Crazybunnyburgenland
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Dear all
I am reaching out to you all to tell you the story about Franz.
Franz was one of my 3 beloved bunny family.
I am a human doctor and I cared for my bunny so many years and did everything for them
He was the last bunny of my group. He had wonderful years at our home and he was all my heart.
Sadly in 03/2020 he began to make painful sounds when he was peeing. No sand was found in the bladder. But we started hydrating him more and things got better.
Then in 04/2021 things got very bad. he stopped eating his gras and his vegetables he loved. He did not want to eat his hay anymore. He started to get GI stasis, but with all the medications and care we made it to get the hard stool out of him. Then he startet to get bad diarrhoea. It got worse and worse. Like the vet told us, we proceeded with metamizol, small dosages of paspertin, colossal etc.
It got worse and Franz began to press its belly on the floor. We totally lost our nerves. Put him in the car and took the long one hour drive to specialist in Vienna. They made a high resolution xray and told us that he had several broken vertebral bodys because of its age. No neurological symptoms - but maybe pain. So it was not clear if he stopped eating because of the pain and got the GI stasis. They said he needs pain medication because without the pain medication he would not get back to normal with his intestine. So they started to add metacam. They checked his full blood status, everything OK! They did a heart ultrasound - everything OK - strong heart. They said he is not dehydrated. But the Vet visit was very stressful for him.
At home, during the night he got worse and worse. he was laying in my bad and loosing a lot of stool. his heartrate on the next day was only 60 anymore. The vet told me to proceed with pain medication. Another vet told me it could be an intoxication with Metacam. I totally felt totally lost. event though I did everything 24/7. including syringe feeding etc.
So he was lying there under his blanket. And we decided like the specialist vet told us to bring him to the vet. It was the hardest descicion to make for ever in my life. Because I wanted him to die at home, peaceful. Without pain.
But we decided to go to the vet. He already was a sleep. Heartrate very down.
Then In the car, 1 minute before we arrived the vet (15 min. away from home), Franz started to have cramps in the transportation box. I was shocked to my bones. He screamed, opened his eyes widely. It was simply horrible. I wanted to die. I couldn't take a breath anymore. It was so horrible to see him in pain and panic, because the hours and hours before he was sleeping.
We brought him into the office of the vet and it was such a horrible situation. The assistant of the vet tried to fixate him on the table, so he was not able to drop down. But he turned him on the back and screamed. it went through my bones. The Vet gave him epinephrine to help him and another emergency medication because he wanted to rescue him, because his heart rate was not to bad. And until yesterday he was not dying.
I was so confused - because I wanted him to put Franz to sleep. but in this dramatically situation the communication was very bad.
Then the cramps started again and my husband said to the doctor he should end this horrible scene. We cannot bear this situation.
So I ran out of the vets office. And he put Franz to sleep. I am not aware of what happened in the office.
It was the bases experience in my life. And I have nightmares since half a year.
Now I do not have any rabbit friend anymore. After so many years. I feel ashamed because I decided wrong ways.
Thanks for reading my story, in the memory of Franz, my beloved rabbit friend for 11,5 years.
I am reaching out to you all to tell you the story about Franz.
Franz was one of my 3 beloved bunny family.
I am a human doctor and I cared for my bunny so many years and did everything for them
He was the last bunny of my group. He had wonderful years at our home and he was all my heart.
Sadly in 03/2020 he began to make painful sounds when he was peeing. No sand was found in the bladder. But we started hydrating him more and things got better.
Then in 04/2021 things got very bad. he stopped eating his gras and his vegetables he loved. He did not want to eat his hay anymore. He started to get GI stasis, but with all the medications and care we made it to get the hard stool out of him. Then he startet to get bad diarrhoea. It got worse and worse. Like the vet told us, we proceeded with metamizol, small dosages of paspertin, colossal etc.
It got worse and Franz began to press its belly on the floor. We totally lost our nerves. Put him in the car and took the long one hour drive to specialist in Vienna. They made a high resolution xray and told us that he had several broken vertebral bodys because of its age. No neurological symptoms - but maybe pain. So it was not clear if he stopped eating because of the pain and got the GI stasis. They said he needs pain medication because without the pain medication he would not get back to normal with his intestine. So they started to add metacam. They checked his full blood status, everything OK! They did a heart ultrasound - everything OK - strong heart. They said he is not dehydrated. But the Vet visit was very stressful for him.
At home, during the night he got worse and worse. he was laying in my bad and loosing a lot of stool. his heartrate on the next day was only 60 anymore. The vet told me to proceed with pain medication. Another vet told me it could be an intoxication with Metacam. I totally felt totally lost. event though I did everything 24/7. including syringe feeding etc.
So he was lying there under his blanket. And we decided like the specialist vet told us to bring him to the vet. It was the hardest descicion to make for ever in my life. Because I wanted him to die at home, peaceful. Without pain.
But we decided to go to the vet. He already was a sleep. Heartrate very down.
Then In the car, 1 minute before we arrived the vet (15 min. away from home), Franz started to have cramps in the transportation box. I was shocked to my bones. He screamed, opened his eyes widely. It was simply horrible. I wanted to die. I couldn't take a breath anymore. It was so horrible to see him in pain and panic, because the hours and hours before he was sleeping.
We brought him into the office of the vet and it was such a horrible situation. The assistant of the vet tried to fixate him on the table, so he was not able to drop down. But he turned him on the back and screamed. it went through my bones. The Vet gave him epinephrine to help him and another emergency medication because he wanted to rescue him, because his heart rate was not to bad. And until yesterday he was not dying.
I was so confused - because I wanted him to put Franz to sleep. but in this dramatically situation the communication was very bad.
Then the cramps started again and my husband said to the doctor he should end this horrible scene. We cannot bear this situation.
So I ran out of the vets office. And he put Franz to sleep. I am not aware of what happened in the office.
It was the bases experience in my life. And I have nightmares since half a year.
Now I do not have any rabbit friend anymore. After so many years. I feel ashamed because I decided wrong ways.
Thanks for reading my story, in the memory of Franz, my beloved rabbit friend for 11,5 years.
