Hi,

Recently my 8 y.o. bunny, stopped eating and drinking and I was naturally extremely worried..
She never exhibited such behavior. She has been previously diagnosed with mammary gland
tumor and vet said tha unless it hardens or gets bigger it’s probably not that serious yet. I kept
checking her cautiously every time I was peting her and it even felt like the bumbs on her belly
actually became smaller!

Anyway, after this happened I took her to vet and she examined her. She was also really surprised
and also said it’s kinda interesting that her belly-the tumor doesn’t seem to be bad or worsened.
She seemed positively surprised even. Then she checked her lymph nodes and said they are also
completely normal. Then she checked her front teeth and they were not overgrown. I was naturally
still extremely worried for her but as the vet actually seemed so relieved and over-positive I calmed down.
She told me it looks really good and that it’s probably some sharp teeth in the back of her mouth and that
it’s fairly common problem. And that I don’t need to worry as there’s a simple solution to it. They just need
to put her to narcosis so they can check it well and she promised to do x-ray to be sure about the tumor
situation.

I waited for her to wake up… and then the news came. She managed to wake-up from the narcosis but
then her body was too weak to keep fighting and so she died. You can imagine how devastated I was!
The vet was absolutely sure before it it’s nothing and now this.
But the reason I’m writing this here… when she came to tell me the news she said in reproachful tone also that
she however had worms as well on top of the tumor etc. This came like a total shock, because I thought I would notice something like
that. I have to admit I was quite busy past month but still thought I examined her carefully when peting her
so I thought I’d notice if something is wrong.. . We’ve had some flies at out house and I just considered it
as disgusting and pesky but I would never guess it could be so threatening to rabbits!! So I’m almost sure that now I know
from where those worms came

Anyway, the doctor said that she thinks the reason why she wasn’t eating was indeed those sharp back teeth
and also added that the tumor has metastasized deeper… plus that she had worms.
She just told me, that the reason of her dying was that she wasn’t strong enough and her body gave up.
But since it happened I was really wondering about all and searching for HONEST opinion about this, so here
I am… it all seems a bit weird and so I wonder if it wasn’t after all really the fly strike all along which killed her and the
vet just didn’t want to tell me up straight to prevent making me feel even worse at that moment?
I’ve been wondering that if it in reality wasn’t so that if she wouldn’t have those worms she would wake up
successfully from the narcosis because maybe THIS was what weakened her body? What do you guys think?
I’m starting to be almost sure about it.. :/

Also, do you think it’s possible for her to have a fly-strike and me really not noticing it on her skin while grooming
her?

Sorry for the lengthy post and thanks so much for your honesty and possible answers, I would really appreciate an second opinion!