House Rabbit

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Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
Just got back from the vets. 😩
One of our rabbits hasn’t been acting normally for a few days.
Sadly the vet said it had pneumonia and fluid in the lungs. It had lost 25% body weight in a week. Prognosis was terminal so after monitoring him for 24 hours we decided to say goodbye this afternoon.
It amazing how attached you get to a rabbit. It was a rescue that we adopted from a charity, so we gave it a fantastic 7 and half years of life instead of a short horrible life in a tiny hutch.
It’s a good age for a rabbit that spent 100% of its time outdoors sniffing around his run and enjoying the feeling of sun, rain and even snow on his back. He much prefer drinking from a puddle than a water bowl.
 

AuroraSaab

Veteran
Thought I'd give this thread a bump as I know Sam the op from another forum and said I'd say hello to you guys for him. Chompsky is still chomping and being a loveable little rascal. Here he is pondering his latest purchase.

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Milzy

Legendary Member
Why is it ok to have many rabbits in the country. I want a pet ground hog. Why can’t they breed them & be in the pet shops the same as rabbits are?
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
Thanks for the bump.

Whilst one of our rabbits died 2 years ago our other rabbit is still going strong and nearly 10 years old now. It has lived every day of its life outside in the heatwaves and freezing cold. It goes to the vet once a year for a check up but appears to be invincible.

It’s my daughter ‘a pet. She is due to go to uni in September. So we will have to take over caring duties. When we bought the rabbit 10 years ago we didn’t envisage a rabbit lasting this long!
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
Our poor old rabbit died yesterday at the age of 11. I could tell she was slowing down over the past 6 weeks, the hot summer was difficult for her. But she was never distressed.
She just retreated to a safe spot, curled up and went to sleep.
The vet said that getting a rabbit to die of old age is a great accomplishment, so she must have had good genes and we must have done something right.
I think that is now the end of rabbit ownership for us as the children are 19 and 15.
 
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