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!