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Forum RAINBOW BRIDGE Advice on a newly grieving rabbit.

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    • PruenPiper
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        Hey everyone.  Need a little advice on what behavior that will be displayed by Prudence.  Piper had been sick about a month ago and we nursed her back to health.  She was active and eating like a little piggie.  She was so very active through the years, she was known as the daredevil of the pair. . The vet said her deterioration in her hind legs and pain of mobility are what really did contribute to her fast slide back into not eating, drinking or moving.  We had agreed that if our babies quality of life was suffering we would make the hardest decision ever and put them down.  That day sadly was yesterday…. it was the right thing to do, she hadn’t moved in a day only when I gave her critical care.  I need advice for Prue.  We had to separate them at night.  Prue was being really aggressive and mounting Piper to the point even when we were in the pen with them, Prue would go at Piper.  Today Prue totally seems like herself, she is still eating like a champ and drinking water.  I’ve read about having the body in the pen for a few hours, that is not an option at this point in time.  I just wish I had read that before last month.  Should we go and get stuffed animal…. or just wait and see what happens in the coming days. Any advice would help.  Thank you.  Sean


      • jerseygirl
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          I’m sorry for you loss, Sean.
          Were the girls siblings? They look very similar (if that is them in your profile picture). Gorgeous bunnies too!

          Because you were already doing some partial separation, I tend to think she will be okay without having seen Pipers body. I would take the wait and see approach. Keeping things as routine as possible for her will help. A stuffed animal is not a bad idea.

          I’ve let my rabbits be with the one that had passed for a little while. With my first girl Jersey, her bond mate just dug at her (she was wrapped in a towel) and wanted to mount. Prue might have done similar to Piper if that’s what she was doing already. My other girl Maple had 2 bond mates and they approached cautiously and then just kept their distance.


        • PruenPiper
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            Jersey Girl!  Thank you for responding, your words brought me comfort.  Piper is the one on the right and Prue is on the left in the picture.  I think that the bond was not as tight as we always thought it was.  Prue is eating really well and when we open her condo, she has been doing little binkys around the house.  Piper was always the alpha up until she had gotten sick.  So who knows, as you know it’s terribly hard to decipher what rabbits are feeling most of the time.  Again, thank you for responding, it gave me such a smile, and a relaxing sigh.

            Sean


          • jerseygirl
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              You are welcome.: )

              It is hard to know how a rabbit will react to losing a bond mate. It really does vary rabbit to rabbit. Prue sounds like she’s an independant bunny and taking it in her stride. They do live in the moment, don’t they? It must be a relief having her act normally while dealing with the loss of Piper. Having a healthy, happy bunny around can help us too, during this time, I think.

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