[PQ]

Ok, question for the animal people. Fen!!!!!!!

Lastnight my daughter came running out of her room crying and panicing with her rabbit. It was doing some kind of large seizure and then would stop like it was dead and then start again, until it just stopped for good.

It pissed me off because anything that hurts my kids that I can't control just makes me angry. (I gotta work on that) I told her no rabbit but Bonnie and her came home with it anyway about 3 weeks ago.

She fed it and watered it and did very good in keeping the cage clean. I've considered the obvious stuff like the water ball getting stuck or if it got ahold of something foreign to the cage but all looks normal. It broke my heart to see her in such anguish.

Any ideas?



This is why I hate house pets other than dogs and occasional cats.

[Milk 1027]

I had a rabbit that died after one of my dogs almost ate it.

something probablly scared it to death.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

I had a rabbit that died after one of my dogs almost ate it.

something probablly scared it to death.

lol It's the only animal in the house.

Ok, WAS the only animal in the house.

[2010 2-Tone]

Originally Posted by PQ

Ok, question for the animal people. Fen!!!!!!!

Lastnight my daughter came running out of her room crying and panicing with her rabbit. It was doing some kind of large seizure and then would stop like it was dead and then start again, until it just stopped for good.

It pissed me off because anything that hurts my kids that I can't control just makes me angry. (I gotta work on that) I told her no rabbit but Bonnie and her came home with it anyway about 3 weeks ago.

She fed it and watered it and did very good in keeping the cage clean. I've considered the obvious stuff like the water ball getting stuck or if it got ahold of something foreign to the cage but all looks normal. It broke my heart to see her in such anguish.

Any ideas?



This is why I hate house pets other than dogs and occasional cats.

It finally understood that you were never going to take it for a ride in the Black Beast!!!!!

[Oneday]

this could get funny.......

Sorry for your kids loss

[Milk 1027]

Originally Posted by PQ

lol It's the only animal in the house.

Ok, WAS the only animal in the house.

I'm just saying, rabbits aren't too hard to scare. Anything else could've done the job.

[brandotron]

Sounds like a neurological issue, maybe a seizure. Not a whole lot you can do in that situation, no matter how well fed it is or how clean its cage is.

Sad to hear, but turn it into a learning experience and she'll be okay...and stick with dogs

[bluedevil02]

sorry bro

[djinva]

My mother-in-law bought my son a rabbit for his birthday (10th) it just died a month ago, he is 17 now, I didn't even know they lived that long.

His was also supposed to be a drawf but it got pretty big.

I hate it for your daughter.

[rmpackers]

Yea ditto that. I've had two dogs now that have had seizures. The last one had diabetes and we gave her shots two times a day. They get many of the same diseases that we get; cancer, diabetes, heart attacks etc...Nothing that could have been done to prevent or probably save it. Let her have a new pet, only when she is ready.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

I'm just saying, rabbits aren't too hard to scare. Anything else could've done the job.

I'm an animal idiot. Can you really spook a rabbit into death?

Originally Posted by brandotron

Sounds like a neurological issue, maybe a seizure. Not a whole lot you can do in that situation, no matter how well fed it is or how clean its cage is.

Sad to hear, but turn it into a learning experience and she'll be okay...and stick with dogs

Well, I don't handle the situations like that very well. I get angry. I didn't want her to get that rabbit anyway. So I just got pissed. I told her that's what happens when animals are kept in cages in houses. If God meant for rabbits to be in cages in little girls rooms then it would be different.

I want her to realize that it's JUST A RABBIT. It's not a person, or even a dog, who can show emotion and recieve emotion. A rabbit, squirel, opossum, cat, racoon, bird etc. don't even know you freakin exist. Hell, don't even know THEY exist. Just pure instinct. If an animal can't 'give back' then it's just an animal. We are to be compassionate, but realistic to what it is. If it doesn't get exited to see you then it's just another freakin animal.

[ddunerider]

Sorry for daughters loss. But we have one too and I hate to say it but I wish it was me and not you ....Ours stays in the garage with my camaro!! you can have ours free shipping!!!!

[PQ]

Anyway. Of course I hugged her and comforted her but I don't want her crying over rabbits.

So do I chalk it up to the rabbit was gonna die anyway? Do I let her replace it with another one? (That's gonna eventually die and make her sad again)

Is it hard to keep a rabbit healthy?

[brandotron]

Originally Posted by PQ

I want her to realize that it's JUST A RABBIT. It's not a person, or even a dog, who can show emotion and recieve emotion. A rabbit, squirel, opossum, cat, racoon, bird etc. don't even know you freakin exist. Hell, don't even know THEY exist. Just pure instinct. If an animal can't 'give back' then it's just an animal. We are to be compassionate, but realistic to what it is. If it doesn't get exited to see you then it's just another freakin animal.

Agree 100%.