Bunny frozen from shock

[Mushroomsmom]

I feel like a terrible person while typing this but earlier today I was vacuuming the bunnies cage, Normally they don’t mind this and much hay as its happening, but today my always nervous girl ran and hid under her ramp in the bottom of the 3 level condo. I didn’t think of it so I kept vacuuming as she had been fine with it in the past.

She wasn’t fine with it today. She appeared dead to me when I looked at her. She was laying slightly tipped on her side. My heart exploded and upon closer examination she was breathing but not moving at muscle. I placed some pellets in front of her, as she is seldom able to deny those, but no movement. My boy came down and checked on her and to also eat the pellets. It was only then did she slowly start eating pellets and after a couple minutes go up and started grooming. She seems totally fine now, I feel like I can’t vacuum around them anymore as I’m terrified to lose my baby girl 

The thing Im nervous about it if she is still at risk to die of fear that way. Im freaking out cause I keep reading that sometimes it doesn’t happen the day the bunny was scared, but days later. 

I’ll do anything I need to, to insure my bunnies safety and health. Any input would be appreciated. 

Thank you

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I’ve heard of rabbits dying from fear -when they live outside in hutches and the like-but I actually doubt that. I honestly think they’ve passed from something else and the owner figures it was fear from some animal….Fear is a survival thing-to get you to fight or flight; it’s not something you should die of.

Have you seen a rabbit flop before? It’s a happy thing-could that possibly have been what she did?

Either way, keep an eye on her but -I mean how many times have you vacuumed? I can’t see her being suddenly terrified. So don’t beat yourself up! Keep an eye but I’m sure she’ll be fine. An eating bunny is generally-a healthy bunny.

[emm_renn]

I read a previous post about a rabbit that died because one of the user’s tenants fired a shot gun right outside of her apartment. When the user ran into the bunny room, she saw her rabbit dead. I dont think she did an autopsy on the bun, but there has to be some correlation. I’d say give her plenty of hiding areas and keep it quiet for a bit.

[Gina.Jenny]

I’ve two rescue buns, one of who has had awful problems with being scared, presumably, as a result of living wild for some time, before we were finally able to catch her. When she got scared by anything, not only could we see it by the way she sat, but also, her ears stayed really cold for many hours after, unless I wrapped her up in warm blankets. Thankfully, she took a strong liking to our boy bun, and when she feels scared, she now has a big strong friend to snuggle up safe to, plus snuggling him keeps her warmer than any blanket.

I’ve got in the way of checking the temp of her ears at intervals throughout the day, as that seems a good indicator of how she is feeling.

From yr post, it sounds like yr girl also has a boy bun to snuggle? If so, maybe you can hoover when she is close to him?

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