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Forum RAINBOW BRIDGE My Precious Pip

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    • MimzMum
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        I lost Pip this morning. I’d been treating her for stasis and I fear she aspirated most of her morning feeding, and in a horrible ten minutes, she suffocated in my arms as I tried to Heimlich her.

        She was my daughter’s bunny originally, but I had taken care of her for ten years. Obviously at the end, not well enough. We are all in shock. I was going to drive her 25 miles to our vets today if she hadn’t improved overnight but like a fool thought I could get her to take some nourishment. In my hubris, I cost her her life.

        Please, PLEASE everyone, be careful if you choose to syringe feed a sick rabbit. Be certain you know what you are doing or have a vet do it instead. It is far too easy to do it wrong, and then you can’t go back.

        Sweet dreams, beautiful. I am so very sorry. I will never forgive myself. Mimzy and Fiver will miss you terribly. Your mum and I already do. xxxx


      • Gina.Jenny
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          please don’t blame yourself, you were trying to help, and the vets might have done the same.

          Binky free, Pip x


        • Bam
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            Dear Mimzmum, I’m so sorry to hear this. Maybe she was so weak she couldn’t swallow properly? As a rule an experienced bunny owner can syringe-feed a bunny, and you are an experienced bunny mummy. I can very well see that you blame yourself, but you shouldn’t. She was old and weak and 25 miles would’ve been a very long ride without food in her tummy.

            I don’t know you as well as many others here do, but I do know that you are the kindest, most caring person, and you’d never do anything but try and help a poorly animal.

            Pip had a great, long life filled with love. She will be waiting for you.
            ((((((Pip))))))


          • Azerane
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              Oh no I’m very sorry for your loss.

              I know how hard it is to be doing the right thing, only for it to go wrong and be the worst thing. You truly were doing the right thing, as bam mentioned I suspect that perhaps she wasn’t able to swallow properly. Give yourself time to forgive yourself, it may seem like it won’t ever happen, but you will get there. It is not right to blame yourself forever, it will just eat away at you. I know what that’s like and it’s just not worth it.

              Once again, I am so very sorry for your loss.


            • RabbitPam
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                MM, I am so sorry.
                You are wrong that it was your fault in any way. I can’t say it better than Bam, she is right about everything she said, and I DO know you well. You would have found a way to blame yourself no matter what. It was our dear Pip’s time, and I am sure you would have saved her life, not taken it, if it had been possible. She was in your loving arms and that was as it should be.
                {{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}


              • LBJ10
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                  Oh no, MimzMum, I’m so sorry about Pip. Please don’t blame yourself. I completely agree with Bam.


                • jerseygirl
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                    Oh MM, I am saddened and heart broken for you. :'( Pip was your robust girl, so it is hard to take in that she has slipped away. I guess we have to realise our senior buns won’t be around forever. I cannot agree more with what the others have written. But I also know you and know you will feel the way you are for a while. And I am saddened by that. I just hope in time you will gain a better perspective and show yourself the love and care that you do for your furbabies and son and daughter. xxx 

                    NOTHING changes the fact that Pip has lived a long life with you, feeling Safe, Secure and Loved.

                    Binky free Big Beautiful Pip! You are so loved and will be missed!

                    Sending my love to the boys, MM and to you and your daughter. You were both so lovely to me when Jersey passed. x I wonder if she and Pip have met yet..


                  • jerseygirl
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                    • BinkyBunny
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                        I am so very sorry MM. How heartbreaking. I know how hard it is not to blame ourselves. We all do when our bunny passes and it’s almost impossible to be free of that feeling no matter what. The “if onlys

                        ” and “What if’s” are just our minds way to make sense of it. It is a haunting loop. But it’s best to try and break free of that.  This next part, I am sharing with you only because it may show that it may not have been the feeding at all that caused this: When my first bunny, Forest, passed

                        away,he died in my arms similar to the way you described– but I wasn’t feeding him. He was just getting weaker and he was in my arms in the car as my husband rushed us to the vet. During his last breaths, he popped up, and seemed as if he were suffocating, trying desperately to breathe before he died, and so it may have just been the way Pip was passing and just happened to be at the time you were feeding.

                        Either way, I couldn’t agree more with what others have said. we all know how much you love and cared for Pip (and all your animals). And I know sometimes the last moments burn into our memory and it is incredibly painful. It will take time, but what helps me is to remember all the good times. (Though that is painful too at this time I know). But Pips life wasn’t her last moments, it was all of the beautiful moments of her life…..and now that she is at peace, there is no more suffering, and the love she enjoyed throughout her life is what will carry through. Binky Free Pip.

                        hugs and healing vibes!


                      • Q8bunny
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                          Oh, MM, I’m so sorry to hear about Pip. But like all the other BBers have said, she was healthy, happy, and safe throughout a long life lived with wonderful people who cherished her. You were simply trying to ensure her well being, as you always have. In similar circumstances, even a bunny-savvy vet might not have fared any better. I realize those last ten minutes were traumatic, but she was in your arms at the end and knew it. Hugs to you, and (((binky free, Pip)))


                        • LittlePuffyTail
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                            I’m so very sorry. My heart is just breaking to hear this. I know your furbabies mean the world to you. And I’m especially sorry that you lost her in a way that leaves you feeling guilty. Please don’t. You were taking amazing care of her. You did what any of us would do in such a situation. Your bunnies are so lucky to have you, don’t ever doubt that. And Pip had a good, long life with you and she was very lucky.

                            I also lit a candle for Pip. 

                            http://gratefulness.org/candle/918978-2/ 

                            You were an amazing comfort to me when I lost my Stormy and I would like to return the favour. Please feel free to talk to me, if you like as I know how hard this is. My inbox or email is always open to you.

                            ((((Binky Free Pip))))


                          • Vienna Blue in France
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                              MM – just seen this now. So sorry for your loss.

                              We don’t know each other but somebody with +8k posts on BB means that they care deeply about their buns and has a huge knowledge of them.
                              I can’t add anything that hasn’t been said except that Pip (who is now doing uncontrollable binkies over the Rainbow Bridge) knows you did your absolute best and will be very upset indeed if she sees your guilt eating you up inside for too long.

                              For her sake and for the very long bunny life she had, please don’t feel too sad for too long.
                              I fear it may be, as BB suggests, a horrible coincidence that it happened as you were feeding her. But atleast you were with her when she crossed.

                              It will, in time, get better. I promise.

                              ((((((( Binky like you’ve never binkied before Young Pip )))))))


                            • JackRabbit
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                                So so sorry MM.

                                Binky free Pip……….


                              • MoxieMeadows
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                                  I’m so sorry for your loss

                                  (((((Binky Free Pip)))))


                                • Boston's Mama
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                                    I am so sorry for your loss , binky those meadows in the skies Pip
                                    From your posts on here it’s obvious you love pip dearly and it seems you have her an amazing binky bunny life
                                    Be proud of the owner you are – this was in no way your fault.

                                    I have a tube fed child – I triple check everything before feeding as it use to scare me the aspiration thing but I’m confident with the feeding now
                                    Just remind yourself – that long drive without food would not be good for pip in a sick state – she needed it and you were doing what you could to help


                                  • Yilina
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                                      I am very sorry, MimzMum, rest in heaven Pip.

                                      As other have said, please, don’t blame yourself, 10 years is a long bunny life and one that shows that you knew how to treat her well. You have written extensively here, in BB, and I am sure you gave her the best care she could have had.

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