gentle giants
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I have not been on RO for several days, as most of you know this has been a very hard year for me and my bunnies. It seems like I am posting here constantly. If this rambles a little, I apologize, I had a little liquid courage to help me through this.
Big Mama was a year old when I bought her from a breeder, her and Ben were my first Flemish breeding pair. She was born February 1, 2004, in Herrin, Illinois. She crossed the Bridge on September 12, 2008.
I had noticed a few days before this that she was limping, and her hindquarters seemed to be wobbling. I knew she had also lost some wieght, but I didn't realize how much, it turned out when we wieghed her she had lost three pounds. When I took her to the vet, Dr. Albin palpated her and immedialty noticed that there was a mass in her abdomen. We tried x-rays, but they were inconclusive. So we decided to try an emergency spay, in the hopes that it wasa uterine tumor that could be removed easily. However, when Dr. Albin opened her up, she discovered that the mass was intestinal, and had already caused a rupture. Since she was obviously not in toxic shock when I took her in, I think that mabye being palpated and shifted about for the x-rays may have sort of caused this. I'm sureit would have happened anyway, but I think this may have caused it to happen earlier. Dr. Albin called me once she had opened her up, and told me what was going on, and i made the decision not to wake her up. I hated not being there when she passed, but I couldn't be so selfish as to wake her up, only to be in horrible pain for a couple of hours and thenbe pts.
Big Mama was a wonderful mother, and a calm, sweet girl who was very trusting of everyone and everything. She was totally unafraid of my kids, even when they were loud. Dogs didn't bother her at all, either, she actually liked sniffing noses and saying hello to them. I am so glad that I took some extra pics of her in the last few months, now I at least have those. Even with thirty rabbits in my barn, it still seems very empty without a big grey bunny there to greet me in the mornings.
Thank you to those who have already expressed sympathy in the Infirmary thread, I have seen it, just couldn't bring myself to say anything at the time.
:bigtears: :rip:
Big Mama was a year old when I bought her from a breeder, her and Ben were my first Flemish breeding pair. She was born February 1, 2004, in Herrin, Illinois. She crossed the Bridge on September 12, 2008.
I had noticed a few days before this that she was limping, and her hindquarters seemed to be wobbling. I knew she had also lost some wieght, but I didn't realize how much, it turned out when we wieghed her she had lost three pounds. When I took her to the vet, Dr. Albin palpated her and immedialty noticed that there was a mass in her abdomen. We tried x-rays, but they were inconclusive. So we decided to try an emergency spay, in the hopes that it wasa uterine tumor that could be removed easily. However, when Dr. Albin opened her up, she discovered that the mass was intestinal, and had already caused a rupture. Since she was obviously not in toxic shock when I took her in, I think that mabye being palpated and shifted about for the x-rays may have sort of caused this. I'm sureit would have happened anyway, but I think this may have caused it to happen earlier. Dr. Albin called me once she had opened her up, and told me what was going on, and i made the decision not to wake her up. I hated not being there when she passed, but I couldn't be so selfish as to wake her up, only to be in horrible pain for a couple of hours and thenbe pts.
Big Mama was a wonderful mother, and a calm, sweet girl who was very trusting of everyone and everything. She was totally unafraid of my kids, even when they were loud. Dogs didn't bother her at all, either, she actually liked sniffing noses and saying hello to them. I am so glad that I took some extra pics of her in the last few months, now I at least have those. Even with thirty rabbits in my barn, it still seems very empty without a big grey bunny there to greet me in the mornings.
Thank you to those who have already expressed sympathy in the Infirmary thread, I have seen it, just couldn't bring myself to say anything at the time.
:bigtears: :rip:
