my rabbit was perfectly fine on saturday (runin around and all that) but the whole of sunday he was sitin down in one place and not eating anythin. then monday morning i find him dead. :(
do you know what could have caused this?
ps. i found him eating cardboard from the garage on saturday, was this the reason?
2007-11-21 06:01:55 · 14 answers · asked by ratna784 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
hi guys,
thanks for all the answers and the sympathy. he was 8 mnths. i dnt think that there were any chemicals or anyhing on the cardboard. yes, i do have three other rabbits (his wife and two kids - i feel especialy sory for them) and i am keeping a close eye on them.
2007-11-21 06:34:32 · update #1
Hi,
Without having a necropsy done it is impossible to tell what was wrong with your bunny. With the symptoms you have described it sounds like he went into Gastrointestinal stasis. In future you need to seek veterinary help straight away when a rabbit shows these symptoms. If he had been treated he could have pulled through.
Rabbits instinctively try to hide the fact that they are experiencing pain, but if they are sitting in one place, grinding their teeth, not eating, or appear to be in pain they should be taken to the vet immediately, if not you end up losing your bunny.
2007-11-21 06:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by angela s 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't say how old he was so we have to guess it wasn't just old age!
The cardboard could have caused a blockage but I think it more likely that coming from a garage it was contaminated. Petrol or oil or paint would be toxic and explain the quickness of the death. (If it had been a blockage it would have been slower) Having access to the garage he could also have eaten something you didn't see.
Sorry for your loss but if you have other rabbits or get another DON'T let them wander around without supervision. Build them a safe run and don't keep them in a garage or shed where there are chemicals of any kind.
2007-11-21 06:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by willowGSD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt very much that it was the cardboard... they might like to munch but they're not going to eat something that it poisonous. Plus i bet its munched on the cardboard several times as it clearly has access to it.
Unfortunately you didn't give an age but if it was anything over 8 then it was getting on a bit if it was very well cared for - the less well cared for it was the more years you can subtract from that.
If it was ill you wouldn't have known about it until it was very close to death as they hide it well.
Animals like rabbits are also prone to death from shock and they can become shocked from things that humans would just forget about... maybe a dog was at the hutch? Maybe a car screeched past very close by?
The only way to know for sure is to get your vet to have a look.
Sorry for your loss.
2007-11-21 06:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Could of been a number of things. The carboard 'could' of been the reason but, im thinking it was more like somethin gmight of been on the cardboard. Paint or a chemical. You siad it was carboard from the garage. Just image all the chemicals and stuff inside a garage.
2007-11-21 06:09:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could have been a blockage from the cardboard but rabbits can normally chomp their way through most things with no problems, How old was it? Rabbits do have a habit of just turning their toes up for no apparent reason.
Sorry for you loss
2007-11-21 06:07:32 · answer #5 · answered by isleofskye 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the cardboard did have ink lettering or writing on it that would be the cause of death. This is why vets do not recommend people shred old papers for hamster cages and stuff, the ink gets into there sytstem.
2007-11-21 06:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know how u feel my rabbit passed away last month
honestly i have no idea what can be the casue of his dead maybe some chemicals ( if u say he was in a garage) maybe he licked something or bite soemthing
my rabbit die due ot ear tumor
2007-11-21 08:03:34 · answer #7 · answered by dAmIAnOO 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This has happened to me, not with a rabbit but a dog. He was fine one day then the next he could not move or eat. We took him to the vets who told us that some part of his body had ruptured and blood was swimming in his system. They said he we had never took hi he would have died the next day. They told us he had cancer. :( He did'nt last long. But hope that's not what happened to yours.
2007-11-21 06:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
prob it was something he ate.. that happened to my rabbit too...one day he was fine and the next day he was just laying down and his body felt really weird like if his bones were falling apart....poor dear R.I.P
2007-11-21 06:12:22 · answer #9 · answered by GrrrlFatale 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he may have had a health problem u just didn't notice. my rabbits chew carboard and they don't get ill
2007-11-21 06:43:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋