zarzamora
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Zarzamora is a replacement bunny for our little girl sonrisa, who died suddenly and rather strangely several weeks ago.
She was about 8 weeks old, we had her for two weeks before she passed. She seemed healthy and active. The only thing off about her was she didn't seem to be growing as fast as the other rabbits. She lived in an enclosure with two other does. She was checked on at 11:30 am, and was fine. By 3:15 pm, she was laying on her side, unresponsive in her cage. My initial thought was a broken back. I was able to pinch her extremities with no reaction. The only reaction I was getting was a blink response when I touched the corner of her eye.
It was siesta time and the vets didn't reopen for hours. She had a series of grand mal siezures before she finally passed away, about 45 minutes later.
After she was gone, I felt along her spine for a break, or maloclusion, and couldn't find one. Does this sound like a spinal fracture to you? Can a rabbit with a broken spine siezure like that? Might it have been some kind of toxin? Or infection? The other two does were and continue to be just fine.
Any ideas what could have happened to little sonrisa? If I can avoid it happening again, I would do anything. It was just aweful to watch, and there was nothing I could do.
She was about 8 weeks old, we had her for two weeks before she passed. She seemed healthy and active. The only thing off about her was she didn't seem to be growing as fast as the other rabbits. She lived in an enclosure with two other does. She was checked on at 11:30 am, and was fine. By 3:15 pm, she was laying on her side, unresponsive in her cage. My initial thought was a broken back. I was able to pinch her extremities with no reaction. The only reaction I was getting was a blink response when I touched the corner of her eye.
It was siesta time and the vets didn't reopen for hours. She had a series of grand mal siezures before she finally passed away, about 45 minutes later.
After she was gone, I felt along her spine for a break, or maloclusion, and couldn't find one. Does this sound like a spinal fracture to you? Can a rabbit with a broken spine siezure like that? Might it have been some kind of toxin? Or infection? The other two does were and continue to be just fine.
Any ideas what could have happened to little sonrisa? If I can avoid it happening again, I would do anything. It was just aweful to watch, and there was nothing I could do.
