Reply To: Emergency vet put my beloved bunny boy to sleep today

[LBJ10]

We all go through the “what ifs” in our heads. You can’t let that eat away at you and spoil your memories of him. He was clearly declining and not experiencing the best quality of life. His death was inevitable, whether he was put to sleep now or weeks from now, or if he died on his own. We often dwell on whether it was “time” or not. I struggled with this greatly. But, in the end, ending my bunny’s suffering was the right thing to do. He couldn’t see and he couldn’t walk. He was eating, but that doesn’t mean he had a good quality of life at that point.

Now, could the emergency vet have had better beside manner? Could they have handled the situation and your feelings differently? Absolutely. That doesn’t take away the fact that you likely did what was best for Adi, even though it may not feel like it right now.