? Mxy and respiratory tract infection

Toast&Marmalade said:

Hi guys

I don't really post much as life is so busy, but I'm so upset about my beautiful Toastie that I had to post, and also in case anyone has heard of anything similar happening.

Toastie was fine late last night, and then this morning he was breathing fast and laying down (not on his side) and hiding in the shrubs and not coming to eat his breakfast. I also noticed his nose had swollen and the skin underneath was a much darker pink. I took him straight to the vets of course and he is still there .

I spoke to the vet at 6.30pm and she said despite seeming to brighten slightly in the afternoon, he had gone back to breathing fast etc, still wasn't eating and they had been syringe feeding him. She has started the treatment for mxy and also for a respiratory tract infection.

At 8pm she rang again to say his temperature had dropped and he was in an incubator and she was "ringing to prepare you for the worst". I was already crying and have only just been able to stop. I love him so much and his 'wife', Marmalade, adores him and him her. They have been together since they were babies.

The vet had spoken to a rabbit specialist in Norwich to see if there had been any similar cases etc. Apparently the Norwich vet had treated an atypical case of mxy recently with similar other symptoms. (I didn't ask the outcome as I couldn't speak by that point).

At 9.30pm she rang again to say they had managed to bring his temperature up and taken him out of the incubator so he doesn't get too hot. They have been giving him drugs to help keep his gut moving of course and plenty of fluids. They have also given him a sedative.

Please keep him in your thoughts if you can, he is such a beautiful boy, so soft and gentle and has never hurt anyone. It's so, so unfair he is so poorly .

Jo
xx

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Toast&Marmalade said:

Thanks guys, I am so, so upset about him. Marmalade is not with him as they need to see he is eating and pooing etc....and is sedated so hopefully not worrying about her absence too much. They have lots of space at home and even though they love each other to bits, they do sometimes spend a few hours apart (one in the shed, one in the garden or run etc). Marmalade is very much more confident than him and I have also been sitting with her. I've made her a hay nest in the shed, something she is not normally allowed as Toastie would spread it everywhere, so I'm hoping she will like to sleep in there and feel some comfort from it.

Thanks again and I will update tomorrow, I pray with good news xx

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Toast&Marmalade said:

Thanks guys, I am so, so upset about him. Marmalade is not with him as they need to see he is eating and pooing etc....and is sedated so hopefully not worrying about her absence too much. They have lots of space at home and even though they love each other to bits, they do sometimes spend a few hours apart (one in the shed, one in the garden or run etc). Marmalade is very much more confident than him and I have also been sitting with her. I've made her a hay nest in the shed, something she is not normally allowed as Toastie would spread it everywhere, so I'm hoping she will like to sleep in there and feel some comfort from it.

Thanks again and I will update tomorrow, I pray with good news xx

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Toast&Marmalade said:

Thank you all so, so much, but I am heartbroken and totally devastated to say I received the call I was dreading at 3.30am this morning to say he had just passed away. I can't believe it, I'm in shock with it all, I can't stop crying.

My vets are wonderful and I know they did everything they could to save him, but whatever it was, he couldn't be saved.

I went outside to tell Marmalade (I know that sounds mad) and instead of being in the shed, she was in their connected run, biting at the door to get out. I know she was trying to look for him, so I let her out so she could see he wasn't there. That is heartbreaking in itself! I want to bring him home so she can see he's died, but they can't be 100% sure what it was as it was so quick, so that's probably not a good idea.

Marmalade is bereft, her gorgeous, soft, gentle husbunny has died .

How can life be so bloody unfair, he had everything to live for. He was loved beyond measure, RIP our beautiful, beautiful boy .... sleep tight x a million xx

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Toast&Marmalade said:

Thank you all so, so much, but I am heartbroken and totally devastated to say I received the call I was dreading at 3.30am this morning to say he had just passed away. I can't believe it, I'm in shock with it all, I can't stop crying.

My vets are wonderful and I know they did everything they could to save him, but whatever it was, he couldn't be saved.

I went outside to tell Marmalade (I know that sounds mad) and instead of being in the shed, she was in their connected run, biting at the door to get out. I know she was trying to look for him, so I let her out so she could see he wasn't there. That is heartbreaking in itself! I want to bring him home so she can see he's died, but they can't be 100% sure what it was as it was so quick, so that's probably not a good idea.

Marmalade is bereft, her gorgeous, soft, gentle husbunny has died .

How can life be so bloody unfair, he had everything to live for. He was loved beyond measure, RIP our beautiful, beautiful boy .... sleep tight x a million xx

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