fffarmergirl
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Hi, all. Sorry I haven't been around in a while.
I was just plucking Lafonda, one of my angora rabbists, and she died in my lap. It just now happened.
I don't know if I did something wrong. I hope it's not my fault. I hope she didn't die of terror or something.
I just started plucking them because it seems a lot less traumatic to them than trimming. You don't have to yank the hair out or anything - you just wait 'til they start shedding and pull it out a little bit at a time.
She was about 18 months old,and there was something wrong with her anyway. She had some sort of seizure disorder. BothLaFonda and her sister, Jane,have seizures.When I bred them (at separate times) all ofLaFonda's babies died and all but one of her Jane's babies died. The other rabbit I bred didn't have any problems at all with her babies so I think it was something genetic.
I'd been plucking her for about half an hour. She hated it when I turned her on her back or when I plucked her cheeks, so I was switching her onto her back for a short time and them back on her belly, doing the cheeks and then doing her back, trying not to upset her too much. I'm not even sure how long she'd been dead on my lap. She was right side up and I was plucking her butt. She had been kind of burrowing back behind me, hiding her head like they all do while I pluck their butts. when I went to turn her back over, she was limp and her eyes were glazed over.
I don't know - maybe I shouldn't be doing this. I haven't felt right about it since I got them. It just seems like a stressful life for them. I've been thinking about getting rid of them but I can't think of what to do with them. I'd hate for somebody to adopt them and not keep them trimmed or brushed and have them get matted, so I'm stuck with them. They have to be brushed and trimmed or plucked or they'll get matted, but the grooming is so stressful for them . . .
It just seems immoral.
God, I hope she died painlessly and she wasn't terrified.
I was just plucking Lafonda, one of my angora rabbists, and she died in my lap. It just now happened.
I don't know if I did something wrong. I hope it's not my fault. I hope she didn't die of terror or something.
I just started plucking them because it seems a lot less traumatic to them than trimming. You don't have to yank the hair out or anything - you just wait 'til they start shedding and pull it out a little bit at a time.
She was about 18 months old,and there was something wrong with her anyway. She had some sort of seizure disorder. BothLaFonda and her sister, Jane,have seizures.When I bred them (at separate times) all ofLaFonda's babies died and all but one of her Jane's babies died. The other rabbit I bred didn't have any problems at all with her babies so I think it was something genetic.
I'd been plucking her for about half an hour. She hated it when I turned her on her back or when I plucked her cheeks, so I was switching her onto her back for a short time and them back on her belly, doing the cheeks and then doing her back, trying not to upset her too much. I'm not even sure how long she'd been dead on my lap. She was right side up and I was plucking her butt. She had been kind of burrowing back behind me, hiding her head like they all do while I pluck their butts. when I went to turn her back over, she was limp and her eyes were glazed over.
I don't know - maybe I shouldn't be doing this. I haven't felt right about it since I got them. It just seems like a stressful life for them. I've been thinking about getting rid of them but I can't think of what to do with them. I'd hate for somebody to adopt them and not keep them trimmed or brushed and have them get matted, so I'm stuck with them. They have to be brushed and trimmed or plucked or they'll get matted, but the grooming is so stressful for them . . .
It just seems immoral.
God, I hope she died painlessly and she wasn't terrified.