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Young Bun
In December we adopted 2 beautiful little half wildies to bond with our continental giant earnest, a 3 year old brother and sister we named Errol and Effie.
Bonding has been tricky at times but things have settled into a lovely (if rather odd looking) trio of happy buns.
On Sunday we noticed a lump on the end of Errol' s nose and thought he looked a little skinnier than normal so took him to the emergency vet. He had an examination and was given various different treatments to rule out the usual suspects and was weighed, we were then to weigh him daily to monitor his weight while giving the drugs a chance to work.
On Tuesday he was back in and had lost nearly 150g in weight since Sunday, after another examination a lump was felt in his belly and there was teeth grinding when he was touched there. A few more courses of treatment were given to make sure every non surgical option had been explored and again we took him home to give it a chance to work.
We had him back in this morning and he had lost another 100g taking him down to 1.6kg, the decision was made for him to undergo exploratory surgery this afternoon.
We have been told that there is a high chance he will not pull through, however, the longer we leave it the weaker he will get and his chances will get worse.
Really not sure if we have made the right decision for him, he is obviously suffering but the vet is really not optimistic about him surviving surgery.
Apologies for the long post but needed to share with people who understand, if one more person tells me "it's JUST a rabbit" I'm going to cry. He is my little guy, my Errol the magnificent - magician bunny extraordinaire who can perform disappearing tricks like no other bunny I have met.
Bonding has been tricky at times but things have settled into a lovely (if rather odd looking) trio of happy buns.
On Sunday we noticed a lump on the end of Errol' s nose and thought he looked a little skinnier than normal so took him to the emergency vet. He had an examination and was given various different treatments to rule out the usual suspects and was weighed, we were then to weigh him daily to monitor his weight while giving the drugs a chance to work.
On Tuesday he was back in and had lost nearly 150g in weight since Sunday, after another examination a lump was felt in his belly and there was teeth grinding when he was touched there. A few more courses of treatment were given to make sure every non surgical option had been explored and again we took him home to give it a chance to work.
We had him back in this morning and he had lost another 100g taking him down to 1.6kg, the decision was made for him to undergo exploratory surgery this afternoon.
We have been told that there is a high chance he will not pull through, however, the longer we leave it the weaker he will get and his chances will get worse.
Really not sure if we have made the right decision for him, he is obviously suffering but the vet is really not optimistic about him surviving surgery.
Apologies for the long post but needed to share with people who understand, if one more person tells me "it's JUST a rabbit" I'm going to cry. He is my little guy, my Errol the magnificent - magician bunny extraordinaire who can perform disappearing tricks like no other bunny I have met.