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Rabbit Depression
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InspectorMorse
Wise Old Thumper
Were your Rabbits up to date with their vaccinations ?
Top of the list of possible causes of ‘sudden death‘ is RVHD (Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease). The Flystrike that your first Rabbit had could have been secondary to him having RVHD.
Was your second Rabbit passing normal faeces prior to death? Was he eating for himself?
You say the second Rabbit had ‘some injections’ given by the Vet on the first visit there last week. What were the injections?
The only way to have a chance of finding out cause of death would be for a post mortem to be carried out.
Unless you can be certain RVHD was not involved then you should destroy all accommodation the Rabbits lived in, the Rabbits must be cremated, not buried and you should not obtain any more Rabbits for at least 4 months.
bunny momma
Wise Old Thumper
Regarding your question about whether it could have been depression with your second bunny, I would say possible, but in my view extremely unlikely. In my experience a bunny left behind after it's bonded partner has died is very often quite withdrawn and will also exhibit signs of grieving. Usually this doesn't become so severe that it is fatal though and so other possibilities should be considered.
