Unsecure chicken perches

[Evergreens]

Hi everyone

My darling Peter had to be put to sleep yesterday and i am feeling so guilty.

Monday night i let our dog out and i could hear a noise coming from the direction of our summer house, so i walked round, the rabbits are in there for the winter, opened the door and looked at everyone in their hutches and Peter was on his side in his house and i thought he was asleep but i am sure now that it was him struggling to get up an the bit is he nmust have been like that all night struggling. I went in in the morining and he usually jumps up at the hustch door to be fed but he didnt so ilbent down and he was in real trouble , he had bitten through his tongue and his eye was dry adn unable to blink his head was contorte dbackwards and he couldnt right himslef . so i rang the vet and the said to take him to the local branch that was open in an hour because by the time i got to them it would be the same time. i wased his eye to make him moe comfortable and we held him until it was time to go. i blame myslef for him being un-noticed i should have bent down and looked closer....why didnt i. the vet said it was probably something to do with some parisite or worm in the ear. i am treating the other 2 they were only wormed in april please forgive me Pete i thought you were asleep but i let you down lad i am so sorry

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm so sorry to hear that . Please don't blame yourself, it's very easy to miss things that are wrong with little creatures .

[beach chick]

oh I'm sorry and you sound so sad. I'm sure it wasnt your fault. I bet he had a lovely life with you.

[Evergreens]

i hope he did we loved him so much we lost one 2 years ago with gut statis. but really feel bad he was all alone struggling i should have looked better but i thought it was a cat running over the summerhouse roof. i hope i can forgive myself for not looking properly

[cathybc]

so sorry to hear about Peter and the circumstances of your loss. Do try not to beat yourself up about it, you obviously loved him and did your best for him and he is now at peace. RIP Peter x