kattymieoww
Warren Veteran
How utterly tragic,I'm so sorry for your loss,binky free Alma.x
I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet girl. It can be so hard to witness the final moments of a beloved bunny's life, especially when they go through a phase where they cry and gasp; yet sometimes it cannot be avoided when we are trying to give the bunny every opportunity to improve.
Please give Gilbert some gentle head rubs from me and my bunnies, and I hope he will console you as you deal with your loss.
Thanks so much everyone for your kind words.
The postmortem has shown that whatever this is is isolated to the liver, there were some descriptions of the liver that went a bit over my head but there are similarities and differences between her case and Benji. Although it isn't typical of VHD it still isn't being ruled out. There are different presentations of it and this *may* fit with one of the less common presentations. I'll be wracked with guilt if it is as I have been foraging recently, I brought a load of amazing looking dandelions back from the hospital grounds in the last 10/14 days or so knowing full well that there's a big population of rabbits at the hospital... however they seemed to be thriving so I thought the risks were minimal....
I still can't get my head round that I've lost her. She was such a wonderful rabbit - why her? Why so young?!!
Please do not blame yourself or the forage. You do not even know if it was contaminated, and based on what you said about the large population of rabbits around the hospital it is unlikely that was the cause of your bunny's illness.Thanks so much everyone for your kind words.
The postmortem has shown that whatever this is is isolated to the liver, there were some descriptions of the liver that went a bit over my head but there are similarities and differences between her case and Benji. Although it isn't typical of VHD it still isn't being ruled out. There are different presentations of it and this *may* fit with one of the less common presentations. I'll be wracked with guilt if it is as I have been foraging recently, I brought a load of amazing looking dandelions back from the hospital grounds in the last 10/14 days or so knowing full well that there's a big population of rabbits at the hospital... however they seemed to be thriving so I thought the risks were minimal....
I still can't get my head round that I've lost her. She was such a wonderful rabbit - why her? Why so young?!!