mariethomas
Well-Known Member
It breaks my heart to post this, and I thought I wouldn't post it for a long time, and I never wanted to.
But unfortunately, not everything in life works out..
Korn passed away while I was at school. I'm hoping in peace and happy in his home.
This was very unexpected. I don't even know what to say nor think other than it was my fault.
Yesterday I finally took Korn out to garden where he had no access to anything except grass. Took him back inside, he was playing and acting as normal. I was even showing him off to my parents over Skype where we were all aww-ing him and saying how adorable he was. Everything was fine and I put him to bed inside of his cage, in my bedroom.
I don't know what happened. In my previous thread I mentioned his infection had returned, and we were on medication. He was almost instantly better.
Korn had endured a lot in his bunny life, other animals, eating and chewing on the wrong things, infection, and I always thought he was very lucky and had a strong gut.
In his short time with me he was very happy and loved life, and loved the company of humans. I loved him very much and he is absolutely irreplaceable.
I'm ashamed to admit that the only thing that seems logical about now, is that he got into a Dekko Silverfish Pack about two nights ago. I remember that night, and I had been paying attention, and we had been playing together and he sat on my bed with me all night. The only weird thing he did that night was randomly stamp once, and do a large binky afterwards.
Later that same night I found some chewed piece paper that turned out to be the DSP. I immediately read everything on it and I was praying to God it wouldn't have had any effect on his poor body. The paper is a tiny one, almost card like. From my memory, the ingredients consisted of Boric Acid 20% and other Active Ingredients.
I did all the research in the world and read that it was only mildly dangerous. He barely consumed any, but made a slit enough for me to see the white powder itself. I wasn't too sure what to do, so I called up my parents.
They said they would pray for him and that they were almost certain he would be fine because it didn't look like he had any at all, and reminded me of how many things he had gotten into in the past.
I do not have an adult in my life, and they convinced from afar that he would be fine, that if it was going to take effect at all it would have been immediately. I responded back to them telling them it could take days to activate or internal bleeding. They helped me believe other wise.
I did not contact a vet because that would have been extremely stressful for Korn, and I wasn't sure that that DSP was from that day, or had even been consumed enough. Now I'm wishing I really did think differently because it might have even cost him his life.
Everyone around me is giving me different excuses for something was probably my mistake. I'm considering them, but I don't think it's likely.
So far I've heard, he could have choked on his pellets, just was sick, heart attack. But no one will tell me it was the BA because he would have been bleeding from the outside, a long with the internal bleeding.
When I found him, he wasn't very stretched out, and his eyes were closed.
I just feel terrible at this point. I feel completely irresponsible and I just wish I could have give him a better life.
Casper and Korn became unbonded a long time ago, but that does that mean Casper could fall into depression if he realizes his friend is no longer around? I'm with him almost constantly, but will that be enough? I cannot get him another friend. Or...should I even consider that something is wrong with Casper? I'm going to bring him to the vet when I can for a checkup.
Binky Free, Korn. :hearts
But unfortunately, not everything in life works out..
Korn passed away while I was at school. I'm hoping in peace and happy in his home.
This was very unexpected. I don't even know what to say nor think other than it was my fault.
Yesterday I finally took Korn out to garden where he had no access to anything except grass. Took him back inside, he was playing and acting as normal. I was even showing him off to my parents over Skype where we were all aww-ing him and saying how adorable he was. Everything was fine and I put him to bed inside of his cage, in my bedroom.
I don't know what happened. In my previous thread I mentioned his infection had returned, and we were on medication. He was almost instantly better.
Korn had endured a lot in his bunny life, other animals, eating and chewing on the wrong things, infection, and I always thought he was very lucky and had a strong gut.
In his short time with me he was very happy and loved life, and loved the company of humans. I loved him very much and he is absolutely irreplaceable.
I'm ashamed to admit that the only thing that seems logical about now, is that he got into a Dekko Silverfish Pack about two nights ago. I remember that night, and I had been paying attention, and we had been playing together and he sat on my bed with me all night. The only weird thing he did that night was randomly stamp once, and do a large binky afterwards.
Later that same night I found some chewed piece paper that turned out to be the DSP. I immediately read everything on it and I was praying to God it wouldn't have had any effect on his poor body. The paper is a tiny one, almost card like. From my memory, the ingredients consisted of Boric Acid 20% and other Active Ingredients.
I did all the research in the world and read that it was only mildly dangerous. He barely consumed any, but made a slit enough for me to see the white powder itself. I wasn't too sure what to do, so I called up my parents.
They said they would pray for him and that they were almost certain he would be fine because it didn't look like he had any at all, and reminded me of how many things he had gotten into in the past.
I do not have an adult in my life, and they convinced from afar that he would be fine, that if it was going to take effect at all it would have been immediately. I responded back to them telling them it could take days to activate or internal bleeding. They helped me believe other wise.
I did not contact a vet because that would have been extremely stressful for Korn, and I wasn't sure that that DSP was from that day, or had even been consumed enough. Now I'm wishing I really did think differently because it might have even cost him his life.
Everyone around me is giving me different excuses for something was probably my mistake. I'm considering them, but I don't think it's likely.
So far I've heard, he could have choked on his pellets, just was sick, heart attack. But no one will tell me it was the BA because he would have been bleeding from the outside, a long with the internal bleeding.
When I found him, he wasn't very stretched out, and his eyes were closed.
I just feel terrible at this point. I feel completely irresponsible and I just wish I could have give him a better life.
Casper and Korn became unbonded a long time ago, but that does that mean Casper could fall into depression if he realizes his friend is no longer around? I'm with him almost constantly, but will that be enough? I cannot get him another friend. Or...should I even consider that something is wrong with Casper? I'm going to bring him to the vet when I can for a checkup.
Binky Free, Korn. :hearts
I'm sure he went peacefully. When my boy died suddenly from an accident, his eyes were open and for some reason it made it 100x worse to see his wide eyes gazing emptily at me even hours after he passed.
