Bunday Update!

[Aqua Letifer]

@NobodySock said in Bunday Update!:

never liked the taste of them. You can have em Jolly. Better than squirrel I would warrant? They certainly are not better than chicken! Sorry Aqua, he's quite the hare. how do you rate their intelligence and acknowledgment of your doting love?

I dunno about intelligence; they seem to be a mix of smart and intuitive. Unless I'm extremely and I mean extremely careful, he knows damn well the difference between me lying down to say hello to him under the bed, and me lying down to pull him out. (And no it's not a "knowing the time of day" thing.)

I wouldn't trust him to start squeaking long division at me but they aren't at all like guinea pigs, either.

[NobodySock]

@Aqua-Letifer understood. So there is a reason those things under the bed are called dust bunnies! I would have never known.

[Aqua Letifer]

Well, shit.

Poor guy has a fever. In fact it's so high that apparently it screwed with his GI tract and so he can't eat or drink, either. (Apparently for rabbits this is very serious as even 12 hours without water can be life-threatening.)

Not a single fucking vet in my area would see him after hours, so spent the night waking up at intervals to shove some condensed milk in his mouth with a syringe. That seemed to keep him going at least. He's at the vet now. They pretty much insisted he stay overnight because he needs meds for his fever, IV fluids and they need to do something to get his GI tract going again. He's a young rabbit but he still might not make it.

I realize how mundane this problem is and I'm not trying to present it as anything novel or profound. But the lack of novelty doesn't remove the fact that it just fucking sucks that while his adoption cost us a couple of tanks of gas, one overnight visit in the vet ICU is going to cost more than the current worth of my car. It would make all the financial sense in the world to just take him home, "hope for the best" (i.e. watch him die), and then adopt a new rabbit in the course of a couple days. Shit we could use the same pen, the financial hit would be nominal. The vet told us most people in her area never bring their rabbits in to see a vet, ever. Why bother?

There's some kind of threshold in which this would be reasonable. If we had a hermit crab or betta fish, for example, then yeah, that's probably what we'd do. But I can't with our rabbit because he's my pal. He has his own personality and memories and he absolutely knows who I am. So we take the hit I suppose but even then it's not guaranteed he's going to make it.

Fucking sucks.

[George K]

Oh, man. This is horrible. Hopefully he's young enough with enough reserves to pull through.

[Aqua Letifer]

Vet called just to give an update. She didn't mince words but her tone was positive. She said no news is good news, so here's hoping we get no late-night call.

[Horace]

I'm hoping for the best for your rabbit and your bank account Aqua.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Bunday Update!:

I'm hoping for the best for your rabbit and your bank account Aqua.

Thanks, Horace. Bank account is already fucked, which, okay. I hope the rabbit pulls through.

[Mik]

Here’s hoping for the best.

[Aqua Letifer]

He didn't make it.
Only reason I'm on at this hour is that there's no fucking way I'm going back to sleep.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Bunday Update!:

He didn't make it.
Only reason I'm on at this hour is that there's no fucking way I'm going back to sleep.

Oh no, I'm sorry Aqua. Losing a pet is absolutely miserable.

[George K]

Goddammit, Aqua.

So sorry. He was so young.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Bunday Update!:

D1 had pet rats for a while - cute, smart, loving...but only 2-3 years.

No. Just no

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Bunday Update!:

Goddammit, Aqua.

So sorry. He was so young.

When I dropped him off at the vet, they let me say goodbye before I left. But I didn't know that I'd be saying. Goodbye. I didn't spend nearly as much time with him as I would have.

Shit and all he did was die somewhere strange and scary rather than with us. I feel really awful about that.

[Jolly]

Been there, done that with a couple of pets.

It truly sucks. Truly.

Enjoy the memories. Animals do have their own unique personalities. And I believe they know when they are loved. I hope they know how much we miss them.

[Horace]

Sorry to hear this Aqua. RIP bunny.

[A Former User]

I'm so sorry to hear about Bagels. The human-animal bond is such a powerful thing and losing an animal buddy is really difficult.

@Aqua-Letifer said in Bunday Update!:

Shit and all he did was die somewhere strange and scary rather than with us. I feel really awful about that.

I know you feel like you let him down, but trust me...he knew he was a loved bunny. He had a great life with your family, and not many people would have gone to the lengths you did to try to save him. That speaks volumes about you.

Sending hugs your way.

[taiwan_girl]

@Aqua-Letifer

[blondie]

Oh dear. I’m sorry @Aqua-Letifer

[LuFins Dad]

Ah fuck, man. I teased you about him I’m so sorry.

[Aqua Letifer]

Thanks @taiwan_girl @wtg and @blondie

@LuFins-Dad said in Bunday Update!:

Ah fuck, man. I teased you about him I’m so sorry.

Eh, it's alright. This is the fifth pet we've lost in about as many years—my daughter's so used to it she's just like "oh, it happened again." With the exception of Bagels they were all old, so it wasn't much of a surprise but still, I worry about her growing up thinking losing pets on the regular is normal.

Having pets die has always sucked but I usually don't have this hard a time with it. It's a weird thing.