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*Sensitve* Our bun died in the night

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bunbun5

Young Bun
Hi, Our newly bonded rescue bun died last night and I am unsure why?
She had seemed fine until last night but did not greet me when I brought out her veg last night. I knew something was wrong as she had just snuggled down in the straw and didn't eat.

Yesterday she and her partner went for a supervised run on the lawn whilst we cleaned out their hutch and we think she may have eaten a ground ivy leaf that we missed. Could this have killed her? If it did it seems to have happened really quickly.

Looking back she did have a few unusual poos last wk but no other symptoms.

Anyone know more about the effects of ivy or advice on what next to do would be appreciated.

Thank you
Sheena
 
I am sorry :cry:

Small poo is indicative of the guts slowing down. Obviously it is impossible to say for certain what happened, a PM may give you some answers and personally I always opt for a PM in cases of 'sudden death', especially if there are other Rabbits who may be effected.

A small amount of Ivy is unlikely to cause problems for most Rabbits, but there are always exceptions to the rule. From what you have described it sounds as though Gut Stasis was involved and there is some information about this on the following link :

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

Again, I am very sorry for your loss :cry:
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I am sorry :cry:

Small poo is indicative of the guts slowing down. Obviously it is impossible to say for certain what happened, a PM may give you some answers and personally I always opt for a PM in cases of 'sudden death', especially if there are other Rabbits who may be effected.

A small amount of Ivy is unlikely to cause problems for most Rabbits, but there are always exceptions to the rule. From what you have described it sounds as though Gut Stasis was involved and there is some information about this on the following link :

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

Again, I am very sorry for your loss :cry:
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Exactly what I was thinking. My bunnies occasionally nibble bits of ivy and it does them no harm so it probably wasn't that. Gut issues sounds much more likely as Jane has said. I'm very sorry for your loss. Sleep tight little one.
 
so sorry for your loss. My rabbit died last friday from gut stasis although we dont know what caused it initially' he was same as you describe off food and looking a bit fed up laying in his bed on the tuesday night took him vets weds thinking it was gut stasis, It is alarmingly commin and even with the most clued up owner and the very best veterinary care gut stasis is a very unpredictable.
 
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