Goodbye my friend Marsha :( Missing you Here

[Thomas]

This is my first post here. Yesterday my beloved bun passed away suddenly. I’m looking for answer through all site and finally find this forum which I can share and support with other bun lover. This is my story about Marsha : Cute Little Round Fuzzy Fur Ball Orange Mini Rex (5 months old)

Marsha is a doe which we adopt from an easter event at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event itself last for 2 weeks, and i adopt her at the last day of the event. I never have a pet bunny before so before i adopt it, me and my wife have research thoroughly about rabbit and do as best as we can to make sure she have a great loving home. My wife choose a cute 2 months old orange mini rex and bring her home. We see marsha, held it, and we just know that she is the one.

She stay in our living room area and have a nice comfortable jolly super home cage especially for her. She can go outside her cage as she pleased. From the beginning i have thought her as a part of my family, she is always there with me when im doing my job. She is the one who greet me in the morning when i woke up and when i come home at night. I always spend 2 until 3 hours daily to play with her. She always love it when i pet her head. I always speak to her how much i love her and pet her head and ears every night before i sleep. We fed her timothy hay and nova pellet daily and we often hand feed her every day. She is such a cute and energetic bunny, i grew very fond of her. I love her even she poo and pee on my sofa. We also eat together, Me, my wife, and Marsha, every day.

When she is outside her cage, she jump highly, binking and running around here and there oh my.. those memories

The truth is , i never expect it that losing her could damage me and my wife so much. We took many pictures and videos of her sleeping, flopping, jumping, and a lot more. She always wait for me to come to her so that i can pet her cute bun little head and ears. Every day me and wife talking about her, thinking about her, buying stuff for her. It feels like we have a new fuzzy member of family since she came to our life.

And that day came.

The night before he passed away 11.00pm, we just come home and as always we play around with her. We wrap a cute bunny blanket over her and pet her like we always did. Never thought that it was the last day we play with her. If i have known it, i wouldnt sleep that day and play with her instead all night long

The next day i wake up. i wonder why Marsha didnt greet me as usual, and when i looked at her Her bottom is covered with a brown liquid poo and she stay in a hunch position in the corner of her cage like she was very sick. It was 8.00am in the morning. She never have a liquid poo before, so i keep questioning myself, where did i do wrong? I always clean her cage three times a week. I panicked and ask my breeder what to do, he said when a bunny have a liquid poo, it is an urgency matter and told me to bring her to the vet.

Unfortunately, it was Saturday. Here in Indonesia there is not many vet who can handle bunny, and the two vet the breeder told me to bring Marsha to is not available on weekend . I research the internet in hurry and the only vet that can handle rabbit is like 40 minutes drive from home. I have no other choice, i clean her cage from its liquid poo. and bring him directly to my car and take her to the vet. Marsha is looking very lethargic at that time, it looked like she cant lift her head, it really make me broken hearted to see her like that. And my worst fear come true. 5 Minutes before we arrived at the vet, my wife said that Marsha is breathing with her mouth, and after around 5 times she stopped and not breathing anymore. She passed away in my wife arm . My wife dont know whether she passed away yet or not, and i ask her to touch her eyes. No response.We cry that instant. Then we arrived at the vet, and keep telling Marsha to wake up. Wake up Marsha we already here, wake up, please wake up. Why you stay still. you used to be very energetic. And i rushed in to the vet, and have someone checked her, and she said she is not there anymore And it was around 11.00 am. 

I dont know what to do. My wife burst into tears. I really hate myself at that time. It feels like i am watching my friend die and can do nothing about it. We live in the city so i ask the vet for a proper burial service, so i bring her in my arm, bury her, and pray so that she will live happily in the afterlife. and then we go home, my wife crying all the way to home. I even dont know what happened to her, and it happened so fast

And when we come home and see her empty cage. it is even more depressing. we know it never be the same without her, we are acting like a mad man, calling her name, where are you Marsha? Dont you want to be petted? Here is your favorite hay for you. Its like my heart is empty. We sleep and mourn the whole day that day. I keep researching why did her left us so suddenly and finally i found this site. No one is greeting me in the morning and in the evening before i sleep. Sorry for the long post and the bad grammar since english is not my mother languange.

Good bye Marsha my friend. Thanks for the happy days. I will always love you. Please wait for me, we will reunite again in the afterlife.

Hoping that you are having a happy life when you are with me (even it is just a short time). And just want you to know that we are always missing and thinking of you from down here. Love you my little bun Marsha. Till we meet again

[Phil]

This is so so sad to hear, sounds like you did everything possible, you cared so much for her, you did everything right, its so upsetting I know, I lost my bunny Jasper he was 8 years old, big part of me has been taken with him. My first bunny nearly died when he was 3 months old, baby bunnies have very delicate digestive system, sounds like Marsha mite have had coccidiosis, my first bunny had it he had green diarrhea , vets managed to save him but its very serious unless treated in time. Marsha was such a dear little bunny, please don’t blame yourself you took such care of her and she new how much you loved her.

[tobyluv]

I’m very sorry about the loss of your sweet Marsha. She was a beautiful bunny.

[Sirius&Luna]

Marsha was beautiful, and it sounds like she had so much personality!

It really sounds like you did everything you could to save her. She was a lucky bunny to be adopted by you – I’m sure that many bunnies adopted in such a situation would not have had such a great life, or such attentive owners.

[September]

Beautiful Marsha. I am so sorry. You only had her for a short time, but I can tell from the way you talk about her, you loved her very much. It maybe that she was already sick when you got her and you have no way of knowing that. Bunnies hide their illnesses very well.

We all understand how you are feeling. All of us who have written on this forum have a piece of our heart at the Rainbow Bridge. I lost my Timothy nearly nine months ago and I still cry for him.

Sleep tight Marsha

Xx

[Flakie]

I’m so sorry to hear about Marsha. So sad to lose a bunny and as September said we all understand how you are feeling. I lost my Flakie in January and it still hurts.

So glad you were able to give her a happy home for the short time she was with you. Such a sad story.

Sometimes we never know exactly why they died I didn’t but we can only thank them for the companionship and love they gave us while they were with us.

Binky free sweet Marsha

[LagomorphaLady]

I am so sorry for you loss of Marsha, she sounds like she was a sweet angel baby. Our fur a babies find a special irreplaceable part of our hearts and burrow deep. She brought you such joy and I am sure she will again.

[Bam]

I’m so very sorry you lost Marsha. She sounds like a wonderful bunny. She was extremely lucky to be your bunny. I’m so sorry she didn’t get many, many years with you.

It seems you took excellent care of her, so what happened wasn’t your fault. Sometimes buns carry an internal parasite from when they were babies with their mum, and this parasite can lie dormant until it suddenly causes liquid poop. Liquid poop is very serious in a rabbit, just as your breeder said.

She was a very pretty girl.

****Marsha****

[Thomas]

thanks guys, you really are so nice with your own unique life story with your beloved bun. just finally have courage to see her memorial here. I am still missing her now, but i believe he is now binky free happily in the rainbow bridge.

Binky Free Marsha

[Gordo and Janice]

Sorry I missed your post back on the 20th Thomas. She was absolutely precious. I love the picture you posted of her in her cage. So sorry for your loss. I too fell in love with my little bunny, more than I could have ever imagined. And the pain of her loss was equal in intensity to that love. Sorry she passed away so young. It sounds like your life with her was wonderful for as long as it lasted.

Binky free {{{Marsha}}}

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