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Star- 03-06-2007 - 13-10-2015

Sky-O

Wise Old Thumper
Starry-arry-al.

Hey boy,

I’m so sorry it’s taken me so long to write. I just knew that I needed to give this the time that you deserve, to make sure I’m doing you justice.

It’s been a long week, and, as you probably know, you’ve left a huge Star shaped hole, despite being a dinky bunny.

Where do I start? Obviously at the beginning. I know I’ve said something to this effect with Hope, Sunny and Dusk, your siblings, but you are still entitled to your bit.

You were obviously the product of my desperation to never lose Flash, Sky or Moon. Sky and my new bunny Sandy, were your parents, and you were the exact mix of them; you were a butterfly, and a black otter one at that, you were independent and knew what you wanted (like Sandy), you didn’t want rabbits, you wanted people (like Sky) and you very much enjoyed your home comforts- like both of them.

Right from the word go, you were both incredibly cute and a haughty snob, which is pretty much how you stayed, until the day you died.

As a group, all seven of you were absolutely adorable, but, with special Star markings on your nose, and attitude, you did stand out.



















You grew and were an incredibly friendly chap and when it came to splitting you all, you moved into my room with Dawn, Hope and Sunny.



It didn’t last overly long and hormones hit and I remember waking up to a three-way-hump- it made me laugh, but you did need to be separated.

That was the last time you had any quality time with a bunny- any bunny I tried to bond you with after that, you would just bite and it would always escalate, even with the very chilled ones.
 
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You stayed, in my room, as a single, for the rest of your life. You had times running outside, you had times running around the house, but your home and base was in my room, and that’s where you wanted it to be.

You were incredibly nosey and into everything. You got yourself in some very stupid places (remember when you somehow got onto the printer? Or in my drawers, with my clothes?). You were also incredibly photogenic, although, you did always look stuck up, but you took beautiful photos. :love: Whenever you were out of your comfort zone, you would either try to go back upstairs, or you would sit with me until I took you back upstairs. We had a pretty strong bond, from really early on. You were a quirky, rigid little chap, and I often wondered about your sight, but you did loosen up as you aged. As a young’un, you would only eat from a bowl, would leave your unlimited pellets in preference for hay. You were the first to ‘get’ litter training and were immaculate from the word go.




You were a dental bunny (the curse of the unknown dental gene) and just before you go to 5, you were very ill and we didn’t know why. You wouldn’t eat, teeth looked good, no swellings, but you needed dentals every two weeks, two days. It was getting dire. Then we got you x-rayed again and the specialists looked and identified micro abscesses. You were the first one, but four of your siblings (and your mum) followed suit with these. You ended up on a concoction of meds and eventually you started to eat again and your time between dentals decreased hugely and you started to manage months again. We brought you off the meds, but you blipped, so you went back on them and stayed on them for the next three years.

You returned to your normal, arsey snobbish self, and it was wonderful. You’d answer to your name again, come running when the food bag rustled again, stuck your nose through the bars for more noms, belting up and down the landing, exploring the spare room, stealing food, stuffing hay, all of that that we expect from you.

That was a great time of your life because we didn’t expect you to get to five years old, and you did, so we enjoyed every day, and we were thankful for you every day.













Then you got old and arthritic (in your left hip, same as all your brothers), but it didn’t trouble you, you just ran around a little less. Then, in July, you slumped right down. Your breathing was vaguely laboured and, due to genetics, we felt there was a chance you were developing the same respiratory issues as the others. You had a dental, just in case, but it didn’t help, and you went onto penicillin in case it was abscesses and because you had a lower respiratory infection, but it wasn’t, it didn’t help and we were stuck. You were too unwell to do many tests so we took a risk and put you on the dreaded steroids. Within a very short time we started to see you again. You started to beg for food, eat the apple leaves, dig the blanket, dig you cushion, bite me when I went to pick you up, run to your name- all of it. You were you again.

We went for a check up and the vet found you had an incredibly high heart rate- a heart rate higher than any other time you’d been to the vets. Our vet felt it was only a matter of time before your heart failed. You hadn’t shown any signs of deteriorating and I was gutted, because you were doing so well.

Then, two-ish weeks ago, you just started to look tired, and you ran less, but you were content and peaceful. You came for strokes, you would eat, you would be active and come over. You were just tired, and you got more and more tired, and just somehow, last Tuesday, I knew you had had enough. You were just about eating, but your breathing was laboured, you were comfort seeking (rather than stroke seeking), you were lying down a lot and your eyes said that it was too much.

I was really scared for you being PTS because your veins were too scarred, but the vet was wonderful, and it was perfect and you went to sleep, so peacefully, and went so quickly.

I had to shut it down and went straight to work with you in my car. Thankfully, your pal, my dad, came to get you and took you home. How I got through that day at work, I don’t know. I couldn’t think.

I took you to the crem on Wednesday and you come home, for good, tomorrow. We’ll be very pleased to have you back.
 
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So, where does this leave us now? With a massive Star shaped hole in my room. I’m not currently dodging ankle nipping, I’m not currently being charged at by a bunny in a frenzy for any food I can get. I don’t have a bunny who sits with me.

You were the last one, after Summer, Badger, Flash, Moon and, of course, Sky, that I had that connection with. It wasn’t as deep, but it could have been. We had something special and my plan, when Angel died, was always for you to move downstairs and enjoy being the hub of our home. I’m so sorry you didn’t live long enough for that and I’m so sorry I never sussed how to make you bond with a bunny. I am, however, grateful for what we had.






I miss you so, so much. This is so, so painful. You were a teeny, weeny bunny, and the hole you have left is massive. I don’t have anyone to fill your cage so it just stands empty.

I can’t convey the pain I feel, but I have so many laughs and memories of you and count myself so lucky that that haughty, stuck up, adventurous little bunny wanted to live and wanted to be with us. You made it nearly 3 and a half years longer with us, than it looks like you would. What a privilege.

Thank you Star. Thank you for being in my life. For bringing a shine into my life. For being a complete ****. For keeping me on my toes. For everything.

These are the last photos I have of you and they are lovely. I’m so lucky.










You will never, ever be forgotten.

I will always, always love you and miss you.

See you soon Sweet,

Lots of love. x


















Star
03-06-2007 – 13-10-2015
 
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Oh I'm so so sorry to see this :( what a beautiful tribute, and beautiful photos of a gorgeous little bunny. Binky free Star xxx
 
A wonderful tribute reflecting the relationship you had with Star. One that will continue in another form now that his physical presence is absent from your life.

Binky Free Star xx
 
A beautiful, beautiful tribute. I am so sorry for your loss, but happy that you knew and loved each other. You knew all of Star's life, that's such a privilege.
 
:cry:.. Sorry Sky-O, Star was a very handsome bun... And very lucky too...

Binky free poppet .. Xxx
 
Oh Sky-O, there are no words :cry: I am so very sorry for your loss. (((((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))))
Binky free, Star...what a handsome little man, now a beautiful bunny angel. :cry: xxxxxxx
 
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