Niftynamething
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Hey guys. First time posting so I apologize if I break any rules.
I rescued my Netherland dwarf rabbit 7 years ago from a breeder who wanted to break her neck. She was a victim of a stressed out mommy who ate her litter and proceeded to eat my rabbit too, so she's missing her ears and has a stubby leg. Breeder thought she'd never sell. She's always had a ton of health problems and we've had a lot of vet visits, but she's worth it.
The past few months have been difficult. Shes lost a ton of weight and started drooling but recovered. Then she started having these mini seizures when stressed out. Before I could get it checked out, I think she had a stroke and lost function of half her body. Hear me out- she rests on her stubby leg (painful) because her other good leg is paralysed. One arm is fine, but she drags the other one under her body. She circles around to not fall over or leans on things just to stand. She isn't able to clean herself anymore, so I always have to do it and it REALLY stresses her out. I came home once and found her laying on her side, just motionless. I got her up and she started eating like normal.. She's clearly frustrated with her disability, poor thing probably doesn't even know why her limbs don't work. She hasn't relaxed fully (laid down with her limbs out) in MONTHS. She looks so uncomfortable. This made me think that maybe it's better she doesn't suffer like this.
Her personality however is completely normal however. She eats a lot, cuddles with me, tries to run around.
Im so heartbroken because her body is just letting her down and I can't do anything to help her. How do I justify maybe putting her down when she's still the same bun I always knew? It's not like she stopped moving or eating or anything.. I really don't know what to do. What would you guys do?
I rescued my Netherland dwarf rabbit 7 years ago from a breeder who wanted to break her neck. She was a victim of a stressed out mommy who ate her litter and proceeded to eat my rabbit too, so she's missing her ears and has a stubby leg. Breeder thought she'd never sell. She's always had a ton of health problems and we've had a lot of vet visits, but she's worth it.
The past few months have been difficult. Shes lost a ton of weight and started drooling but recovered. Then she started having these mini seizures when stressed out. Before I could get it checked out, I think she had a stroke and lost function of half her body. Hear me out- she rests on her stubby leg (painful) because her other good leg is paralysed. One arm is fine, but she drags the other one under her body. She circles around to not fall over or leans on things just to stand. She isn't able to clean herself anymore, so I always have to do it and it REALLY stresses her out. I came home once and found her laying on her side, just motionless. I got her up and she started eating like normal.. She's clearly frustrated with her disability, poor thing probably doesn't even know why her limbs don't work. She hasn't relaxed fully (laid down with her limbs out) in MONTHS. She looks so uncomfortable. This made me think that maybe it's better she doesn't suffer like this.
Her personality however is completely normal however. She eats a lot, cuddles with me, tries to run around.
Im so heartbroken because her body is just letting her down and I can't do anything to help her. How do I justify maybe putting her down when she's still the same bun I always knew? It's not like she stopped moving or eating or anything.. I really don't know what to do. What would you guys do?