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Forum RAINBOW BRIDGE Sudden Death at the Vet

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    • Waffle65
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        One month ago I adopted my Netherland Dwarf named Seven. Everyday with him was an absolute joy. At only 3 months old, his energetic spirit was infectious, and watching him explore everyday was the best. His personality was exactly what I needed after losing my Dutch bunny of 9 years back in December. He gave me a purpose again, somebody to wake up and take care of, somebody to look forward to seeing everyday again.

        This morning I took him into the vet to get neutered, because he was starting to mark his territory with pee everywhere. Before they gave him his anesthesia he was supposed to have a routine blood test done, so they could check his liver and kidney function before sedating him. Early this afternoon I saw the vet was calling me, and I assumed that they had completed his surgery, and she was calling to tell me everything went well. Imagine my surprise and horror when she told me that he had went into cardiac arrest and died. Apparently when they were taking his blood, he obviously got stressed out. They were able to successfully get the blood drawn, but he immediately went limp after they did. They gave him some steroids and put him in an oxygen tank immediately. The vet gave him a little time and then tried to examine him, but said he went into cardiac arrest while she tried. She said they tried preforming CPR, but he passed quickly. According to the vet, who ran his blood test afterwards, there were extremely high levels of adrenaline and endorphins in his blood, which she said were released because of the stress. She said that it unfortunately looked like there were just too many chemicals released into his bloodstream, and his poor heart just couldn’t take it. They checked his back to make sure he didn’t move too much during the blood test and damage it, but it was fine. She also did a chest ultrasound, making sure that a vein wasn’t nicked during the blood draw, and there was no blood/fluid in his chest.

        Obviously this was a huge shock to me, as I had no reason to suspect that a perfectly healthy 4 month old rabbit would have any problems during something so routine as getting neutered. My heart is absolutely broken right now, as I feel so beyond guilty that his life was cut so short. Literally being scared to death sounds so unimaginably awful and painful. It kills me to think that he had no one there for him when he passed, just strangers at the vet. At least when my Dutch rabbit Kiwi had to say goodbye, I was there with him until he was sedated, and he knew I was there for him. But Seven was alone. This time around, I’m not crying because I have to go on by myself, I’m crying over the life this sweet baby won’t get to have. We were supposed to have so many years of love and fun together, and he’s been cheated out of all of that. This is so unimaginably unfair to him, he desevered the world and he will never get it. There is no silver lining to his senseless death. When my previous rabbit was put to sleep, I knew it was happening because the fluid in his chest was causing him pain and suffering, so I could at least take comfort in the fact that his suffering was over, and putting him to sleep was the kindest thing I could do for him. There is no reason for this death, and he deserved infinitely more.


      • Jazlyn
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          I am so sorry to hear of this, I teared up just reading that. I can’t imagine what you are going through but remember your memories together and know that your month together was probably the best he ever had. Maybe there is something you could make/get in his honour? It can be something beautiful to represent him. Once again, I am so sorry for your loss and wish you the best while grieving.


        • Vienna Blue in France
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            Oh no. That’s such a sad story. So sorry for your loss. Although it sounds bad, i think the adrenaline would have just taken his life without him suffering too much. Yes in a strangers hands, but a very caring stranger. It sounds as if the vet did absolutely everything afterwards to check his health.
            In these situations, i often say this may have happened at any time from any kind of stress. Vets, home with a loud bang, travelling….

            So although you may not feel like it now, try not to feel too sad and, please, welcome a new furry friend into your house as soon as you can, in memory of Seven. He would have wanted it too.
            (((binky little guy)))


          • Bam
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              I’m so very sorry that you lost your little rabbit. He had people around him and they tried to save him, so he wasn’t all alone. Maybe he was an extra-sensitive rabbit, prone to releasing too much adrenaline. If so, as Vienna said, something else could’ve taken him just as easily. I’m glad he got to spend his childhood with you.

              Binky free, ****Seven****


            • Luna
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                I’m sorry about Seven. It’s never fair losing a bun, but it’s even more so unfair when the loss occurs so unexpectedly. Please don’t feel guilty; you loved him and had the best intentions for his surgery and chose a veterinary team that did everything that they could to help him.

                Binky free Seven

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