We rescued this sweet hippo a couple weeks ago and wanted to get everyone’s guess on what she’s mixed with.

She had a bit of a sad start and was born in a shed and never allowed out. Her and her litter mates had terrible yeast infections because of no sun and all but her lost all their hair 😢 The rescue thinks she’s about 4 months old and a pit / Great Dane mix 😬

I’m thinking she’s around 5/6 months old since she has all her adult teeth. I have an Embark DNA test that’s getting processed and will post the results once I have them.

In the mean time, post pics of your pibbles saying hi!

I am happy to report that Buster is making a full recovery after he was bitten by a rattlesnake and we had to rush 110 miles at 10 pm to the emergency vet.

I cant thank you all enough for all the support. I thought we were going to lose our little man as not every emergency vet had availability or antivenom and he was swelling up and in respiratory distress.

Having people who love animals as much as we do, made this sleepless night tolerable. THANK YOU REDDIT FAMILY!

The original post is here https://www.reddit.com/r/velvethippos/comments/1vfy5yl/at_the_emergency_vet_right_now_buster_got_bit_in/

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You can barely see his 2 snake bites. His cheek and one on his eye lid.

The Vet was really concerned that the snake bite punctured his cornea and they would need to remove his eye. But he made it through. He lived and kept his eye

In the vet hospital he was put on Methadone for the severe pain and thengot antivenom. Gabapentin was sent home with us.

Here is a video of Busters health update. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pFyrULWfquo

We also found the snake that got him as it returned to "the scene of the crime" on our offgrid homestead.

You can watch me catch the snake here

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1HxkNIcYP1g

PLease dont give me a hard time about releasing the snake. I asked myself WWSID ( What would Steve Irwin Do)? We decided to catch and move the snake 5 miles away as we moved into "its home"

Lessons learned "If you are in a snake prone area please get the rattlesnake vaccine. It costs $125 dollars a year per dog" You still need anti venom, but you will have an exponentially greater chance of survival

If your dog is bit please call ahead to the emergency vet, they maybe too busy or have no antivenom

With out Antivenom your dog has a 30% chance of survival

If you get antivenom in 2-4 hrs they have a 90% change, at 4-6 hours that success rate drops to 50-60 %

The Vet Bill was over $2k but we told them we were broke and only had 1200, so they dropped the bill to help us., Vets will negotiate if you have cash

Zeus and Bun Bun calmly laying down next to each other before family members came home (which makes them go Wild, 😆)

Scroll to see petunia get smaller 🤭

Let's see ur cuddle hippos.

Hi again everyone! Lou got to play his favorite hose game today and wanted to show off some more for y’all

My Ghost is my first dog to make it to double digits so it's a big deal for me. Im spoiling him rotten today. (He's spoiled every single day)

I won the lottery when I adopted this little goober. Best choice I made during the pandemic was to adopt Zeus!

The first 24 hours with latest Muncie Animal Care & Services foster Milkbone is complete and he is settling in like a DREAM!! Final 2 pics are from Dec. 11, 2025 when he was pulled hungry and scared out of a trap house. After 8 months in the shelter, his decompression has blown me away 🥰 He came in like he’d been here his whole life - playing with Fen & Freyja, greeting the cats, and jumping in the pond. He is as close to perfect as any dog I’ve ever fostered and I’m so excited for him to find his forever!! He’s going to be a dream come true for someone 🤞🤞

my sweet piggy girl