Bunny hop? Now I can do wheelies! Rabbit uses specially adapted wheelchair to get around after her hips collapsed
- Melanie James created a specially-designed wheelchair for rabbit Bertha
- Bertha is now enjoying a new lease of life in Bank Mill, Cumbria
- The vet had previously advised Melanie to put the rabbit down after her hips collapsed
A paralysed rabbit is hopping for joy after being given the chance to walk again - with a bunny wheelchair.
Bertha the bunny was left unable to move around her home after her hips collapsed in May.
But ignoring vets' advice to put her down, her devoted owner created a specially-designed wheelchair to give her a new lease of life.
Melanie James (pictured) was determined to give her pet a second chance: 'The vet and myself can't believe how well the wheelchair is actually working so we've got everything crossed that it will go to plan.'
Melanie James, who adopted Bertha as a baby four years ago, said: 'When the vet said the nicest thing to do would be to put her down, she still had so much life.
'I've actually seen dogs in wheelchairs and I thought 'if it works for a dog, then why not a rabbit?'
'It took her two days to take to the wheelchair but it's given her so much independence.
