Recent content by joeysangel

I'm so so sorry for your loss. ;_; Lots of hugs to you. If it was indeed something abdominal, there was very little that could be done, especially as far as surgery -- I had to have my first bun put to sleep last month after he got a blockage, and my exotics vet was advising against surgery...

Seconding the recommendation on wood stove/horse stall pellets -- they worked really for my (admittedly, mane-less) lionhead mix, whereas Carefresh was just messy and stunk.

I had Joey neutered shortly after getting him. The vet who altered him was not rabbit-savvy but everything went fine (even though he was a single bun, I had it done for the health benefits). However, I would strongly recommend having it done by a rabbit-savvy vet just to avoid any complications...

My Joey often got GI stasis (and ended up fatally bloating during his last episode) and even though he only ever got two eggcup-sized scoops of pellets a day on top of his unlimited timothy hay, I have vowed to eliminate them from any future rabbits' diets. It just doesn't seem worth the risk to...

Thank you for sharing your experiences with loss, doodlebugger. I'm praying that your sick bun gets better and won't require an emergency while your regular vet is away. I can't imagine going through that kind of experience twice (one reason why I'm so hesitant to adopt another rabbit -- I don't...

My Joey was bonded for a while with another rabbit, but it ended up not working out in the long term (and subsequent attempts to bond with other rabbits also failed), so I raised him as a single bun and just tried to spend a lot of time with him to make up for it (although I admit sometimes I...

Thanks so much for all your responses. I am still having a really hard time looking at this with clear eyes and forgiving myself (I was experiencing a lot of anxiety and frustration/helplessness as his condition grew worse and feel like I transferred my stress to him, and that he died thinking I...

(Full disclosure: I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and spend an unhealthy amount of time spinning my wheels over whether I did the "right" thing in any given situation, so I don't know how helpful it is to bring this topic up... but right now I am dying of grief, and convinced that I killed...