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My Rabbit Died

silverfox

silverfox

Warren Scout
I fed and watered, gave my rabbit a carrot yesterday. He was absolutely fine, no sign of illness yet when I went out today he was on the bottom of his hutch. He had died :cry: from sometime yesterday.

Can a rabbit just die:(? I don't know how old he was as he had been abandoned and my friend who has rabbits gave him to me as she had too many. Out of all my rabbits he was the most softest and loveliest. He was so well mannered and loved a fuss.
 
silverfox said:
I fed and watered, gave my rabbit a carrot yesterday. He was absolutely fine, no sign of illness yet when I went out today he was on the bottom of his hutch. He had died :cry: from sometime yesterday.

Can a rabbit just die:(? I don't know how old he was as he had been abandoned and my friend who has rabbits gave him to me as she had too many. Out of all my rabbits he was the most softest and loveliest. He was so well mannered and loved a fuss.
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I'm very sorry to hear about your bunny:cry:

He probably had stasis, rabbits hide illness's well.
 
Unfortunately this can happen. There is always a reason such as stasis or VHD, as mentioned, but they can be fine one moment and gone the next as they deteriorate so quickly in some cases.

I am sorry for your loss :(
 
Yes he had all his vacs. My other 3 are fine but last week he had a mouse in with him. They have a large shed built for them that holds 4 large hutches and storage. The door is locked so no other animal can get into them so I don't think it was shock. It was just so sudden.
 
silverfox said:
Yes he had all his vacs. My other 3 are fine but last week he had a mouse in with him. They have a large shed built for them that holds 4 large hutches and storage. The door is locked so no other animal can get into them so I don't think it was shock. It was just so sudden.
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I had a house rabbit die suddenly. At 2.00 pm she was begging, I went out of the room, when I went back 4.00 pm she was dead. It couldn't have been any big shock for her either. She was being treated for mites and I now know that could have meant she had an underlying condition that I was unaware of at the time. I'll never know for sure why though, but I can sympathise with your shock.
 
So sorry for your loss, my little one left me suddenly too, 3pm fine, 5pm gone i had a pm done and he had an enlarged heart (a birth defect) so it could have been something like that.
 
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