curlygirl
Well-Known Member
My beloved siamese dwarf died earlier thisevening. Benny was 8 years old but he had always beenhealthy. Yesterday afternoon he stopped eating, but stillseemed pleasant enough, hopping around and whatnot. Thismorning he didn't seem well, didn't eat, drink, or move all day.However he's shedding heavily and always kind of mopes when he sheds.At about 6 pm, he seemed like he was having troublebreathing, then he just rolled over and kind of convulsed. Iam totally in shock. I'm just wondering if anyone could helpme figure out what might have happened to him? He had beenshedding heavily for about 3 weeks. I caught him eating hisfur a few times and pulled it out of his mouth, but he was eating& drinking and going to the bathroom so I thought everythingwas OK. I've had siamese dwarves for the past 22 years (sinceI was in preschool!)so I've seen fur balls before and I don'treally think that was it because they usually don't eat for quite awhile and he only went one day without eating.Also, he had been sneezing quite a bit lately, although this rabbit hasalways sneezed kind of frequently since I've had him so I didn't reallythink that was anything to be that concerned about either.Last night I thought he kind of sounded like he was wheezing, like hisnose was making a whistling sound when he was breathing, and when Iwent to put him in his cage before I went to bed I had to actually pickhim up and put him in - he didn't want to hop.Hasanyone had anything similar happen or know of anything that could killa rabbit so fast? Sorry this is such a long post,but I just feel so bad for the poor little guy, I have to know ifthere's anything I could have done for him.
Thanks for your help,
Andrea
Thanks for your help,
Andrea