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RemyMartin said:
Breaks my heart even writing this, but my first rabbit Sweep has passed away very early this morning.
Came in from a late shift 2am to find a fairly docile bunny in my bedroom. He clearly had waited for me to come home so he could say goodbye and shortly died in my arms.
Feels so odd at the moment and im completely numb :-( his partner soo looks too sad as well which is just upsetting.
My wife and I were completely gutted when our first died.
The bonded bunny usually takes a bit of time to come round, too. And it took us a while to recover.
Just remember the good times
RemyMartin said:
Breaks my heart even writing this, but my first rabbit Sweep has passed away very early this morning.
Came in from a late shift 2am to find a fairly docile bunny in my bedroom. He clearly had waited for me to come home so he could say goodbye and shortly died in my arms.
Feels so odd at the moment and im completely numb :-( his partner soo looks too sad as well which is just upsetting.
Thank you for the kind words. Im still atruggling and very much numb and raw. The grief is very real and overbearing. I hope it settles down in a few days/weeks.
Focus now is to make sure Soo is happy, unsure of getting another friend as she is same age as Sweep.
Little things set me off like the two food bowls, found myself filling both up of them before realising :-(
Focus now is to make sure Soo is happy, unsure of getting another friend as she is same age as Sweep.
Little things set me off like the two food bowls, found myself filling both up of them before realising :-(
RemyMartin said:
Thank you for the kind words. Im still atruggling and very much numb and raw. The grief is very real and overbearing. I hope it settles down in a few days/weeks.
I'm sorry for your lossThe loss of any member of your family (and a pet is family!) is raw and should be grieved as you see fit, no matter what others may think - it is your loss and only you know what is appropriate. The loss of a pet can bring out grief for others that has been bottled as well.
Gareth's having a tough time again. He's hardly moving about at all the last day or so, he can get around to his food/ water as he drags his legs and they make an effort to kick whilst he does it, he just cant get himself upright.
He had to have a butt bath last night as he's unable to get into his litter tray
I'm hoping that he will snap out of it again like he did last time but i'm not holding out much hope at all.
The hardest thing is that he is still his happy normal self, still greets me in the morning, is eating/ drinking/ begging for treats and taking meds like usual
He had to have a butt bath last night as he's unable to get into his litter tray
I'm hoping that he will snap out of it again like he did last time but i'm not holding out much hope at all.
The hardest thing is that he is still his happy normal self, still greets me in the morning, is eating/ drinking/ begging for treats and taking meds like usual
axgizmo said:
Gareth's having a tough time again. He's hardly moving about at all the last day or so, he can get around to his food/ water as he drags his legs and they make an effort to kick whilst he does it, he just cant get himself upright.
He had to have a butt bath last night as he's unable to get into his litter tray
I'm hoping that he will snap out of it again like he did last time but i'm not holding out much hope at all.
The hardest thing is that he is still his happy normal self, still greets me in the morning, is eating/ drinking/ begging for treats and taking meds like usual
He had to have a butt bath last night as he's unable to get into his litter tray
I'm hoping that he will snap out of it again like he did last time but i'm not holding out much hope at all.
The hardest thing is that he is still his happy normal self, still greets me in the morning, is eating/ drinking/ begging for treats and taking meds like usual
My fingers and toes are crossed for you both
We went to the vets last night as he had made no improvement, we saw a different vet this time who doesn't think it is Arthritis...
He has given Gareth a strong dose of a steroid injection and told me to stop giving him Loxicom. I've to take him back tomorrow morning and see another different vet to see whether they agree he has improved. Last night for the first time in days he sat upright rather than lying on his side all night, he is still dragging that leg when he moves though.
I don't know what/who to believe anymore. I don't want to put him through anaesthetic in order to have a scan as I am well aware of the risks so that leaves me with no option but to listen to the vets opinions.
He has given Gareth a strong dose of a steroid injection and told me to stop giving him Loxicom. I've to take him back tomorrow morning and see another different vet to see whether they agree he has improved. Last night for the first time in days he sat upright rather than lying on his side all night, he is still dragging that leg when he moves though.
I don't know what/who to believe anymore. I don't want to put him through anaesthetic in order to have a scan as I am well aware of the risks so that leaves me with no option but to listen to the vets opinions.
Edited by axgizmo on Wednesday 23 March 12:45
I came up on this thread as I need advice about my two, not sure my heart's in it now! So sad to read about yours guys.
I have 2 rabbits, both just over a year old. I think one of them gets bored and his favourite pastime is to chase the other one around the hutch and pull his fur out. Is there anything I can do to help with this? He seems calmer when we swap his toys around, but I don't know if that's the reason or a distraction.
When he's not chasing the other one, they get on fine!
Here's a picture of them when we brought them inside due to the bad weather:
I have 2 rabbits, both just over a year old. I think one of them gets bored and his favourite pastime is to chase the other one around the hutch and pull his fur out. Is there anything I can do to help with this? He seems calmer when we swap his toys around, but I don't know if that's the reason or a distraction.
When he's not chasing the other one, they get on fine!
Here's a picture of them when we brought them inside due to the bad weather:
Alex@POD said:
I came up on this thread as I need advice about my two, not sure my heart's in it now! So sad to read about yours guys.
I have 2 rabbits, both just over a year old. I think one of them gets bored and his favourite pastime is to chase the other one around the hutch and pull his fur out. Is there anything I can do to help with this? He seems calmer when we swap his toys around, but I don't know if that's the reason or a distraction.
When he's not chasing the other one, they get on fine!
Here's a picture of them when we brought them inside due to the bad weather:
We have two house rabbits so not the same situation as being outside in a cage as ours have the whole house to play about in. The Girl who is older then the boy chases him around and pulls his hair and it can be down to many reasons such as asserting dominance, the other bun is ill and they do it so you give the poorly one attention in the hope you might notice it too. Also hormones play a big part according to the vet when a male has the snip he looses all his Libido where as for the female they still get some hormones and wants to mate so will chase the boy around if he's not fancying giving her a quickie. I have 2 rabbits, both just over a year old. I think one of them gets bored and his favourite pastime is to chase the other one around the hutch and pull his fur out. Is there anything I can do to help with this? He seems calmer when we swap his toys around, but I don't know if that's the reason or a distraction.
When he's not chasing the other one, they get on fine!
Here's a picture of them when we brought them inside due to the bad weather:
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