Meet Padfoot, aka Paddy, 5 year old male lop rabbit and my baby (who just happens to have a furry bunny butt). I adopted Padfoot 4 years ago, and he's brought me so much joy in the darkest moments of my life. You must know, Padfoot is full of character: he jumps up onto the sofa, he always gets up to mischief, he does tricks for treats and loves his partner Emerald, adopted from Fat Fluffs (and ex partner Fawne). He is my best friend, my baby and he saved my life.

In June 2023 at 608 Vets, Padfoot showed signs of a UTI, with cloudy and sludgy urine, with an unusual balance and sitting strangely. After no improvement with Metcam or Antibiotics, Padfoot had an ultrasound which showed one small kidney stone in his left kidney. The exotic vet wasn't too concerned, as a small kidney stone like this could be treated with simply changing his diet to low calcium foods and increasing water intake. Over the Summer, I was very strict with Padfoot's diet, sticking with Metacam. On 19/8/23, Padfoot went into G.I.Stasis, a very dangerous condition considered an emergency where rabbits stop eating and drinking for a range of different reasons. Padfoot's was most likely pain. After going to my emergency vets for a few days, he recovered from G.I.Stasis, but his blood levels for Kidney and Liver function were shown to be extremely high and barely improved with fluid therapy.

After being referred, on 22/8/23 Padfoot went to Great Western Exotics, 2 hours away in Swindon after a few recommendations. The vet, Tom, informed us levels this high suggest both kidneys have failed, and any treatment will likely be palliative, but more scans showing the abdomen and uriniary tracts are needed to determine the best treatment, surgery or otherwise. CT Scan showed both kidneys failing and full of stones, which cannot be operated on. Padfoot has severe renal disease and kidney stones, for which the only option is pain management and paliative care.

Padfoot is still his sassy and cheeky self for now, and I'm not sure how long we'll have together. Its could be days, weeks or months. There is a lot of medication and home care needed to make him as happy as possible - 4 syringe medications, twice a day except for one is once a day, a uriniary tablet, as well as upto 100ml water syringed fed throughout the day. I'm now a full time bun carer - but I'd do anything for my little boy.

Why GoFundMe? My pet insurance is maximum limit of £2000 for both rabbits which has been reached for the year. The treatment at GWE cost £1437. Other treatment at 608 was £1100 (with £100 left of insurance to cover a fraction of this). If you're able to donate or share, please know youre helping a bunny mama have longer with her baby. Any donations that exceed the bill will be donated to Fat Fluffs rabbit rescue.