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Lillabelle not eating again

twistedtiggerz69 said:
Thank you. We just feel broken and want to make Chief feel better but our cuddles are just not the same. He is 7 in September so getting elderly for a giant bun. We have decided we won't be getting any more bunnies which makes me so sad but we couldn't help Lillabelle enough and knowing we couldn't was just too much 😭
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It makes me sad that you think you couldn't help Lillabelle enough. i know ultimately you couldn't make her better but who could? Her body/illness let her down. You were / are definitely way more than enough x
 
Lillabelle had a wonderful life with you, your OH and Mischief.
What you are experiencing is not unexpected after losing a beloved pet. We question everything we did and in some cases if doing more was the right decision for our beloved furry friend.
Pets can be both a burden and a joy, sometimes at the same time.
Sending hugs to you, your OH and Mischief as you grieve the loss of your fluffy girl.
 
bunny momma said:
Lillabelle had a wonderful life with you, your OH and Mischief.
What you are experiencing is not unexpected after losing a beloved pet. We question everything we did and in some cases if doing more was the right decision for our beloved furry friend.
Pets can be both a burden and a joy, sometimes at the same time.
Sending hugs to you, your OH and Mischief as you grieve the loss of your fluffy girl.
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Thank you Bunny Momma for your kind words and to everyone. Your support has really helped us through this sad time reminding us that Lillabelle's life should be celebrated.

We saw our usual vet today who looked after Lillabelle so well through her time of sickness where we found out about her liver lobe torsion and abscess in her tummy as well as dental and GI stasis.

She said she believes it was her liver and abscess that took her so quickly and that her dental and stasis brought on these issues and that she does not think she would have survived an anaesthetic. That her being at home these last few months while being loved by us, fed all the best food she loved and most of all with her loving Mischief.

Rather than at the vets she passed away comforted by our cuddles and shown kindness and compassion. That lying next to her beautiful boy in her last moments would have given her more comfort than anything else and it also helped Mischief to understand and help with his grieving.

She was so kind to us and said she saw how much we loved her and she said she was a true character. She heard her buzz of a growl and her feisty nature. She found out herself how difficult it was to syringe feed her and how stubborn she was and how she spat the feed straight out.

That it took kindness and patience to understand her big character and we should not beat ourselves up. It has given us peace in our sadness that she saw we tried our best. It does help us to know our vet saw this as I have been going over and over this trying to make sense of it all. I guess it was a total shock even though we knew we had borrowed time with her really. Mostly we are happiest knowing she was with her beloved beau at the end. Exactly where she wanted to be.

Our beautiful Lillabelle. You will always be in all our hearts. RIP sweet girl 💗
 
Late to this thread but am so sorry you lost Lillabelle. You tried your very best for her and gave her all the love and care you could. I hope you are coping with the grief. Love the photo you have chosen. I find looking at photos of my late rabbits helps me.
 
I remember when I rescued Snuggles she wasn't in good shape but I didn't notice until I got her home and had layers of dried poop under her which took a good few days to remove it all and clean her and groom. She was also quite bloated and wouldn't eat. I thought she wasn't going to make it but now shes as healthy as anything eating and drinking and no more bloating with a clean bum.
 
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