Firs time posting and its for a loss :(

[StuffyTheBunBun]

About a little over two weeks ago we got Donut, a pretty little fawn Flemish Giant baby, who we ended up having to get euthanized after we all fellin love with her after a week of having her. She had pneumonia that was caused by the people we bought her from because we rescued her from a wet, cold hutch!  It tore my heart up because I fell in love with her!

A few days later we were told about this beautiful flmish giant that needed a home she was big and beautiful and so healthy!!! She was so playful and enjoyed life! Yesterday I took her into the vet for gas medication and she spiked a high temperature and started having seizures and we lost her too.

 

I am soooooo hurt, I really want to be able to have rabbits again because of hteir unique and fun personalities but I feel like there is no hope, like if I get another one… She will just pass away; I am so scared.

 

How many of you have had a rabbit live a long time? Because I am so dicouraged!

[AnnaW]

I am so sorry for both of your losses, I know how hard it can be after you have faced a loss. There is hope, you must just have been unlucky with the two that you had. My first rabbit lived for 8 years, I had to get him put down eventually because he became very ill and it wasn’t fair on him, but he brought me endless happiness for that 8 years and I will never ever forget him.
After his death I felt just like you, discouraged from having another because of the hurt that comes when they leave us.
But you will heal, and in time, you might feel like you want another.
Just a tip, I have read some rumours that flemmies seem a little more delicate than other buns … having not owned a flemmie myself I’m not sure that there is any truth in these … but I do know that much like large dogs such as great danes, flemish giants and other giant species of buns don’t live as long as the smaller breeds.
My 8 year old was a netherland dwarf x, and really was a hardy little beast
Sorry again for your loss xx

[Stickerbunny]

I am sorry for your losses. That is unfortunately a risk we take when we take in buns with unknown or sketchy backgrounds. I would recommend going to a shelter and getting one that has been in foster care, or at the least vet checked and cleared as healthy. But, don’t worry, they aren’t as delicate as your experiences are leading them to seem!

I adopted Powder around three years ago and he was from a shelter, they thought he was around four when we got him but could be younger or older, no one knows his background. He’s still a healthy, happy bun though and runs around doing binkies/zoomies every day. Stickers came from a neglectful home (parents letting a kid be sole care giver) and she’s skittish, but the only health issue we’ve had with her for the also around three years we’ve had her is she developed a URI one time. So, it’s possible to get buns that will be healthy! Just have to be careful where you get them from. Stickers came from foster care and Powder came from the humane society, both got checkups when they came home as well just to be on the safe side. A healthy animal checkup when I get a new animal is a must for me.

I hope you find that perfect bun for your family. Sorry you have been through losing two in such a short time.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I’m very sorry for your loss. It doesn’t take long to fall in love with a bunny. I hope your heart heals and you are able to move on and love another bunny again soon.

(((Binky Free Donut))))))

[sweetoreo]

Feeling very sorry about your double loss. ((((( Healing vibes )))))

I would give some time to over emotions and spend that time to read/learn about bunnies. Wish you a long loving healthy companionship with another bunny.

कुछ पाकर खोना है, कुछ खोकर पाना हैं
जीवन का मतलब तो, आना और जाना हैं

Losing something after getting, Getting something after losing
After all a life means, coming and leaving

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