Messages between buncatsmom and eyebrowqueen23
happy caturday
wow that's a drive! sometimes it's hard to know what to do when a pet isn't feeling well, and you end up second-guessing yourself. but you came out of it a lot more experienced! (side note, nashville is where i got my new car this yr!)
Our good rabbit vet is in Nashv. 90 miles away. We should have taken Lizzy to her instead of our sweet local vet the first time Lizzy started going into shock from hairball impaction. We weren't aggressive enough with the medical treatments and should have kept the girls apart at eating time so we would've known that Lizzy still wasn't eating well.
yeah i did find a good bunny vet fortunately! it's on the other side of town but i don't mind too much. ha my cheese wants to chase chloe all the time but i have to get after him, as he can be too rough and i don't want anything to happen to my lil loppers!
Bunnies can be a lot harder to keep healthy than cats because they don't let you know they're sick until they're in bad shape. Owners have to be very vigilant for changes in eating and pooping behavior. Mousie sees Daphney as a potential playmate more than she sees our other cats that way. Problem is that she wants to wrassle and roll and Daphney has gotten nibbled twice- once required vet attentiion. Finding a good rabbit vet can be difficult. The House Rabbit Society can be a good search of vet and health info.
oh i'm sorry about your lizzy, that's so sad! but wow having bunnies 25 yrs is awesome - these r my first buns so i'm still learning about them. daphney sounds funny! that's sweet she will tolerate your lil tabby to an extent lol. cats n buns are so cute to watch interact.
Daphney, the white and grey (half) lop in my pictures has been with us for 8 years. She's fairly shy and grumpy- well suited to a house full of cats. She delights in chasing my old tortie, won't stand for nonsense from my 2 boycats and puts up with Mousie my little tabby sitting on her head and tapping her under the chin. She gets aggravated after a while and runs off- much too Mousie's delight. "Let's chase!", she chortles. Daphney's sister Lizzy- the little brown bunny in my picture was with us for only 2 1/2 years. She was the extrovert. She died of hairball impaction- grooming her bigger, very furry sister and herself :o( We've had house rabbits for 25 years- were very sad to lose one to something so preventable.
aw lola is very social and affectionate, chloe is pretty shy...is the gray and white lopper yours? your pics are very cute!
Thanx for the invite to be your cheezfren. I love your pictures of your mixed crew. Your chonklit lop is especially dear to me. We had one named Max 20 years ago.
