Hi hon, I'm very sorry for your loss. You did all the right things though, took her to the vet, tempted her to eat what ever she would. I lost a foster bunny what was probably something quite similar on monday and I've looked after scores of bunnies over the last few years. One of our other rescuers lost a bunny a few months ago to stasis and she has 15 of her own rabbits & many other fosters. Sometimes, experience rabbit owner or not you just cannot pull them through. You obviously loved her very much and did everything that you could.
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bunny just died
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bunny babe
Wise Old Thumper
I am so sorry she never pulled through.
You have done all you could for her and it would be very unlikely to be the baby food as there are others on here who use it to try to tempt bunnies when other methods don't work.
Please don't blame yourself, you did everything possible to try to help her.
Thinking of you.
You have done all you could for her and it would be very unlikely to be the baby food as there are others on here who use it to try to tempt bunnies when other methods don't work.
Please don't blame yourself, you did everything possible to try to help her.
Thinking of you.
twinkle4041
Young Bun
aah your all so lovely on here, spent a day at my desk in floods of tears, the bunny was my mums who i lost to cancer two years ago last month so she and her other hutch mate were a link i suppose to my mum. good nights sleep now to get rid of my popeye eyes thanks again x
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
As long as it is non-meat baby food, it can't kill a bun. The idea of baby food as well as some blackberry or raspberry, smash it via juicer has been used by other members, including myself for many rabbits.
The way a rabbit works, is that they stop eating, whenever they are in pain, so their body acts upon whatever the cause is, as such, not eating, i.e., becomes a GI stasis, is only a secondary cause of from the original cause.
So while you treated the not eating problem, your vet has to be a rabbit specialist to find out the original cause.
Something underlying is causing your bun to get sick in the 1st place, that something is the cause of death. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Get yourself a rehome bun in your area to refill the energy in your home, many rabbits are waiting for months in a small living area inside a rescue center, waiting for a good home.
here's a list of rescue center in UK
http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/centres.asp
or go to the Rabbit In NEED section and see who's available
Or post in the rabbit in need section, many members w/ rescue centers will response to you
If you can't find a rescue center in your area, some members here wiil do a bunny run and deliver to your place.
The way a rabbit works, is that they stop eating, whenever they are in pain, so their body acts upon whatever the cause is, as such, not eating, i.e., becomes a GI stasis, is only a secondary cause of from the original cause.
So while you treated the not eating problem, your vet has to be a rabbit specialist to find out the original cause.
Something underlying is causing your bun to get sick in the 1st place, that something is the cause of death. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Get yourself a rehome bun in your area to refill the energy in your home, many rabbits are waiting for months in a small living area inside a rescue center, waiting for a good home.
here's a list of rescue center in UK
http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/centres.asp
or go to the Rabbit In NEED section and see who's available
Or post in the rabbit in need section, many members w/ rescue centers will response to you
If you can't find a rescue center in your area, some members here wiil do a bunny run and deliver to your place.
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