Clover was our first foster bunny from Tranquility Trail in summer of 2012. We went onto foster her for another 3 months in spring of 2013, before finally deciding to officially adopt her in Sept 2013. She was always a loner (and biter) who had a hard life, but she loved me and bonded with me. About a year ago she started having problems with her back legs and went on daily meloxicam for her arthritis. this spring she started having trouble cleaning herself and i would need to give her daily buttbaths to prevent poop and cecals from getting all mucked up around her behind. i didnt mind it because i loved her. the past month of so she really would sleep a lot except when it was food time, then she’d dash up to the edge of her pen. We would try to take her out for play time, but she would just end up walking back to her pen.
the night of the 14th she was looking a bit more disoriented than usual, so I brought her up on the couch and i supported her with blankets,, that was when her head started tilting,, i already had a bottle of panacur so i immediately gave her a dose, but she worsened throughout the evening. within a few hours, the only thing i could do for her to keep her from rolling was keep her on her side in her plush bed with her head resting on the raised edge for stability. i opened up her pen and put my pillows down next to her and spent the night right next to her. i barely got a few hours sleep throughout the night as she went into 3 separate rolling episodes which immediately woke me. Even though she was on her side, i held her about 6 baby carrots in front of her mouth and she ate them in her semi-conscious state. she also took about a dozen 1ml syringes of water.
by morning she was barely responsive to anything and her eyes were darting back and forth. i called the vets to bring her in to help her cross. Sept 15th was not only her 12.5th birthday, but also the 4 year anniversary of her adoption. We knew she was getting weaker, but it was almost as if she stayed around just for us, because she wanted to show us, “see guys, i knew i could do it”
.
