Thanks all. We are gutted and it's been so so so hard on my son. We've all shed a lot of tears, but she was his best friend. We did try hard, and I thought that we were there. I was making 3 trips per day to his house. The downturn was so sudden, really, really sudden.
I tried *stupidly* to get him a puppy. His birthday is Tuesday, and I just didn't want him to be alone in his house without her...well that went over like a lead balloon. He's a bonafied bunny man. Puppies are sweet and cute but a lot of work to train up. I have to take her back to the shelter on Monday, he's not even near being ready. That truly was dumb on my part but my heart was bleeding for him.

The good thing is that she'll be a paid sponsor adoption since I'll surely get no refund. Robs says when he's ready, and that's not anytime soon, he wants a couple of bonded buns from the local rescue.