Our rabbit Lucy is back home now, after having major surgery to have a tumor removed. We had left her with our rabbit expert in July while we were traveling and all of a sudden what had been a fairly robust rabbit came down with all sorts of health problems. When packing her up to take her to BunnyBytes(.com), we discovered a very large tumor on her tummy. Immediately after the move to her temporary home, she developed a head tilt and started favoring her left paw. Turns out that she had a very persistent ear infection, and somewhere along the line, she developed a palsy where she shakes until she falls over, at which point she pretty much returns to normal. Once Jen finally got the ear infection under control, we had the tumor removed. Her staples came out yesterday, and we brought her back home last evening, two months after this all started.

We almost left Lucy with Jen, and Pica home instead. Pica was one of the rabbit litter born at BunnyBytes(.com) the spring before the TigerGirl went over to Japan , so he's almost four years old now. He's a small rabbit with little tiny ears, and bunnies his size can live almost as long as cats. D & I decided that we'd rather stick with our current rabbit, gimpy as she is now, rather than committing to another 7-8 years of having hay all over the house.

Lucy's wobbly and deaf, with apparently continuing ear infections. I'm supposed to squirt stuff into her ears twice a day which makes her shake her head which makes her fall over again. Hopefully this is progress. She can't romp outside at this point (and may not ever be able to go out again), which means that we need to pull all the cords in the living room up out of the way so that she can romp inside instead. We need to be doing that anyway at this time of year, as it is getting too cold and wet to let her outside now. We'll see how all this goes.