aurora369
Well-Known Member
I am very sad to say that I lost Zeke today. My wonderful and spunky castor rex.
He charmed is way into our lives as a 3 week old foster, and had us captivated by his antics for three years. He was a kisser of all people and the best binky-er of all my bunnies.
I always knew that I was on borrowed time with him. Three of his seven litter-mates died before the age of one from cancer, and a couple of them in the years between. So, I have been cherishing the every moment with him knowing that the probability of him dying young was very high.
He has had an upper respitory infection for a while now. Baxter had it first, went through a round of antibiotics but it came back and Zeke picked it up. So they both went through a round of antibiotics, and it came back so we tried again, and it came back. I was waiting to get a phone prescription filled for a different antibiotic and the pharmacy must of lost the presciption because they didn't have it when I went in.
However, the more I think about it, the less I think it was the infection that killed him. His nose was not very snotty, and I checked his lungs with a stethiscope and they where clear so it wasn't in his lungs.
He stopped eating in the last 24 hours. We moved last Saturday, and he was unsettled by that so he was eating a bit less, but still eating enough to not worry me. The hay rack was always emptied and he was eager for more.
One of the boys was peeing all over the cage when I went on vacation back in September, and I am wondering if it was Zeke. I've been putting a blanket in the boys cage for the past three weeks, and it was being peed on too. If it was Zeke, then the blanket should stay clean, and if it was him, then that was a sign I missed.
Today when I came home, I noticed he was very lethargic and looked super skinny. I ran out and picked up some pedialyte to syringe him. After syringing him about 10 cc's of it along with about 6 cc's of critcal care, I put him back in his cage for a rest. That's when he started trying to hop, and when he got to the corner he kept trying to hop. This freaked me out because I've had enough bunnies die on me to recognise a bunny close to death.
I picked him up again, wrapped in a towel, and started making phone calls. I called a couple of emergency vets , and also called Pipp. He died before I could get him packed up to see anyone.
He was a fighter, and I'm going to miss him terribly.
I will post some pictures once I have my internet hooked up and I'm not tethering off of Ryan's cell phone (on Friday).
--Dawn
He charmed is way into our lives as a 3 week old foster, and had us captivated by his antics for three years. He was a kisser of all people and the best binky-er of all my bunnies.
I always knew that I was on borrowed time with him. Three of his seven litter-mates died before the age of one from cancer, and a couple of them in the years between. So, I have been cherishing the every moment with him knowing that the probability of him dying young was very high.
He has had an upper respitory infection for a while now. Baxter had it first, went through a round of antibiotics but it came back and Zeke picked it up. So they both went through a round of antibiotics, and it came back so we tried again, and it came back. I was waiting to get a phone prescription filled for a different antibiotic and the pharmacy must of lost the presciption because they didn't have it when I went in.
However, the more I think about it, the less I think it was the infection that killed him. His nose was not very snotty, and I checked his lungs with a stethiscope and they where clear so it wasn't in his lungs.
He stopped eating in the last 24 hours. We moved last Saturday, and he was unsettled by that so he was eating a bit less, but still eating enough to not worry me. The hay rack was always emptied and he was eager for more.
One of the boys was peeing all over the cage when I went on vacation back in September, and I am wondering if it was Zeke. I've been putting a blanket in the boys cage for the past three weeks, and it was being peed on too. If it was Zeke, then the blanket should stay clean, and if it was him, then that was a sign I missed.
Today when I came home, I noticed he was very lethargic and looked super skinny. I ran out and picked up some pedialyte to syringe him. After syringing him about 10 cc's of it along with about 6 cc's of critcal care, I put him back in his cage for a rest. That's when he started trying to hop, and when he got to the corner he kept trying to hop. This freaked me out because I've had enough bunnies die on me to recognise a bunny close to death.
I picked him up again, wrapped in a towel, and started making phone calls. I called a couple of emergency vets , and also called Pipp. He died before I could get him packed up to see anyone.
He was a fighter, and I'm going to miss him terribly.
I will post some pictures once I have my internet hooked up and I'm not tethering off of Ryan's cell phone (on Friday).
--Dawn
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