Hi,
just wondered if anybody else had any experience of sudden deaths in bunnies. We lost 2 last year, overnight, with no apparent problems before hand. Both were youngish, neutred males- Scotty was 1 (died in Feb) and Fudge was 2 years old( died in Dec.). They were both paired off with a girl and living very happily. At bedtime they were fed and watered as usual, both went into their food as usual, but we found them dead next morning, looking like they had fallen asleep. We were gutted and beat ourselves up incase we had missed something, checked the bodies fully, but nothing.
When we spoke to the vets, they said they have no idea how common it might be, purely because they don't see the animals as a patient- they haven't been ill and quite often they won't be told its dead, never mind how it died.
I think guinea pigs are prone to heart attack and wondered if this might be possible in rabbits as well.
Any ideas?
just wondered if anybody else had any experience of sudden deaths in bunnies. We lost 2 last year, overnight, with no apparent problems before hand. Both were youngish, neutred males- Scotty was 1 (died in Feb) and Fudge was 2 years old( died in Dec.). They were both paired off with a girl and living very happily. At bedtime they were fed and watered as usual, both went into their food as usual, but we found them dead next morning, looking like they had fallen asleep. We were gutted and beat ourselves up incase we had missed something, checked the bodies fully, but nothing.
When we spoke to the vets, they said they have no idea how common it might be, purely because they don't see the animals as a patient- they haven't been ill and quite often they won't be told its dead, never mind how it died.
I think guinea pigs are prone to heart attack and wondered if this might be possible in rabbits as well.
Any ideas?