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- 02/09/2016 at 10:29 PM
  Colin
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  3 months ago, my mom and I adopted a bonded pair of rabbits, Pecan and Lola, and yesterday when I got home from school, I found that Lola had unfortunately passed away. I guess I am coming here because I need closure. I’m not sure what happened. She had been acting fine, eating and everything and I just find her in her hutch, motionless. The people we adopted her and pecan from had said they were about 2 years old, they were bunnies from different parents, but they had been together for basically the entirety of their lives. I want to know what the possible causes of this are, I can’t bear to think that I could have caused this, or any of my family members could have. I am hoping one of you can share with me what you think her cause of death was, if this means anything, when I found her, she was completely sprawled out, and her neck was turned sharply to the side, I fear this could have been from some vegetables we gave her, possibly had pesticides on it or something. Any help and/or sympathy would be greatly appreciated.
- 02/09/2016 at 11:35 PM
  LBJ10
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  I’m so sorry for you loss. There isn’t really much for us to go on with what you’ve described, unfortunately. I doubt it was the veggies. Were they both girls? Were they spayed? Honestly, the only way to know for sure would be to have a necropsy done by a vet.
- 02/10/2016 at 8:51 AM
  Sr. Melangell
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  Oh dear, I’m sorry to hear this, sometimes things happen, we don’t know why, it could that is ‘Could’ have been playtime and she slipped and had an accident, , are they outdoor bunnies? Sometimes we never find out what caused whatever to happen and if you can’t afford a Necropsy (Autopsy) then sadly we just have to accept the fact that something happened and you don’t know why, also we have to accept it even if a vet says they never found out why, I’m so very sorry for your loss, in time you will get stronger, a loss of a pet can be traumatic, we lost a dog over 25 years ago and I still haven’t got over it fully, good luck and continue to give so much love and care to the other bunny.
- 02/11/2016 at 1:17 PM
  Azerane
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  I agree, it’s impossible to know why. There are so many possibilities but without any symptoms at all you can’t even begin to eliminate any of them. I’m very sorry for your loss.
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