Fahrenheit
New Member
Location: Texas
Description (Breed, color, weight): Dwarf Hotot, 6.5 ounces
Age: 6 weeks
Sex: unknown
Concise Summary of the Rabbit's Condition:
I had been looking for a dwarf hotot for months and could never find a breeder close enough to me that i could drive to and i didn't want one shipped to me. So I went looking around at pet stores (i know shame on me) My boyfriend and me bought Tempo (the baby) Friday night, but didn't take him home until Saturday night at close to 8:30pm. We bought him around this time as a funny mothers day gift. (i dont want kids yet and all of my friends have kids literally) Anyways, Tempo seemed normal to me. He was a calm bunny and never minded me holding him. I get home, set up his cage immediately, give him food, water with Oasis wettail that the manager toldme to put in his water, and hay. He was munching on the hay, i don't recallever seeing him eat the pellets or drink from the water bottle. He did poo and they looked normal. I fell asleep shortly after putting him in the cage as I hadn't slept in 46 hours. Woke up around noon on Sunday (mothersday) saw that pellets were gone and the water was lower in the bottle. So I figured he was doing fine. headed off to church at 5pm got back at 6:30pm. Went ahead and gave him a cup of water so he had multiple water sources. He started drinking from the cup like crazy! I didn't think anything of it so I started my online exam. Not 10 minutes into it I look over at Tempo and he was sleeping odd. Kinda propped against the cup on his back. I take him out of the cage and he just falls over repeatedly. It looked a lot like the dead bunny flop. I started freaking out, rushed him to the emergency vet just 3 blocks from me. I wait about 15 minutes then they tell me to go to Arlington to get some medicine. Hitting close to 100mph down the highway i get a call not 3 minutes later saying Tempo was seizuring and while having me on the phone he had died. The vet i took him too doesnt speacialize in rabbits but they did treat some for some cases. They couldn't give me an explanation as to what might have caused my baby to die not even 24 hours after I got him. they just told me he had a low temperature (98.2) and pulse was 300, he was skinny, and that he was sick for a while.
I have become unreasonably skeptical about everyone from the pet store even to that clinic. I need some logical answers to set my mind at ease. It even pains me to play with my other baby...
Description (Breed, color, weight): Dwarf Hotot, 6.5 ounces
Age: 6 weeks
Sex: unknown
Concise Summary of the Rabbit's Condition:
I had been looking for a dwarf hotot for months and could never find a breeder close enough to me that i could drive to and i didn't want one shipped to me. So I went looking around at pet stores (i know shame on me) My boyfriend and me bought Tempo (the baby) Friday night, but didn't take him home until Saturday night at close to 8:30pm. We bought him around this time as a funny mothers day gift. (i dont want kids yet and all of my friends have kids literally) Anyways, Tempo seemed normal to me. He was a calm bunny and never minded me holding him. I get home, set up his cage immediately, give him food, water with Oasis wettail that the manager toldme to put in his water, and hay. He was munching on the hay, i don't recallever seeing him eat the pellets or drink from the water bottle. He did poo and they looked normal. I fell asleep shortly after putting him in the cage as I hadn't slept in 46 hours. Woke up around noon on Sunday (mothersday) saw that pellets were gone and the water was lower in the bottle. So I figured he was doing fine. headed off to church at 5pm got back at 6:30pm. Went ahead and gave him a cup of water so he had multiple water sources. He started drinking from the cup like crazy! I didn't think anything of it so I started my online exam. Not 10 minutes into it I look over at Tempo and he was sleeping odd. Kinda propped against the cup on his back. I take him out of the cage and he just falls over repeatedly. It looked a lot like the dead bunny flop. I started freaking out, rushed him to the emergency vet just 3 blocks from me. I wait about 15 minutes then they tell me to go to Arlington to get some medicine. Hitting close to 100mph down the highway i get a call not 3 minutes later saying Tempo was seizuring and while having me on the phone he had died. The vet i took him too doesnt speacialize in rabbits but they did treat some for some cases. They couldn't give me an explanation as to what might have caused my baby to die not even 24 hours after I got him. they just told me he had a low temperature (98.2) and pulse was 300, he was skinny, and that he was sick for a while.
I have become unreasonably skeptical about everyone from the pet store even to that clinic. I need some logical answers to set my mind at ease. It even pains me to play with my other baby...