Bunny

Well, so much for rabbit ownership. Yesterday Aaron and I discovered that our baby bunny had diarrhea. Of course we went straight to the Internet, only to learn that diarrhea in baby rabbits (and often even in adult rabbits) is usually fatal. I read more and more and became very disheartened. Things did not look good. Despite our plans to take her to a vet recommended to me by a teacher this morning, she didn’t make it.

After we got her home from Asahikawa, we looked more closely at the paperwork. It turns out she was only about five weeks old. In America, you can’t legally sell a rabbit under EIGHT weeks old. So, the pet store should NEVER have sold a bunny that young. Everything I have read yesterday and today indicates that a baby rabbit’s chances for surviving an early weaning are not so great, as we have unfortunately learned.

Aaron came to see me at work to tell me. I guess he’ll take care of burying her today before it rains. I warned Ridge this morning that Tama-chan might not make it so hopefully he won’t be too upset to come home and see the sadly empty cage. It’s just all so frustrating and sad at the same time. We could already see a little personality emerging and were looking forward to having her around for a while.