spacedhopper Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 One of my rabbits (Barnie) passed away last friday,he had been a bit off Thursday night, and Friday morning didnt eat any of his food, we rushed him to the vets and they said it looked like his teeth were probably giving him some trouble, so they would keep him in and give him anaestetic and take a closer look. Rang me at 4:00 to say he was ok and we could collect him asap. So went after work to collect him, didnt look to good to me, his head was on one side and looked like he had had some kind of stroke but thought it would probably be the anaestetic, took him home and left him in the back room to recover. After about half an hour he decided to venture out his box on to the floor but looked to be struggling down one side to control his limbs, so i picked him up to calm him down, which he jumped clean off my knee with spasms starting. I picked him up again but you could feel the spasms going through his body for which i comforted him and tried to ring the vets at the same time, they said to bring him back straight away, at this point his body had gone still and i just knew he gone. I took him to the vets anyway just to have it confirmed, but sadly Barnie had died. They said they didnt know why it had happened, but i didnt want them to do a postmortem on him, he had suffered enough. I think it was more than his teeth, as he was far from his usual self Thursday night, but i guess we will never know. Thing about rabbits is they hide problems too well, and you dont realise until its too late. Not a happy weekend X RIP Barnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Oh no! Poor Barnie. Send my best wishes to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Oh no, I'm so sorry . Poor Barnie. We lost our rabbit just over a year ago and it leaves a big hole in your life. I spent weeks looking for him in his run and it took ages to stop feeling sad when I remembered he'd gone. Big hugs to you and RIP Barnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Oh, how sad. I am so sorry for your loss - it must have been a horrible weekend for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacedhopper Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yeah, it was a miserable weekend, and totally agree about still looking for him, keep looking at his hutch cant even think about cleaning it out yet, still very raw. Thanks for the kind words they are much appreciated. X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Sorry for the loss of your rabbit There is a pet memorial sticky in the chicken section. Why don't you post a picture of him there. It's for all pets not just chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacedhopper Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Will look into doing that Lesley Jean, sounds a good idea X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Chick Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Sorry to hear your loss, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters are very sensitive when they have been under aneasthesia. My rabbit fluffy had his teeth clipped last year, he is now 5 and he had a tough time coming around it took him ages to recover and I was afraid that he wouldn't make it. But you are right they are not giving a lot of signs when they are not well but you did all you could so dont blame yourself and put him in the memmorial topic he will be well remembered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Very sorry to hear about Barnie. It must have been quite a traumatic experience for you. I know what you mean about it still feeling quite raw - you must give yourself time. It's perfectly ok to feel very sad at the moment, it doesn't negate all the happy times you had with Barnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Sorry to hear about Barney it is never easy to lose a treasured pet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacedhopper Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Its the third Rabbit ive lost in recent years, and it doesnt get any easier, i trully feel lost without them, they all have different personalities and i still miss each one. I will get some more soon, there are too many rabbits out there that need a good home for me to just give up. But you help taking it personally that youve done something wrong, you try to do everything you can to keep them healthy and happy, and it feels something still goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Don't feel bad Spacedhopper Animals cannot tell you when they are under they are unwell and infact their survival instincts make them hide it often until it is too late You must look forwards not back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 So sorry about your bun Spacedhopper, we lost ours last week and I know what you mean about not wanting to clean out the cage think about the memories you can keep, knowing how happy he was with you. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Oh so sorry BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
