The Tails of Simon

Victoria · Sep 15, 2009

My rabbits act the same way with their pellets but they are in the cages - Black sometimes jumps on the side of the cage with all his paws and attaches to its side it looks so silly. But I dont give them much pellets since Red choked on them and nearly died because he ate so many at one time

Victoria · Sep 15, 2009

Also dont get rid ofthe invoices - if somehow can prove that the shop sold you a sick animal - I dont know if can prove it in this case - they will have to pay your expenses, I think

Orchid · Sep 16, 2009

Victoria wrote:

Also dont get rid ofthe invoices - if somehow can prove that the shop sold you a sick animal - I dont know if can prove it in this case - they will have to pay your expenses, I think

When the owner of the store found out about Simon and his problems, she gave me store credit to reimburse my costs for the initial problems...which was ok because that is where I bought his hay, pellets, toys etc...

Any thing past the initial stuff she isn't liable for...

Decent enough lady...

Orchid · Sep 17, 2009

I spoke with Simon's regular vet yesterday....

Beyond the fact she didn't actually see him this last time, she said she feels it was some sort of defect of his genes that was unavoidable. It wasn't anything I did. She said she recommends staying away from that "line".

Called the pet store today who sold him to me.

Pet Mania in Raleigh NC.

They said they use "B & B"....and have been for years.

Couldn't seem to find them in searches....

Orchid · Sep 17, 2009

I found this site...

http://www.bentwillowbunnies.com/index.html

Thinking this just might be the "B & B" the pet store mentioned...the only other one I have found so far was in Texas....

Orchid · Sep 18, 2009

I feel it has come time to come to a close with The Tails Of Simon.

As we all know his life has come to an end and now he must live on only in our hearts and memories. I do not think words will ever express how close, how much I loved him. His loss is perhaps second only to losing my father. I had never been able to exp the love of an animal like I had with Simon.

I will no longer post here as it is now time to move on, but...

During the last minutes of his life Angelina...my 8 year old daughterwho has been there for his whole life, loving him, playing, petting, feeding, holding and loving beyond anything...asked me to take pictures with my phone. She wanted to have just a few more pictures of her with him...I agreed.

I will warn you that I find them rather heart breaking in so many ways. Her face,...the look about Simon I think shows that his spark was fading and fading fast. It is not how I wish to remember him...but there is one picture that I will keep in my mind and on our family picture wall always...and that will be how I remember him always.

The first three pictures are of Simon and my daughter before he wet to sleep and the very last is the one that I will always remember him by....