Mamamotz
New Member
Hi all,
I am brand new to the forums and although I have owned rabbits before when I was young, I was a new bunny parent again only a few days ago!
My husband and I purchased a 2 month old Holland Lop from a reputable breeder and we loved her very much. We kept her in a fairly large indoor enclosure, provided her with the same pellets and hay her breeder gave her, we gave her fresh water daily and we had clean newspaper on the bottom on her cage at the breeders recommendation as we were going to litterbox train her.
She came out of her cage every day since we had her, we let her come out on her own. We were very careful if we did have to pick her up to support her properly and we weren't 'pushy' to play with her (we were letting her take her time to get comfortable with us). We do have small children ages 5, 4, and 2. They are very well behaved kids who were not allowed to handle the rabbit, and they are not 'screaming' kids that I was worried they may frighten her.
She was fine last night in her cage, we checked on her periodically and she was wing very sweet and cute. She was hopping around our bedroom only yesterday afternoon and smelling us an letting us pet her gently.
Basically she didn't show any signs of illness. I did notice she wasn't eating and drinking a lot, but she was eating and drinking and she had plenty of fresh hay. This morning we thought she was asleep, but she was lying on her side and she was dead! We were totally shocked because we were taking extra good care of her! I just told her last night how much we loved her already, o know that may seem silly because I only had her for a few days but I really grew attached to her already.
We called the breeder and she offered us a refund or another rabbit, I'm not mad at the breeder I just wonder what could have gone wrong or if it was something I did? Should I have taken her to the vet because she wasn't eating and drinking a lot? She was definitely peeing and pooping I saw it in her cage and I never let her cage dirty. She actually used her litterbox a few times as well! I thought we had such a smart bunny and now she's gone.
I don't know what kind of pellets she was on because it came directly from the breeder, but her hay was Timothy hay(also from our breeder). I just figured I would ask here so I could know for next time if I did something terribly wrong?
Thank you for reading, sorry if I posted this in the wrong place
I was hoping to get to know you all and your bunnies and planned on signing up here anyway until I no longer had a bunny to post about :*(
I am brand new to the forums and although I have owned rabbits before when I was young, I was a new bunny parent again only a few days ago!
My husband and I purchased a 2 month old Holland Lop from a reputable breeder and we loved her very much. We kept her in a fairly large indoor enclosure, provided her with the same pellets and hay her breeder gave her, we gave her fresh water daily and we had clean newspaper on the bottom on her cage at the breeders recommendation as we were going to litterbox train her.
She came out of her cage every day since we had her, we let her come out on her own. We were very careful if we did have to pick her up to support her properly and we weren't 'pushy' to play with her (we were letting her take her time to get comfortable with us). We do have small children ages 5, 4, and 2. They are very well behaved kids who were not allowed to handle the rabbit, and they are not 'screaming' kids that I was worried they may frighten her.
She was fine last night in her cage, we checked on her periodically and she was wing very sweet and cute. She was hopping around our bedroom only yesterday afternoon and smelling us an letting us pet her gently.
Basically she didn't show any signs of illness. I did notice she wasn't eating and drinking a lot, but she was eating and drinking and she had plenty of fresh hay. This morning we thought she was asleep, but she was lying on her side and she was dead! We were totally shocked because we were taking extra good care of her! I just told her last night how much we loved her already, o know that may seem silly because I only had her for a few days but I really grew attached to her already.
We called the breeder and she offered us a refund or another rabbit, I'm not mad at the breeder I just wonder what could have gone wrong or if it was something I did? Should I have taken her to the vet because she wasn't eating and drinking a lot? She was definitely peeing and pooping I saw it in her cage and I never let her cage dirty. She actually used her litterbox a few times as well! I thought we had such a smart bunny and now she's gone.
I don't know what kind of pellets she was on because it came directly from the breeder, but her hay was Timothy hay(also from our breeder). I just figured I would ask here so I could know for next time if I did something terribly wrong?
Thank you for reading, sorry if I posted this in the wrong place
I was hoping to get to know you all and your bunnies and planned on signing up here anyway until I no longer had a bunny to post about :*(