Oooh, I’m so sorry!

Take a deep breath. In through your nose, and out through your mouth. Place your hand on your stomach, and feel your belly go out as you breath in, and in as you breath out.

No one should be burdened with that heavy choice, so I’m so sorry that you were put in the place to make it.  🙁  As your vet said, as well, though: the procedure would have been very risky, and it might have ended with the same outcome. The choice you chose was to stay with him to end, and make it peaceful, pure, and filled with love. 🙂 Don’t think that any of this is your fault though!! Things happen, whether past, present, or future. As you mentioned above, it sounds like he’d had a difficult past, and you’d done the best thing possible for him: given him a healthy, safe, and loving environment to stay in while he was with you. You are undoubtably one of the kindest, most caring people there is, and I know that he knows that as well. 🙂

Know that he will always be with you. Watching over you, and guiding you through the journey you set out here to accomplish. He wants to look down, see the you he knows, the caring and kind person who took him in, shared many happy moments with, and the one who was always there for him, until the very end, filling this part of his life with love and happiness. He wants to see you happy. You have a bright light, so keep shining. 🙂

We are always here for you!! Whether you need advice, a shoulder to cry on, or even just a friend to talk to, we are here.

Smile 🙂 Laugh 🙂 Be happy 🙂

I am so sorry about your baby boy!!! It is just purely heart-wrenching when a bun crosses the rainbow bridge. You made a very brave decision having him euthanized! You loved him so much that you put his needs before yours. I also had to have my baby bun euthanized (hardest decision of my life) Here’s something that made me feel a little better:

It sounds like you gave your bun an absolutely amazing life! Don’t forget that he wants to see you happy! Binky free sweet boy ❤️💙💜

I’m so very sorry that you had to make this incredibly hard decision. From what you describe, my opinion is that you made the only good choice for him.

When we take on an animal, we make a promise to not let them suffer unduly. We treat and care for our pets until there is no hope of restoring good quality of life.

I had to say good bye to my bun last Saturday. He was a lot older than your bun, but he too was ailing, and I had done all that could be done for him. The only kind thing left to do for him was to gently help him leave this world. He too trusted me and felt safe in my arms. He too went limp and heavy in my lap at the vet. To me, it felt very peaceful.

You clearly loved your bun and he loved you. He was lucky to have you. His short life was filled with your love and attention. If you could’ve done even more for him, you would have.

We should cry over our buns, but not out of guilt or remorse. We should cry because we miss them and all the beautiful love they gave us.

💗💗💗

I’m so sorry for your loss! And I’m so sorry you had to deal with this gut wrenching decision! I’ve unfortunately had to face many times before — about four times over the course of my life. I hope it’s ok if I share my thoughts and what I’ve learned.

Our job as caretaker is to be selfless and put the needs of the bunny/cat/dog/etc.  above our own. Of course we want them to stay with us on this earth so we can cuddle and love them. We want the snuggles and the bunny love.  We want nothing but the best for these little angels, but mostly want them to be happy and healthy and alive with us. When if comes to this decision, I find it best to remove my feelings from the situation and consider these 2 criteria: 1) are they in pain? 2) what’s their quality of life? animals don’t always know how to tell us they feel sick or are hurting, and may seem fine to the human eye. So we have to look to behavior changes and to the vets for their advice. At the end of the day we make the best decisions we can based on the information available at the time.  Considering the weight loss, stress of force feeding, and what vet said to you, it sounds like you did the right thing — the very tough and selfless thing. I know all of this doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. It doesn’t take away the bunny size hole in your heart. but I hope you find comfort in the fact that you clearly made your decision with immense love and compassion. Such decisions are not something to feel guilty about! For what it’s worth, we all support you and the decision you made. Im so very sorry for you loss, my friend! We’re here for you ❤️

Sorry for your loss.  Been thru this many, many times

This was your final gift to him.  You stayed and held him and that meant everything.

I have had to do it for animals that weren’t even mine because their people were going to just drop them off and leave because they couldn’t deal.  It’s not about us, it’s for them.

When you’re ready, I hope you consider another bun or two…it sure is obvious you were an awesome bun parent.