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- 04/02/2018 at 10:06 PM
  Njgirl
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  My sweet girl passed away this Good Friday. She was the most kind bunny- she was so gentle and she’s been with me through so much
  I keep rethinking what I should have done. I got her when I was in high school, and though I had read about spaying bunnies, it’s something my parents didn’t really consider and I didn’t push it since finances were tight.
  
  Now, all I can think about is that we should have spayed her. She was 4. There was some discoloration in her urine last week but we thought it was from something she ate. I am so heartbroken to think that she almost certainly had cancer and was in pain. I never noticed a change in her behavior, she was the sweet gentle girl she always was.
  
  I’m in college now and I live on campus, so I didn’t have a chance to say goodbye. I loved her so much, and I’ve been crying every night just thinking of how she didn’t have to die like this. I’d like to think she had a happy life, but it was too too short
- 04/03/2018 at 4:17 AM
  Phil
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  This is so sad, I know just how you feel my bunny Jasper died because of testical cancer I only wish now I’d had him neutered when he was small, didn’t want to put him through anasetic just in case it went wrong, wish I had he’d still be here now, we always feel so bad when we could have done things differently, we gave our bunnies a great life and they know we loved them so much. X
- 04/03/2018 at 9:24 AM
  Gordo and Janice
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  Sorry for your loss. I understand the guilt of wondering and what if’s. If she was gentle and kind then it shows you made her happy and she felt safe. She had 4 years of life in a loving home. Some rabbits who have been neutered and spayed don’t even make it that long. And if her behavior never changed and she was sweet and gentle up to the end then it is very doubtful that she was in pain. If she wasn’t taken to a vet to check for sickness or anything, then you can’t assume that cancer was the cause, just because you didn’t have her spayed. There are too many other possibilities. It may have just been her time. We were helpless in controlling/stopping the death of our little girl, Icey. It’s wonderful you care so much for your rabbit and have a conscience regarding her well being.
  
  Wishing you heal appropriately in time. And your little girl is binkying free in bliss.
- 04/03/2018 at 8:38 PM
  Njgirl
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  Thank you so much for your comments and reassurances <3 I am also sorry for your loss. I am glad to have found people who truly understand and care about their bunnies.
  
  It is amazing how profoundly such a small creature has impacted me. I will always carry her in my heart.
- 04/07/2018 at 10:20 PM
  Foofoo'sMom
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  I feel the same way. When I got my bunny I was in high school and she was healthy so I didn’t take her for a check up. I didn’t know if she was spayed or not and I don’t have any other bunnies so I never bothered to check. I feel so stupid.
  She died Thursday from uterine cancer. It happened so fast and it was horrible. I blame myself. I feel like I could have done more to help her, but I was so dense. I miss her so much. I don’t know what to do with myself.
- 04/08/2018 at 6:54 AM
  Phil
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  My vet never even told me about bucks getting testical cancer, Jasper was always so healthy I never even considered it until he’s got it. it developed so quickly, was so shocked. still am, its very upsetting to think we could have saved them.
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