Belles.bunnies
Young Bun
Hi everyone I am new here and have just joined today after the sudden loss of my Netherland Dwarf doe Bea. She was just perfect in every way and I am so honoured to have had her in my life. She had the most funny and charismatic personality and was like a little dog in ways I know only fellow bunny owners will understand. I was staying at my dads house when I got a call from my mum on Monday night telling me she had found Bea lying flat out by her litter tray. She will often have a lie and a flop for a stroke or on your bed etc but you could tell something was wrong so we rushed her to the nearest vets who told us it was a internal failure of something (I don’t have details as I wasn’t in the mood to talk about it over the phone and have only arrived back at the house tonight) apparently it is just chance and can happen to both humans and rabbits and there is nothing that can be done. He gave us the option to either send her home with fluids but that there was almost 100% chance she would pass in the night or have her put to sleep at the vets. I chose to do this over the phone which was a really hard decision to make but now a couple of days later I am glad I was not selfish and made that decision for her. She was only 3 and a half. She was one of my most personable and important pets and whilst I love and care for them all the others are snakes and fish etc so it is not the same apart from my dogs and Guineas. I am so glad that I could have her in my life and know that she was happy safe and warm inside running around the house, binkying and was so comfortable around people and our dogs. She was a favourite of every visitor and I will miss her licks and snuggles. She used to ride to the vet in her carrier stood up with her front paws on the opening of the carrier!! She was so beautiful and lovely. I am very shocked and sometimes feel like I have forgotten what has actually happened as I don’t feel as sad as I did but actually I think I have learned through having pets and having to make tough decision s like this I am gradually becoming better at processing my grief and although I am heartbroken and cried more than ever I am now generally thinking back on her with happy memories and have been through the photos and am planning a little picture album etc. I am not ready to have another rabbit quite yet however these are the pets that will be in my life forever and may start looking in the February half term holidays so I’m off school (15) for another bunny/bunnies and am sure I will have lots of questions etc even though I researched a lot with Bea and have all the necessary equipment. I plan on going with the same breed Netherland Dwarf but I may plan on two etc it just depends how I feel. I want to properly make sure I am excited at the prospect of bringing home new bun before doing any looking. Thanks for reading all this