Gone but never forgotten

[Five thumpers]

About a month ago one of the best things to ever happen to me entered my life. It was a total accident. We just went to get hay and left with a best friend. He was the goofiest looking bun I had ever seen. His giant belly, long nose and big giant ears that always looked like they were gonna flop. I made fun of his goofyness every time I saw his little face. We named him flint. He was at the pet store for almost 6 months and was about to become snake food. We couldn’t let that happen to this baby. We got him home and he was immediately one of the best decisions my family had ever made. He would run to the fridge every time he heard it open. Hearing him run down the stairs every morning was my favorite sound. He always layer on his back when he slept. It was so amazing seeing him so happy. He had to go to bed at 10 pm or else there would be consequences. One of them was peeing on an electric leg strip. Binkying down the hallway every night when he got fresh hay. He was the happiest bunny I had ever met. He made my house feel so ful. He made my heart feel full. We were always suspicious of that big ol belly of his but the vet figured it was due to his poor diet at the pet store and a parasite that never seem to phase him. He had finally finished his treatment when we knew something was really wrong. He didn’t come running down the stairs that morning. He didn’t come running when we called him for his breakfast. We went up and got him. It was bad. He refused to eat, his belly was hard as a rock. We immediately rushed him to the vet. They told us it didn’t look good. That we could take him down to Boston win an attempt to save him. It would have been thousands of dollars. We just don’t have that. We did every thing we could. Hourly feedings, the strongest motility meds they could give him. Nothing was working. We decided to do x rays. Immediately his chance of survival went down to 10%. To be sure they had a i specialist look at it. He had mega colon. There was so much poop built up in there they think it had been building up since birth. They said to keep him comfortable and make sure he knew he was loved. He was only 7 months old. He only had a home where he was loved for a month. In that month he changed my life forever. He gave me happiness, he made me laugh.he made my house so full of happiness. Most rabbits survive for 5-9 hours after a flare this bad. He fought for 2 days. He never lost that spark. He never lost that look in his eye. Those two days were full of cuddles and kisses and spending every moment we could with him. He passed away at around 10:30 pm on the 18th. He got to watch his favorite movie one last time. An American tail. Every time you turned it on he would binky. He used his last bit of strength to move his head to watch it. There was only a few minutes left when he look his last breath. Cuddling me and my mom. He fought so hard to fight this awful disease. He was taken to soon. His life was cut short because of irrisponsible breeding. Because a human was so selfish. This innocent creature taken from us. It’s not fair. He’s gone. I don’t want to admit it but it’s true. Flinty I promise I will never forget you. Fly high baby boy

[LongEaredLions]

I am so so sorry for your loss. Admittedly there are tears while reading your story. Thank you for taking him out of that terrible situation and for giving him the best life, even for a short time. Sending you all of my hugs and love. <3

[tobyluv]

I’m very sorry about the loss of Flint. It’s so good that you got him out of that bad place and gave him love and care.

[Bam]

Thank you for taking Flint in and letting him know what it means to have a real home and a loving family. It’s so sad he only got a month with you, but he did get that and it’s seems you made him as happy as a bun can be.

***Binky free, sweetest Flinty***

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