03-30-2006, 06:06 PM
Well, I wish I had read about that earlier...although I am unsure if I could have done anything.
Within the past two weeks, a friend of mine has gotten three pet rabbits. They, in my estimation, are roughly two to three months old.
The first one died within four or five days. We don\'t know how he died, but my friend said that when they got home, the rabbit was dead.
We then got two more rabbits, basically to keep each other company. One of them then seemed to be sick and wouldn\'t eat for a day or two, while the other seemed very healthy, was jumping all around and eating fine. Then, within four days, during the night, the \"active\" one died. The other one which hadn\'t been eating was alive, but had seemingly perked up, eating some and being playful.
However, last night, I got a call from my friend that the rabbit suddenly couldn\'t walk on one of it\'s legs. Me and another friend came over immediately, which, during thi stime, we got another message that the rabbit couldn\'t use her other leg. When I got there, basically, the rabbit tried to move but it\'s legs gave out on her, and she\'d \"circle around\" (if that makes any sense, more or less trying to stand but unable to and instead going in a circle).
We put the rabbit on a soft place, sadly noting what was probably going on, in which suddenly, the rabbit spasmed. Initially, it looked like she wanted to stand, but we tried to let her do that, only for her to fall. She continued to spasm a few more times, then relaxed.
Eventually, we set up a pillow in her cage, and put her in there. She couldn\'t move her legs anymore, but was able to move her head some. Eventually though, she spasmed again for a minute or so. She then calmed down, in which me and the friend who were there, more or less moved our other friend away from the rabbit (for obvious reasons). As we were trying to distract her, the rabbit let out a scream, followed by another, longer one. We then came over, to put something to block the light out, in which she screamed again, then was quiet. We then made sure our friend had turned away again and we consoled our friend. I then checked back on the rabbit after about ten minutes in which she had stopped breathing.
I have looked over at your website, and noticed VHD, which seemed to have some of the symptoms. However, I wondered if anyone has heard of this before. It truly is a horrid thing to watch (as I am an animal lover, and to hear an animal scream, let alone a rabbit, was just awful), yet I wonder what it could have been.
Within the past two weeks, a friend of mine has gotten three pet rabbits. They, in my estimation, are roughly two to three months old.
The first one died within four or five days. We don\'t know how he died, but my friend said that when they got home, the rabbit was dead.
We then got two more rabbits, basically to keep each other company. One of them then seemed to be sick and wouldn\'t eat for a day or two, while the other seemed very healthy, was jumping all around and eating fine. Then, within four days, during the night, the \"active\" one died. The other one which hadn\'t been eating was alive, but had seemingly perked up, eating some and being playful.
However, last night, I got a call from my friend that the rabbit suddenly couldn\'t walk on one of it\'s legs. Me and another friend came over immediately, which, during thi stime, we got another message that the rabbit couldn\'t use her other leg. When I got there, basically, the rabbit tried to move but it\'s legs gave out on her, and she\'d \"circle around\" (if that makes any sense, more or less trying to stand but unable to and instead going in a circle).
We put the rabbit on a soft place, sadly noting what was probably going on, in which suddenly, the rabbit spasmed. Initially, it looked like she wanted to stand, but we tried to let her do that, only for her to fall. She continued to spasm a few more times, then relaxed.
Eventually, we set up a pillow in her cage, and put her in there. She couldn\'t move her legs anymore, but was able to move her head some. Eventually though, she spasmed again for a minute or so. She then calmed down, in which me and the friend who were there, more or less moved our other friend away from the rabbit (for obvious reasons). As we were trying to distract her, the rabbit let out a scream, followed by another, longer one. We then came over, to put something to block the light out, in which she screamed again, then was quiet. We then made sure our friend had turned away again and we consoled our friend. I then checked back on the rabbit after about ten minutes in which she had stopped breathing.
I have looked over at your website, and noticed VHD, which seemed to have some of the symptoms. However, I wondered if anyone has heard of this before. It truly is a horrid thing to watch (as I am an animal lover, and to hear an animal scream, let alone a rabbit, was just awful), yet I wonder what it could have been.
