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We went to the vet’s yesterday to help Gracie over the bridge. She had pretty much gotten worse since my pregnancy. We worked to bath her when she was dirty, give her medicine to help her inflamation; and she was doing fairly well. And when the baby came 3 weeks early my husband made sure while I was in the hospital that all the bunnies were ok. But when we got back home 2 days later we noticed that she needed bathed. I was in no condition to even get around and even bath her, so I called up the vets and scheduled an appt. to get her cleaned up. My husband took her a few days later and she got all cleaned up. Being busy getting the house cleaned up they hadn’t been out in a few days (but they’re cages are big so they have plenty of room to move around). When we let Gracie out, she seemed to have some trouble hopping around from her back leg. Even the past month we noticed she wasn’t leaving her cage to often. Archie had somewhat separated himself from her, leaving her in the cage to sleep while he explored the living room and chilled out with us. We knew it wouldn’t be long before we’d have to decide something, I just didn’t want to bring myself to it. But the past week she had been pretty bad. After her bath, the next day she was dirty again. She couldn’t get to her cecals, almost falling over if she tried to bend over; but when she knew she did some she would just turn around and eat them from the floor. But when she didn’t know she did them, it got on her back leg. You could tell from her posture that she had deteriorated rapidly in the past week. Her butt was all the way on the ground and she was keeping herself up with her front paws. She looked uncomfortable and we knew we had to help her along. Archie had also been snuggling with her the past week too, I think he somehow knew this was it. I called and made the appt for that Friday.
On Friday, we let them out into the living room. Gracie slept next to Archie in their spot. My husband cleaned up their cage, redid it all so it was smaller for Archie and that Gracie’s scent wouldn’t be looming so it wouldn’t confuse Archie when he got home. At 4:50pm we got to the vets and they were so nice to us. They had a white bed spread laid out on the table and the girl that was doing the paper work almost cried. I think we’re the only ones that come in with rabbits, they practically know who we are when I call in to make an appt and since Gracie has been there so much they all knew who she was. They took her in the back and she went quickly and peacefully. They brought her back but I’m not sure if Archie realized what had happened. He sniffed her but then was distracted by other stuff and then tried to dig at the blanket that was around her (goofy bun). We’re having her cremated and we’ll have her back in a week. They’re going to put her in a nice wooden box and do a paw print for us too. They let us say our goodbyes. I thought I’d be more distraught but I was actually at ease seeing her. I was actually crying more when I saw her in pain and now she wasn’t and I was ok with it.
Archie is doing very well, I’m not to surprised, he seemed to know and kind of separate himself from her. He’s eating very well, so that’s good. But I’ll keep an eye on him because sometimes we would take Gracie to the vet’s and leave her there and he wouldn’t be bothered. So hopefully he’s not waiting for her to come back.
It’s hard seeing the cage with only one bun in it. But we know she’s in a better place now and she’s not in anymore pain. She had a good life with us (3 years) and am thankful that someone rescued her from her previous awful home.
Binky Free Gracie!
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Thank you everyone for the kind words! Monday I’m going to probably pick her up (we had her cremated so she’ll always be with us even after we move out of this house).
We were surprised last week by a delivery of beautiful yellow flowers in a vase that was from our vet! They also sent us a nice card. I think we were the only ones that brought in rabbits and the staff all knew who Gracie was and I think they all were very sad to see her go.
Sarita, that’s very true! I spent a lot of time taking care of her, so it was extra hard to let go. We’re doing ok but we still miss her hopping out grunting to let us know she was there.
Jersey, I love that picture too! I’d like to imagine her sitting like that looking down at us.
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