Some of you might have seen my post in Housing about my anxiety making new accommodation for my rabbits. I went ahead with it and posted photos.
My dear little boy Mattie got to spend all of two days in it- I began to get suspicious that something was wrong when after a period of looking a bit stressed to be there his general demeanour improved but his rapid breathing didn't. I rushed him to the vets yesterday morning and they thought he had a chest infection and admitted him. It turned out to be his heart.
After twelve hours of battling to save his life as he deteriorated he passed away just before 10pm yesterday evening. It turned out his chest was full of fluid and his little heart couldn't take it any more.
I'm completely blindsided. He was the younger and healthier one of my pair. I'd never had a single thing wrong with him since I got him.
Poor Pandora is going to be 8 next month and has chronic health issues. She's now the first of my rabbits to be widowed twice.
What a rollercoaster couple of weeks.
My dear little boy Mattie got to spend all of two days in it- I began to get suspicious that something was wrong when after a period of looking a bit stressed to be there his general demeanour improved but his rapid breathing didn't. I rushed him to the vets yesterday morning and they thought he had a chest infection and admitted him. It turned out to be his heart.
After twelve hours of battling to save his life as he deteriorated he passed away just before 10pm yesterday evening. It turned out his chest was full of fluid and his little heart couldn't take it any more.
I'm completely blindsided. He was the younger and healthier one of my pair. I'd never had a single thing wrong with him since I got him.
Poor Pandora is going to be 8 next month and has chronic health issues. She's now the first of my rabbits to be widowed twice.
What a rollercoaster couple of weeks.
