Lav in her “bunny burrito” so we can syringe feed her the recovery food that she clearly didn’t need as she ate it out of the bowl.
Status:
Lav went to the vet this morning who found nothing obviously wrong. Head tilt can be caused by any number of things so we’re monitoring, but she seems absolutely fine this afternoon. Since her overnight poops were a bit small, and on the vet’s advice, we prepared a feed of recovery food which is basically a grassy paste fed by syringe, and which Lav usually hates (she has very sensitive whiskers so getting anywhere near her face without a flinch is hard) but she wolfed it down with no complaints. Kinda annoying as preparing it is a ballache, but at least she’s OK!
Realised that we’ve had Lav and Wally for a little over five years so they’re around 5 and 6 years old now. A decent lifespan of a domesticated rabbit is 12 so, sudden keel-overs and terminal illnesses permitting, we’re nearly half-way through this chapter. Feels odd as I still see them as kittens, unlike our previous rabbits who were all clearly grown up.
(The lifespan of a rabbit in the wild is about a year, because they’re food. This is probably why, over their decade in our care, pet rabbits will randomly get ill and stop eating – evolutionarily speaking they’re not supposed to still be alive.)
Overnight listening:
Music:
Reading:
- Why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth-shattering exposés? - New Laura Poitras movie klaxon.
- The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
Watching:
- Kermode reviews Eternity - this looks so good. Big fan of Elizabeth Olsen.
- How Laura Kampf makes her neato tape-measure clips
- The fascinating map of fungi - a nice 20 minute overview of the fungal kingdom. I learned stuff!
- Easy to make wood mallet