Jennieandrudds
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I'm so sad my poor Flo bun had to be put to sleep today.
Flo was a 20 month old mini rex and so lovely. She was fine- no signs of illness- only slight thing her eyes in the last couple of weeks seemed a tiny bit cloudy but I thought maybe she was developing cataracts- she was totally herself.
Then last night I went to feed her in the evening and she was in her tube in the big enclosure- which is unusual as she usually rushes to see me but I thought nothing of it and left her (yes I feel awful now )
I went down this morning and she was still in the tube and her food was untouched so I knew straight away something was wrong I had to actually tip her out the tube as she couldn't move and she just sat there all wobbly sort of swaying. She was also very cold and I could clearly feel lumps in her tummy. I took her straight to the vet (my rabbit vet wasn't in so had to see another ) While I was in the waiting room she flopped on her side and was hardly breathing so I knew she was dying. The vet looked at her and said she was extremely critical- she took her temp and said she had hypothermia! and said her heart was so slow it wasn't going to go on much more and already she would have brain damage from lack of blood and oxygen pumping round to her brain etc. She said she had really bad stomach blockage and lots of masses that shouldn't be there (she was neutered) and this although appearing to be so sudden was probably built up She said she would definitely die and it would be kindest to pts to prevent any more suffering so this is what we did- she really was dying anyway and wouldn't of lasted even an hour more.
I'm just so sad and she didn't really give any sort of diagnosis as to what caused this- she mentioned e cunilini or what ever its called but can't of definitely thought that as she didn't really think worming my other 2 rabbit was worth it (they didn't live with Flo) but i've done some googling tonight and that seems a good idea??
I just want to know what caused this and if my other rabbits are at risk? They are vaccinated.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Flo was a 20 month old mini rex and so lovely. She was fine- no signs of illness- only slight thing her eyes in the last couple of weeks seemed a tiny bit cloudy but I thought maybe she was developing cataracts- she was totally herself.
Then last night I went to feed her in the evening and she was in her tube in the big enclosure- which is unusual as she usually rushes to see me but I thought nothing of it and left her (yes I feel awful now )
I went down this morning and she was still in the tube and her food was untouched so I knew straight away something was wrong I had to actually tip her out the tube as she couldn't move and she just sat there all wobbly sort of swaying. She was also very cold and I could clearly feel lumps in her tummy. I took her straight to the vet (my rabbit vet wasn't in so had to see another ) While I was in the waiting room she flopped on her side and was hardly breathing so I knew she was dying. The vet looked at her and said she was extremely critical- she took her temp and said she had hypothermia! and said her heart was so slow it wasn't going to go on much more and already she would have brain damage from lack of blood and oxygen pumping round to her brain etc. She said she had really bad stomach blockage and lots of masses that shouldn't be there (she was neutered) and this although appearing to be so sudden was probably built up She said she would definitely die and it would be kindest to pts to prevent any more suffering so this is what we did- she really was dying anyway and wouldn't of lasted even an hour more.
I'm just so sad and she didn't really give any sort of diagnosis as to what caused this- she mentioned e cunilini or what ever its called but can't of definitely thought that as she didn't really think worming my other 2 rabbit was worth it (they didn't live with Flo) but i've done some googling tonight and that seems a good idea??
I just want to know what caused this and if my other rabbits are at risk? They are vaccinated.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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