KirstiRobinson
Warren Scout
Hi All,
My bunny Charlie has been unwell for some months now.
She had a tumour removed from her rectum in April and seemed to recover well for a couple of months until 2 months ago when she started to lose weight. They did blood tests which were all slightly off but not enough to say anything was wrong although they showed she had met with E.C. She then developed hind leg paralysis which we knew was to do with EC so started her on panacur which she now has to have everyday.
She is getting weaker and weaker and now only weighs 1.5kg (shes an english rabbit which averages at 2.5kg) shes lost 200 grams in the last two weeks.
She now has coccidia and the vet has said that we either need to put her to sleep or put her through an operation as they think it is a problem with the gut which is not allowing her to gain any weight and lowering her immune system.
We simply don't know what to do. Although she is a little quiet she still eats, goes to the toilet, is still affectionate and runs around a bit and is generally happy just not very active.
She is not even 18months old and has fought through so much stuff surely it is not right to put her to sleep when she isn't in pain but is affectively wasting away..
.
She will definitely die but how much longer she will live is not certain. Or we have a small chance that they can open her up and find a problem that is fixable, or could be so bad that it would be kinder not to wake her up.
Can anyone tell me honestly what they would do in this situation
My bunny Charlie has been unwell for some months now.
She had a tumour removed from her rectum in April and seemed to recover well for a couple of months until 2 months ago when she started to lose weight. They did blood tests which were all slightly off but not enough to say anything was wrong although they showed she had met with E.C. She then developed hind leg paralysis which we knew was to do with EC so started her on panacur which she now has to have everyday.
She is getting weaker and weaker and now only weighs 1.5kg (shes an english rabbit which averages at 2.5kg) shes lost 200 grams in the last two weeks.
She now has coccidia and the vet has said that we either need to put her to sleep or put her through an operation as they think it is a problem with the gut which is not allowing her to gain any weight and lowering her immune system.
We simply don't know what to do. Although she is a little quiet she still eats, goes to the toilet, is still affectionate and runs around a bit and is generally happy just not very active.
She is not even 18months old and has fought through so much stuff surely it is not right to put her to sleep when she isn't in pain but is affectively wasting away..
.
She will definitely die but how much longer she will live is not certain. Or we have a small chance that they can open her up and find a problem that is fixable, or could be so bad that it would be kinder not to wake her up.
Can anyone tell me honestly what they would do in this situation