we had 2 bunnies brother (fixed) and sister both 2 years. Fluffy a REW male with black ears, tail, nose and 'socks', Patch a tan and white female. they couldn't be more different in personality. Patch was very skittish and hated being picked up where she would growl and bite if you tried, sometimes she would let you pat her when she was in the mood......mostly me. Fluffy is a pretty chilled out rabbit who will let you pat him but is not fond of being picked up. He has a game he likes to play - he will sit as you approach him and hop away a few feet, then as you catch up he does the same....he will do this for ages and zoom off when he has had enough. They both had different resting spots - Fluffy under cover by the back door, Patch would lay under an old trampoline on the grass and on top of the hay bag, Fluffy like the old table beside it.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed Patch laying on her side under the trampoline and approached her, she didn't move as I expected. I bent down and patted her and she sat up but didn't make any attempt to get away. As I was heading out with the family for a few hours I placed her in the outside hutch with a bowl of water instead of the bottle and fresh spinach leaves her favourite. When we came home they were untouched. They both sleep inside but we thought it best that Fluffy slept in the outside hutch to give his obviously sick sister some space in their bedtime cage.
We decided to monitor her and take her to the vet first thing in the morning. After a few hours she squealed and my partner picked her up where she died in her arms. By now there was visible signs of her illness which weren't clear before. We contacted a vet in the morning who told us she probably died of pneumonia. I prepared a place for her in her favourite part of the garden (an old raised garden bed, they liked to dig there and eat the grass) as I was doing this we left her with Fluffy who sniffed and licked her for about half an hour before he hopped away. For the rest of the day we watched him, he sat in her places not something he would do normally. He spread out under the trampoline and laid on the hay bag (I have never seen him there before). Tonight in his cage he is barely eating and drinking, I took him out for awhile and placed him on my lap where he sat again unusual as he would have jumped down. We are very worried about him and still upset ourselves over Patch.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed Patch laying on her side under the trampoline and approached her, she didn't move as I expected. I bent down and patted her and she sat up but didn't make any attempt to get away. As I was heading out with the family for a few hours I placed her in the outside hutch with a bowl of water instead of the bottle and fresh spinach leaves her favourite. When we came home they were untouched. They both sleep inside but we thought it best that Fluffy slept in the outside hutch to give his obviously sick sister some space in their bedtime cage.
We decided to monitor her and take her to the vet first thing in the morning. After a few hours she squealed and my partner picked her up where she died in her arms. By now there was visible signs of her illness which weren't clear before. We contacted a vet in the morning who told us she probably died of pneumonia. I prepared a place for her in her favourite part of the garden (an old raised garden bed, they liked to dig there and eat the grass) as I was doing this we left her with Fluffy who sniffed and licked her for about half an hour before he hopped away. For the rest of the day we watched him, he sat in her places not something he would do normally. He spread out under the trampoline and laid on the hay bag (I have never seen him there before). Tonight in his cage he is barely eating and drinking, I took him out for awhile and placed him on my lap where he sat again unusual as he would have jumped down. We are very worried about him and still upset ourselves over Patch.
