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had to have bunnie put to sleep tonight

S

spadge

Young Bun
so so sad our lop 20 month was put to sleep tonight we are gutted and beating ourselves up too as I guess is human nature did he have too many veg ? did we do or not do something - as I undertstand it tummy /poop probs are a a coomon porblem with bunnies ?
he was an indoor bun and part of our family :(
He wasn’t right last night took to vets this morning said he’d been eating too much and bunged up gave him two injections , seemed bit better , when home tonite he was wheezing – back to vets they said everything swollen pressure on heart on lungs hence wheezing did xray said huge blockage don’t know what ? could be growth, cancer ,some kind of food without surgery or post mortem don’t know – said maybe surgery but then said little chance he wouldn’t survive so they put him to sleep :(:(:(:(:(:(:(
 
It sounds like you did everything you could. You couldn't give a bunny cancer or a tumour with too many veg. All you could do was love them and take them to the vet as soon as you knew something was wrong, which you did.

I'm so sorry for your loss, I had my bunny pts in October and understand the guilt. But you stopped his suffering- all he knew was 20 months of happiness. Sending you my love.
 
thank you - tis so sad and so sad seeing dd dh so sad too

he was :( our 1st bunny is it correct that tum probs are often an issue
 
It depends, some bunnies are more prone to stomach problems than others. For 9 years my first two bunnies had no problems. Both lived to old age and neither of them did.

Now I have three different bunnies and two have had several stomach problems.
 
I am sorry for your loss :cry:

Gastrointestinal problems are a frequent issue for Rabbits. When you feel up to it I would have a read of these links which contain information about Gastroinestinal problems and how to try to avoid them occurring

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.html

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...-JYQkl&sig=AHIEtbTuE7iAlHqm78radcKt7yalLDW9Jw

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/leaflet_pdfs/Feeding130807.pdf

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/leaflet_pdfs/going_green_oct_06.pdf
 
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