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mom24doggies · 12-22-2011, 03:44 PM

My sister had a little mini Holland Lop, about 7 mo. Cutest, sweetest little baby ever, we all loved him. Sadly, he just died 15 mins ago. Have no idea why, and that's why I'm posting, I would like some ideas? He was fine this morning, ate and drank like normal, was active. Then in the afternoon, one of my other sister's saw him lying down, sleeping. Of course, he does that normally so nobody thought anything of it. Then one of my other sisters (I have 7, sorry for all the "others"!) walked into the living room upstairs this evening and saw him just laying on the cage floor, motionless. She reached in and touched him and he convulsed...she brought him to me, but there was nothing I could have done. I held his limp little body while he kept gasping for air for a few minutes, then died. I just cleaned up his cage and saw 2-3 clumps of fresh, teeny poop pellets...obviously that's not normal. Minutes before he died, he passed a little diarrhea, too. I'm very shocked about all this....he literally faded and died within a few hours; I wish someone had noticed earlier and we could have taken him to the vet. If you need more info on him, I'd be happy to answer questions. Thanks.

petitpie · 12-22-2011, 03:52 PM

So sorry about your little bunny. I haven't had bunnies in a long time and can't offer anything except sad regrets.

liljaker · 12-22-2011, 04:25 PM

So sorry about the bunny, maybe someone else has some ideas?? I have no experience wtih bunnies. Other than Sunny liking to find them.

Rowan · 12-22-2011, 04:50 PM

I don't have any experience with bunnies but love the little guys (so cute). RIP, little buns. I'm sorry you and your sisters had to go through this, and I hope the little guy didn't suffer.

mom24doggies · 12-22-2011, 04:55 PM

Thank you everyone.

Me too Rowan...I couldn't tell if he was in pain or not, although being unable to breath probably isn't comfortable....poor guy, he deserved better. :(

Underpants Gnome · 12-22-2011, 05:05 PM

I am so sorry to hear you lost your little bunny. It's so hard to tell when they are sick - being prey animals, they are very good at hiding illness until it is too late.

My bunny experience is strange. My first bunny died at about 3 months. the next bunny died at about 5 months. I was thinking that I was not meant for a bunny, but tried one more time. This one was doing well at one year, so I got another bunny. Both of these bunnies lived to over 13 years! My vet called them his little geriatric buns and said he had never met a bunny as old as mine. Since they say bunnies live around 6 years, I guess mine averaged out.

Tell your sister how sorry I am about her loss, and that she should consider another bunny when she is ready. They aren't poodles, but they are very sweet! And there is nothing cuter than a bunny doing zoomies and flips!

mom24doggies · 12-22-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Underpants Gnome

I am so sorry to hear you lost your little bunny. It's so hard to tell when they are sick - being prey animals, they are very good at hiding illness until it is too late.

My bunny experience is strange. My first bunny died at about 3 months. the next bunny died at about 5 months. I was thinking that I was not meant for a bunny, but tried one more time. This one was doing well at one year, so I got another bunny. Both of these bunnies lived to over 13 years! My vet called them his little geriatric buns and said he had never met a bunny as old as mine. Since they say bunnies live around 6 years, I guess mine averaged out.

Tell your sister how sorry I am about her loss, and that she should consider another bunny when she is ready. They aren't poodles, but they are very sweet! And there is nothing cuter than a bunny doing zoomies and flips!

Wow, those were some old bunnies!! You must be a good bunny mom.

Thank you, I will tell her. She's already thinking about getting another one...she feels it will help her get over the loss of her baby. We'll see....I'm the same as her, as soon as I lose one of my animal friends I like to get another fairly soon, it helps you feel less lonely and you also feel like the previous pet didn't die in vain, she left a spot for another furbaby.

**plumcrazy** · 12-22-2011, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Underpants Gnome

ISince they say bunnies live around 6 years, I guess mine averaged out.

Wow! Then I guess when our mini lop passed away a few years ago at the age of 10, we didn't do too badly either.

So sorry to hear about the baby bun's premature demise - Bunnies can be so fragile... My dogs have caught/killed two wild ones in our backyard. One of the bunnies they chased, they didn't even lay a paw on. The poor thing just must have had a heart attack or something - there wasn't a mark on him, but he was no longer living when I got to him...

They can die from getting too hot, too cold, etc. I suppose there'd be no way to know for sure unless you get a necropsy done...

I hope that if your sister does get another bunny - it gives her a good dozen years or more!

petitpie · 12-22-2011, 06:21 PM

My childhood bunny Bunno lived many years in an outside grassy pen in the yard. My later bunnies Pansey, Orchid, Lily, and Camelia lived a few years and died of ??? Just like Easter chickies, I'm not sure what it is.

cookieface · 12-23-2011, 02:29 AM

Poor bunny baby. So sorry for your loss. Much love to you and your sister.