Bunny beats disability in custom built wheelchair
A disabled bunny Ethel has been provided with the chance to enjoy an active and mobile life thanks to a specially made wheelchair.
When her veterinary surgeon advised owner Zoë Holbourne to send her beloved pet rabbit Ethel to the rabbit hutch in the sky, she refused point blank. Poor Ethel was rendered immobile after she suffered from an unidentified virus a few months ago which left her unable to move her back legs.
On discovering that she was paralysed, vet recommended that she be put down, but instead owner Zoë, scoured the internet tirelessly for a way to help Ethel back to mobility.
Zoë, aged 46, discovered a small US business which builds bespoke mini-carts for small animals such as Ethel for around £80, so she placed an order to be shipped directly to her in the UK.
Now Ethel is enthusiastically wheeling around in the contraption, which was constructed from feather light plastic tubing and toy wheels.
Zoë said:-
“It looks bizarre but it is just amazing. It has given Ethel a new lease of life.
At first she struggled to keep her balance and kept tipping over, but she soon got to grips with it, especially on flat surfaces.
Now she loves it. The wheelchair is very effective and it stops moving as soon as she wants it to. It doesn’t roll along when she is standing still.
As soon as we put her in it, she starts hopping around and really enjoys it.”
Sadly, as a result of the illness Ethel lost the ability to control her bladder and bowels as well as her hind legs and now has to sleep in specially made nappies.
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