The time of year in which a baby animal is born can make all the difference for a newborn’s chance of survival and health, so when a litter of baby bunnies was born in the frigid upstate New York winter, they had everything working against them.
Since baby bunnies are born furless and blind, they need extra care and protection until they can move around on their own. When Overlook Acres, a farm in upstate New York, found a litter of bunnies freezing in their barn, they took them inside to warm and bottle feed each one.
One of the bunnies who they later named Wheels was freezing from the waist down caught their eye. “I found this little guy in the barn stiff and half frozen and brought him inside,” Overlook Acres said. “After a few days of warmth, he was eating normal but wasn’t moving his back legs. It appeared he was paralyzed from his belly down.”
“Normally this circumstance would result in putting the animals down and out of his misery but he didn’t seem to be in any pain,” Overlook Acres wrote in a post to Facebook. “He managed to still pull himself around the floor and was moving faster than the other babies.”
While the baby bunny seemed to be able to get around fine by dragging his little body, he would need a way to drag himself around that wouldn’t risk infections and injuries if he was on a ragged surface.
“So, Christine took it upon herself to buy a $1 skateboard toy at the dollar store and manufacture a mini wheelchair body for this little guy. He is as happy as can be and loves his speed.”
Watch the entire video below to see the precious moment this bunny got his freedom back thanks to a makeshift wheelchair.
Can you believe this woman took the time to make a tiny wheelchair so the bunny could have a better life? Let us know what you would have done in this situation in the comments below, and please SHARE this amazing video with friends on Facebook.
[Featured image credit: Facebook/Overlook Acres]
This Half-Frozen Bunny Was Going To Be Killed, But They Made Something Incredible So He Could Live is an article from: LifeDaily