Horace the Bold
Alpha Buck
I am very sorry, I missed this post. I hope you and your other buns can get over this shock
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Thank you. I feel like this is it. All my rabbits seem to die young, that’s 9 now I’ve lost since I first got rabbits 8 years ago. It’s crazy. They’ve all been under 6 (well as far as we know when it comes to the rescues). It’s as though the rabbits are destined to die young when they come to live with me. As much as I love them I don’t think I can take on any more, it’s too much and I can’t take the guilt.
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I can see why you'd think so, especially so soon after Reuben, but you're not cursed - as long as you provide for a pet in all the right ways than there's no reason that anything to do with their care would cause them to die younger. It's probably mostly genetics. Maybe past homes a bit too, depending on if they were neglected or not. They might have originally come from a bad breeder who breeds any two rabbits together, then gone to a pet shop, then to a more or less clueless owner, then finally to the rescue where they were finally fed and exercised correctly etc.
You're a great rabbit owner so I hope you're not feeling really guilty xx Most rabbits go to homes that aren't as good as yours so any rabbits you adopt are lucky to have you. You've had some bad luck but maybe next time you'd get rabbits that happen to have good genetics and a longer lifespan.
Reuben was such an adorable bun, RIP