Mourning Bun, how can I help her?

[guineapig724]

Little Roon crossed over the bridge two days ago, more about her in the RB forum section. She had bonded very close to Bobbi, not so much to my other bunnies. They all acted strangely when she came home from the vet in an urn, but I gave them all their greens, and they were fine. Except for Bobbi, she wouldn’t eat. I force fed her twice yesterday, and once this morning, but I’m very concerned about her. I have scheduled a vet appointment for tomorrow evening. Bobbi used to play with the other buns, and run Oreo over with her wheelchair. She had suprising accuracy considering she’s blind! But now she just sits at the front door. I think she’s waiting for Roon to come home, she sits at the front door when any of the buns are at the vet. I’m worried about her, she won’t eat, and she won’t sleep. I stayed up last night watching her, she just sat upright, staring at the door. The thing I’m most concerned about is that she is biting! When I petted her, she bit my hand so hard it was bleeding! When Oreo ran up to her, she bit his ear! I bled a little bit, but It didn’t look to bad, I stopped the bleeding with styptic powder, he’s fine now. Bobbi actually moved from the front door for a minute, to bite Molly, who was lurking in the mudroom. Molly is fine though, didn’t draw blood, just scared her. She also chomped Smurf, he is also fine. I’ve actually never had to deal with a mourning rabbit before. When all of Roon’s siblings died, they weren’t bonded to any of my buns, they had never even met!

[Mikey]

Poor Bobbi Binky free Roon! You fought hard enough and now its time to rest and play free

Ive not had to deal with a mourning bun yet, but i thought i would offer some insight as to why she might be biting. If she knows Roon is gone, she might think you or one of the other bunnies took Roon away from her, so shes biting and nipping. She could also be biting/nipping to see where she is now in the bunny line up since the order, in her mind, has changed. Sorry i cant help more D: Good luck!

[guineapig724]

That’s what I figured as well. She is having a really hard time, she has been sitting by the door all day! My husband found some multigrain cheerios in the pantry, and offered her one. I know they aren’t very healthy, but they are Bobbi’s favourite, she rarely gets them, and I really would like her to cheer up and start eating. Anyways, he offered her the cheerio and she bit him! It broke the skin badly, he needed two stitches. I’m not upset with Bobbi, she is such a good girl, and she is going through a very difficult time. We are going to the vet in a few hours, she hasn’t been drinking either. When I was force feeding her, I filled the syringe with water and put a few drops on wither side of her mouth. She licked off the water. I’m glad she won’t get sick from not eating or drinking, but I’d really like her to eat on her own, usually she eats like a pig! Not to mention water, I’ve taken her to the vet multiple times because I was afraid she was drinking to much water! She has been known to drink an entire bowl of water in one sitting!

[Mikey]

Poor bunny and poor husband D: I hope the vet will be able to help all you guys out. I know when my bunnies went through a phase of not drinking enough, my vet told me to add a small bit of pure apple juice into their water dish. It got them drinking again in no time. Perhaps you could try that with her water?

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