10/08/2026
Maudie was one of 10 rabbits dumped on the side of the road. I found placements for all 10 and personally took in twoāthe youngest and the sickest. Maudie was the sickest.
She came to me severely dehydrated, with persistent mites, ongoing respiratory problems, and bulging eyes. In the beginning, she didnāt even seem to recognize people. She drank enormous amounts of water and urinated everywhere. She needed someone willing to clean up, get her treatment, and keep caring for her through it all.
I was that person. I sacrificed $800 trying to rehabilitate her. Her fur completely grew back. She had space to explore, companionship, affection, and a home where someone cared about her comfort every single day.
She lived with me for five months. We never managed to overcome her respiratory illness, and she later developed discharge from her mammary glands.
Iām angry that people watched a tiny glimpse of her happiness and decided to insult the care that helped her get there. You didnāt see her whole enclosure. You didnāt know her medical history. You didnāt know her story. Yet you spoke with absolute confidence.
Critiquing is easy. Taking responsibility for a sick, neglected animal requires time, money, patience, and work long after the comments stop.
If you want to contribute something useful, my Cash App and Venmo are in my bio. Help fund the care youāre so passionate about critiquing.
Questions are welcome. Cruel assumptions are not. Taking responsibility for a sick, neglected rabbit means doing the work every dayāpaying the bills, cleaning the messes, giving the care, and facing the heartbreak when love and treatment still canāt save them.
If you want to contribute something useful, my Cash App and Venmo are in my bio. Donations will go toward veterinary care and spaying for Olivia Bunson, whom I recently rescued in Maudieās honor after her family began facing homelessness.