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Smudge UD Sweep's Gone Too UD p156 Results

Captain Helen

Wise Old Thumper
It's happening again :cry: This time one of the rescue buns, Smudge. She was off her food, so I took her to the vet. Nothing found, but I wanted to believe it was an unrelated gut issue. So the usual drugs and I took her home. She went floppy :cry: Rushed back to the vets. She's been admitted and they're calling FHB, but they have no idea.

Why is this happening again? I can't lose another bun to this :cry:
 
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I am so so sorry Hun, this must be hideous for you, I hope FHB can come up with some much needed answers for you xxx
 
Thank you. I should have insisted Smudge was admitted the first time. I just wanted to believe it was something else. But the vet could find nothing wrong. Now she's dying and they have no idea how to treat her :cry:
 
She's gone :cry:

FHB is away, and the Dechra lab I was advised to use for a PM won't accept rabbits from vets that aren't clients. :cry:
 
Oh Helen, I'm so, so sorry. I was just looking at your website last night and thinking how beautiful the Leeds 35 were and realised they were all still with you (bar Lucky). I would have applied to adopt Smudge if my accommodation had been good enough during the rebuild, just after Shadow died, so I'm particularly upset that she never found her forever home.

I do know that FHB is back on Tuesday as we have an appointment. Have you rung them direct for advice of if they think there is anything you can do? It's usually Ruth on OOH on a Thursday and she is an excellent rabbit vet, I don't know if that info is any use. There may be some way of getting a more comprehensive PM done, or some sort of analysing that might save the others.

I'm going to send a donation to your rescue as potentially this could be crisis point for you and would urge anyone else who can spare a few quid to do likewise to try and help work out what's happen and hopefully save the others.

Really sorry to hear this news, if there's anything I can do, please shout.
 
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Oh I am so so sorry xxx

I hope you can find an expert to do a PM, this must be so hard for you, you look after your buns so very well this must just be heartbreaking. I hope you can get some answers xxx
 
Can't read replies right now, Sweep's refusing dinner :cry: waiting for emergency vet to find out which specialist was contacted today to go there, either Holly House or Abbey House :cry: Not four :cry:
 
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