, but that's why you SHOULDN'T keep guineas and bunnies together. Now Bugzy struggles to move and is very unbalanced. He regularly gets impaction.

The kind person took him to a vet where he was x-rayed - no bone damage! The vet suspects nerve or soft tissue damage in his back. Whether it will improve or not is a mystery!

So there's another reason not to keep guineas and bunnies together. They might get on, but accidents happen and is it really worth the risk?

 

[flintstones]

Poor Bugzy, I hope he does improve and gets some friends who squeak just like him!

 

[Gem789]

Oh the poor thing.I hope he regains his movement.Thanks for the warning.Id never keep rabbits and pigs together but a lot of people who aren’t clued up on pigs or who get the wrong advice might.

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

Poor Bugzy! I do hope he gets back the use of his legs properly soon!

 

[Merab]

Poor Bugzy - hope he does improve
It’s scary how many people still think it’s fine to keep rabbits and guinea pigs together.

 

[DM030819]

Poor little guy! I really hope he starts to get some feelings back, he's such a handsome boy!

My first guinea pig had part of his ear torn off by my sisters rabbit. We learned the hard way not to house rabbits and pigs together.

 

[Betsy]

What a cutie Bugzy is!

 

[Nick G]

Poor thing. The rabbit must have been the size of a bus :0(

 

[Goth Mummy]

oh poor Bugzy. When I was a child in the 1980s it was normal to keep rabbits and piggies together but I thought everyone knew not to do that now

 

[Eriathwen]

Poor little Bugzy, he's beautiful! Such a shame to see it still happening when information is at our fingertips these days! Wishing him a speedy recovery.

 

[Freela]

Poor little thing... he's so adorable. I love lilac pigs with red eyes. I hope it's just nerve/soft-tissue damage and he makes a good recovery.

 

[Bill & Ted]

Poor little chap, how can people still not know that Rabbits and Piggies just don’t go together. I had a guinea pig and rabbit when I was young (1960’s) and then it was the done thing. I had to buy another hutch for the rabbit as Harvey the male rabbit would not stop humping Deborah Whiskers the female guinea pig, it was awful. They were adopted by me from a boy over the road who had lost interest, the poor piggie was quite bare around her back and neck where the rabbit was biting to hold her down. They both lived happily, one above the other in separate cages for the rest of theirs days.

 

[Flutterby]

Oh bless him! I hope he recovers!

 

[YvonneBlue]

Oh how awful. I do hope he recovers.

 

[Merrypigs Sanctuary]

Today I am doing my special sitting thing