Meet Mishka.

Last November, almost a year ago now, we were contacted by the family of a 7-month old Holland lop named Mia. Mia was a sweet bunny with a great personality, but she was developing a large lump by her face. Mia’s family saught out Rabbit Rescue for help and advice.

It was presumed that Mia had a large, hard abscess, which rabbits are notoriously prone to, but which almost always resolve themselves very well.  After speaking with Diana a few times, Mia’s family decided to bring her to Dr. Patty  Weber’s veterinary clinic, one of our partner veterinarians.  Dr. Patty discovered that Mia did not have an abscess, but a large hematoma that was deteriorating her jawbone and causing her much discomfort.

After finding out about Mia’s hematoma, her family decided the same thing that many rabbit owners do: They would rather surrender their rabbit to our Rescue — and have us foot the bill — than pay for the surgery at a discount and keep her.  Mia recovered from surgery beautifully and went into foster care in Sharry & Dean’s home where her name was changed to Mishka, and Mishka she has been ever since.

Mishka lived happily with us for almost a year, romping around the yard and going between the Rehab Room and her outside playplace.  We kept close watch on her as we were worried that her prior hematoma may either come back or cause teeth or jaw issues for her.  Nothing ever went wrong, though, and she proved to be a very healthy rabbit!  Mishka’s personality really came out and we learned how she communicates what she wants — most notably the gentle bite on your sleeve of “You need to put me down now or I’m going to have to use you as my litter box!”

Early this October, after 11 months of life at WildRescue, Inc./Rabbit Rescue, Mishka went to live at Cathy’s, another of our foster homes.  It was not even two weeks before she was adopted, along with Delilah and Trixie, and went to live with a new family.  We are so happy to have had this year with Mishka, and we wish her well in her new home!