Dakota is fine again

Luckily, after two days of not eating too much (only the greens that I gave her), Dakota is back to her old self going mad whilst waiting for food and clearing the pellets in no time! No idea what the problem was, but I am just glad that she is fine again.

Last Saturday, I also moved Thomas (I call him Thommy Tom Tom now... LOL) next to Alaska into Angel's cage. I have decided to try to bond Thomas and Alaska... they are both pretty mellow males, so it might work.

Benji is doing ok a few weeks after Pippa went! I will try to bond him with Dakota at some point, but will give it a bit more time. The most important pair to bond now is River and Trystane as River is outgrowing his cage now! I hope I can start with them this week-end. River is growing into a fantastic rabbit... very big, a bit skittish, but beautiful and friendly.

Dakota not eating properly

Yesterday morning, I noticed that Dakota had not eaten all of her pellets, which is very unusual as she normally dives into her food like there is no tomorrow. I then gave her some broccoli, which she started eating immediately. I left her with that.

Of course, I was worried after what happened to Angel last week, so when I got home, I checked on her immediately. She was ok, but still had not eaten all her pellets. I then gave her some extra spring greens, which again she ate without problems.

When I got home from training classes, she had eaten all the spring greens as well as the pellets... I was glad. If she hadn't eaten the pellets, she would have been off to the vets in the morning. I gave her pellets, some of which she ate, and I gave her more broccoli. This morning all the food was gone.

She was still not overly keen on the pellets, but she was waiting for the food again as usual, which is good. So she got more spring greens and we'll see how she goes this evening...

These bunnies really are a worry at the moment. It is strange, because my rabbits so rarely have digestive/eating problems... I really am not used to it. I just hope it is not a bug that is going around...

Angel's gone...

I am devastated. Yesterday evening I noticed that Angel hadn't eaten her breakfast and wasn't eating her dinner. I wasn't too worried as she had done this a couple of times before and then was as right as rain the next day... Well, this morning I went into the animal room as soon as I got up at 6.30 am and she'd gone... By the way she was laying there, I knew she was in pain when she died and I am so sorry!

Angel only ever stopped eating twice in her life (she was 4 years old) for a few hours, but bounced back without problems. Once she needed her teeth done, but never again since... She was so healthy and I don't know what killed her so quickly.

I took her to the vet's for an autopsy, but it did not really shed any light on the cause, other than it was ileus (GI stasis) that caused Angel's death. But there is no indication as to why she went into a stasis... Everything seems to be fine and healthy in her body! All the other bunnies are (so far... touch wood) absolutely fine!

I can only assume that God needed yet another Angel (literally) to help him out with various tasks up in bunny heaven!

I will miss you so much, Angel. You were a very special bunny. Being a wild rabbit cross with very much the wild rabbit temperament, you never cared much about people, but you did love your partner Alaska. You were a free spirit. You caused absolute havoc in the animal room when you were out roaming free there in the night... everything was upside down, I'd never know what I'd wake up to the next morning... hay everywhere, papers on the floor from places I didn't even know you could get to, towels spread all over the place... You knew how to have fun.

Enjoy your freedom at the rainbow bridge, my darling. I will never forget you!