My girl Maisie

[Meg]

Today I had to make the hardest decision of my life and let Maisie go and my heart is completely broken.

Just over two years ago I found three tiny, tic invested bunnies in a cardboard box on the side of the road, i took them in and i’ve loved every minute of it.

 Last week we were on holiday and came back early hours of Sunday the 8th, when I went to feed the buns in the morning Maisie didn’t seem that bothered about her food, normally she’s running around like a lunatic once she hears me open the door. So I picked her up and checked her over, she had drool all round her mouth and started like heaving is the only way to describe it, so i took her up the vets. They sent me home with painkillers, gut moving medication and syringe food for if she stops eating and was told to call if she didn’t pass anything by 5pm, she hadn’t so i called them back up and she was sent straight to a 24 hour vet where they kept her in overnight, gave her IV fluids and antibiotics and she seemed to be doing better that evening, then went down hill again in the morning so i was told to take her back to my vets – i did just that. They then sent me home with antibiotics and again told if she hadn’t eaten or passed anything by late afternoon to bring her back. Again, she hadn’t so I took her back up. They then decided to send her to another specialist (the only rabbit specialist in the whole south west of england apparently) he told me they would have to sedate her to check her mouth as I kept insisting it was her mouth or face that was the issue. Tuesday afternoon, she was put under and they checked her mouth and face, they said her teeth were perfect, apart from a few jagged back ones which they trimmed (they also figured out she wasn’t chewing her food properly, bunnies usually eat by rotating and grating their teeth, Maisie would just chew straight up and down, which explained the back teeth)  but then they found an infected ulcer on the back side of her mouth. They flushed it, and injected it with antibiotics and was pretty happy with how it looked as it looked like it was clearing up on its own with the antibiotics we’d been giving her. 

A few days passed and she still seemed to be in a bit of discomfort when eating – who wouldn’t if your mouth had been messed with and you had a huge ulcer in it?! She was still passing feaces so I wasn’t particularly worried about her. Yesterday (Saturday) she had eaten the best she ever had and I was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Then this morning (Sunday 15th) I went out to feed them and her eye was very watery, i wasn’t that concerned but made a mental note to check it later. I went out again a few hours later and it looked the same, except a bit of gunk was forming in the corner of her eye – again not crazy concerned.  I went out to do my shopping, came back 2-3 hours later and her eye was bulging out of her face, and her eyelid was covering about a quarter of her eye. I called the vet straight away and they saw me within probably 30 minutes. 

As soon as I pulled her out her carry case the vets face dropped, then she felt under her face and her face dropped even more, she told me to feel, and you didn’t even have to put pressure to feel the lumps and swelling, and thats when I knew it was over for my baby. I made the hardest, most gut-renching decision to let her go peacefully. I felt physically sick having to sign that piece of paper.

So, to my weird sleeping, fast eating, crazy, snuggly, sassy, beautiful diva Maisie..  finding you and your sisters was undoubtably the best thing I’ve ever done and I’m so so sorry i couldn’t save you from your past, i tried everything I promise. Two years wasn’t enough, it will never be enough, but I hope the two years spent with me was the best. I love you so so much my fluffball. 

My heart is broken.

[Phil]

Very sad story sounds like she had an absess, don’t know how it didn’t show up, its very hard to loose our bunnies, I lost jasper in man, I still miss him every day, very hard decision, you had to make, poor little Maisie, she’s not in pain anymore, she new you loved her and that meens so much. X

[Meg]

Thank you, it was the hardest decision of my life. My Vet called this morning and said it was either abscesses, tumours or an insane infection. Abscesses being the most likely. I’m also so confused how nothing got picked up Tuesday when they sedated her, maybe whatever it was grew within days, hours even.

It’s been tough and I miss her so much already, but I know I made the right choice for her. Just like I’m sure you feel about your Jasper. 

[Gordo and Janice]

So sorry Megs. It always makes me feel good hearing about people saving little abandoned bunnies. Thank you for that. You gave them all a better life for sure. It’s always mind numbingly difficult to lose them in the end. You were diligent and relentless in trying to help her to get better. You were splendid. We can’t stop the inevitable regardless. You saved her, loved her, gave her a good life, and did the ultimate humane thing by not letting her suffer. Gut wrenching choice for sure. Thinking of you, Maisie, and her sisters…

Binky free {{{Maisie}}}

[Phil]

Yes jasper developed testical cancer, he was fine one minute then he’s didn’t make it through operation he was 8 and I loved him so much it was very hard, I now have new bunny Clover he has helped me so much,like poor Maisie, we had no choice, its awful poor bunnies

[Meg]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this comment, i really needed to hear those words. 

I tried absolutely everything to get her better, and i really thought we had done just that. It’s been a tough adjustment for her sisters and me. Only having two now is very strange, everything is very strange now without her. 

[tobyluv]

I’m very sorry about the loss of your sweet Maisie. You did everything possible to help her. She knew that you loved her and I’m sure that she returned that love to you.

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