Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
There's been quite a few days in the last year, in the last few months in particular where he's been very quite and not eaten much during the day and like some miracle late afternoon/evening he's really bright and pestering for attention. He's been very quiet and hidden away all day.
He's in kidney failure and only has one kidney, for those who don't know, he's also the whole world to me and facing the day I loose him has filled me with dread for so long
I don't know if I'll know 'when'. He's been breathing quickly for about a month but it doesn't seem to distress him. (calcium building up in his aorta and lungs apparently). On the very hot day we had he seemed very lethargic but was bouncing around in the evening. Today hasn't been warm. He's been hidden away nearly all day. I had to rush Erin to the vets this morning as she wasn't eating so was away from him for 2.5 hours when I really wanted to watch him closely. He ate hardly any of the banquet I'd left him in that time but started eating spring greens spontaneously when I returned. He has had bits to eat but hasn't been eating properly for a while. There's been hardly any poo in the last 24 hours, though the day before they were bigger than they'd been for a few weeks. I've seen him eating hay yesterday that he hasn't done for a couple of weeks previously.
*sigh*. I don't want to leave him in misery but he's been so bright for part of the day consistently always so I don't know when I decide it's a blip or if this is "it". I've never had to make this decsion before. He looks good, apart from being thin. He's been well within himself.
Don't know what I want anybody to say but I just can't do this on my own
Oh and Erin's back home as she just had some hay stuck in her extracted-tooth hole so in theory should be eating but is hardly touching her food, not a distraction I want at the moment... though she is the one I'm relying on to pick me up when Artie is no longer with me.
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