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Does this sound like VHD?

Alicia

Alicia

Mama Doe
My friend was going to get 3 rabbits but two of them died before she could get them, she said that they weren't spayed and were a bit ill anyway (I don't know what illness they had) she was going to get the one rabbit that was left but apparently she just seemed a bit ill, a bit quiet and just not very interested in much, and it died suddenly. I asked if it was ill before, but she just said it was a bit quiet, and because it died so suddenly I didn't know if it would be VHD?
I know the rabbits weren't vaccinated, and I know rabbits can die very suddenly from VHD, I don't know much else about it, so I may have it totally wrong, but I just wanted to check.
 
It's possible but it could also be coccidiosis, or the myxo that causing acute pnuemonia or other things really. It's impossible to know without a PM.
 
Rabbits can die very quickly if they have VHD. We had some bunnies when I was little and they caught this because they weren't vaccinated. They just died minute after minute, but hours before that they seemed completely normal. So I guess it could be VHD, but you need PM to confirm that.
 
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