Inle_Rabbitry
Well-Known Member
Two of our mini rex does just suddenly died yesterday.
As far as I know, they had been acting perfectly normal and seemed healthy up untill about 5 minutes before their death. They had been eating fine, and displaying normal rabbit behaviour.
Right before their death, they just suddenly acted like they were severely panicked, or in pain, by running frantically in circles and grunting. Their eyes turn dilated, then their bodies would start convulsing for about a minute, and then they just dropped dead, literally. Like I said, they were acting perfectly fine, eating, grooming themselve, playing around, etc.and then it just hit them.
Both of the does were on seperate diets and in seperate cages and were of different ages. Neither of them has ever had any sign of illness or ailments. All of the other rabbits in the rabbitry seem to be doing fine right now.
I just don't know what to make of this or what could've caused this. Like I said, it just hit them out of now where. The second doe that died, was right in the middle of a grooming session when she just started (for lack of a better term)flipping outand then drop dead.
Does anyone have any advice or experience in this? I've searched through the internet, but have yet to find any proper diagnosis.
As far as I know, they had been acting perfectly normal and seemed healthy up untill about 5 minutes before their death. They had been eating fine, and displaying normal rabbit behaviour.
Right before their death, they just suddenly acted like they were severely panicked, or in pain, by running frantically in circles and grunting. Their eyes turn dilated, then their bodies would start convulsing for about a minute, and then they just dropped dead, literally. Like I said, they were acting perfectly fine, eating, grooming themselve, playing around, etc.and then it just hit them.
Both of the does were on seperate diets and in seperate cages and were of different ages. Neither of them has ever had any sign of illness or ailments. All of the other rabbits in the rabbitry seem to be doing fine right now.
I just don't know what to make of this or what could've caused this. Like I said, it just hit them out of now where. The second doe that died, was right in the middle of a grooming session when she just started (for lack of a better term)flipping outand then drop dead.
Does anyone have any advice or experience in this? I've searched through the internet, but have yet to find any proper diagnosis.