WARNING: Ping looks a little odd while undergoing treatment but this was 100% necessary for his well-being!!
Sometimes, even animals in the most precaurious of conditions can be given a second chance at a healthy, happy life thanks to the hard work, efforts, and love of compassionate humans.
Ping Tom the bunny was first spotted in Ping Tom Park in Chicago's Chinatown on Aug. 29, after a volunteer search party received word of a rabbit sighting.
When he was found, Ping Tom was dehydrated and malnourishedRed Door Animal Shelter, and when you see just how far he's come since his rescue, you will be amazed.
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When Ping Tom was found, he was covered in so many fleas and so much dried-up insect slime, he required surgery at Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital.
The very hungry baby bunny took to greens immediately.
The baby bunny was given a bath and a round of anti-parasitic treatment.
Rabbits are typically not given baths, but Ping Tom hung in there like a champ!
“He was so debilitated; we really wondered if he was going to be able to turn around, but we and the veterinarians both thought there was a good possibility -- and, knock wood, he has made it,” Red Door President, Marcia Coburn, told The Huffington Post.
She considered his condition one of the worst the shelter had ever seen.
With the help of some very dedicated staff, volunteers, and donors who chipped in the $1,000 to cover his vet expenses, Ping Tom became to pull through.
When he was brought into an exercise pen for the first time, he literally "jumped for joy!"
“He picked up his feet, shook his head and soon he was doing 180-degree turns in the air,” Marcia said. “When we saw that, we knew it’d all been worth it. It reaffirms everything we hope for and everything we try to do for animal.”
Red Door is one of Chicago's few no-kill shelters that cares for rabbits, many of which have been abandoned as they are pets more high-maintence than most cats, dogs, gerbils, mice and hamsters.
Ping should be ready for adoption into a loving family within four to six weeks.
“Animals are not lost causes,” Marcia said. “Sometimes we don’t get there in time, but when we do we want to give them the chance they deserve.”
Please SHARE Ping Tom's miraculous story of rescue with everyone you know, and help spread the word about the efforts of the Red Door Animal Shelter!
H/T: The Huffington Post, Indiegogo
