Mysterious Rabbit Death ? :(?

Question

My dad told me today my rabbit died and there was no blood, vomit ect. We did change the straw we put in their hutch really recently (less than a week ago) and she has been eating, my Dad told me when he feeds her when i go to school she has been eating.

What made her die? She's not injured. I am not sure how old she is but the prevoius owners said she was only around 2-3 years old. Please post serious, smart answers because I'm already upset I don't need stupid people who don't know much about rabbits answering.

Answer 1

What did you & your dad fed her, I am Not trying to be mean here? I trying to help you

Rabbits need to eat a high fibre grass based diet. Good quality grass hay & a little fresh green pick(fresh grass, clover,dandelions & dark green leafy vegetables) are all they need. Lucerne hay & pellets are useful for young growing rabbits, but the high calcium content can cause urine tract problems in adult rabbits

They can eat endive, cos lettuce, bok choy, baby bok choy, rocket, basil, dill, coriander, dutch carrots (especially the tops), chicory, broccoli, radish tops, parsley, choy sum and treat foods like carrots, apples and other fruits like strawberries.

No cabbage, cauliflower leaves, onions, potatoes, veggie peelings, NOT ICEBERG LETTUCE

Fresh Greens and Hay

Suit;Rabbit, bird,guniea pig, rodent

Short;5-15mintues

500g grass hay

1 cup freshly cut grass

1/4 cup freshly picked clover

4 green beans

2 celery tops(the leaves from the top of the celery stick)

6 carrots tops(just the leaves from freshly picked carrots)

1/2cm slice of carrot(NO MORE)

Serve

Rinse your ingredients with clean water & serve immediately

Treats for rabbits

Suit; rabbit, rodent

Short; 5-15mintues

Ingredients;

1 slice of apple, 0.5cm thick

2-3raisins

1 pistachio nut

pinch of oatmeal

apple cider

dish of herbal tea

Serve

Serve treats fresh to your rabbits

High fibre diet for rabbits

Excellent diet to help a rabbit recover from diarrhoea due to feeding too many easily digested foods such as lettuce, fresh &dried frut or even too many grain and pellets.

Suit; Rabbits

Short; 5-15mintues

ingredients

2kg grass hay

1 cup freshly picked grass & clover

serve

serve fresh to your rabbit

Food that rabbits and guinea pigs should avoid

Brassicaceous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, kale can cause too much gas to be produce if fed in large amounts to rabbits and guinea pigs

High-Oxalate vegetables

Greens such as Spinach, beet leaves and to lessers extend parsley can have high levels of oxalates. fed in high amounts these can interfere with calcium metabolism and cause damage to kidney.Carnivores are unlike to consume enough of these to cause a problem but herbivores such as rabbits and guinea pigs could be at risk if fed this greens as the bulk of their diet. they are not a problem if fed in small amounts to healthy animals.

Grain based diets.

These are too high in energy and do not contain enough effective roughage.the high energy result in fat pets & the lack of roughage contributes to dental disease and poor intestinal health.

Book-NIBBLE MUNCH CHOMP-The art and science of feeding your pet by Sasha Herberts.

http://www.aaps.org.au/otheranimal/rabbi...

Answer 2

more then likly it was heat stroke. Most common death of rabbits. and my brothers bunny just died (only 2 months) because of heatstroke.

Answer 3

It's hard to say. But there are many things, it was definitely unnatural cause if the rabbit was less than 7-8 years old...if you keep her outside it could have been a heatstroke, dehydration, rabbits can even die from lonliness, if you don't give them enough attention and time, rabbits become very depressed, they have feelings to. I had rabbits since i was 5 years old, I have one now to,  You need to ask your father if he didn't notice anything. She could have had a parasite that was making her sick....it's hard to tell with so little info

I'm sorry, it was like my own baby died when my rabbit died, i love him to death

Answer 4

i am so sorry about the death.

i dont no anything about rabbits sorry/

Answer 5

I think the only way to know for sure is to take her to a vet and have them  do a necropsy on her. I'm guessing you'd rather not do that.

Some possible  causes.

The hay might have had a poisonous weed in it that she ate.  

She could have eaten too much roughage and not drank enough water  and gotten an intestinal blockage.  

Usually rabbits are considered to have about 2-3 year life spans, however, i disagree with that. Most of mine lived  8-10 years so i  doubt it was  age related.  

If the bunny lived outside it would be possible that  some form of predator (even a house cat) could have scared her badly enough to have a seizure or heart attack.  

If she was in a place where the sunshine could hit her during a hot time of day  she might have had a heat stroke.

Knowing what it was may not give you much comfort. Anytime one loses a beloved pet its not easy. Try to think of the  joy that you  gave her and love you got from her. Remembering her in  her uniqueness and  the times you enjoyed together will help more than knowing what happened.  I feel for your loss. I've  had many wonderful pets over the years. Each one an individual. Losing them is always sad.

Answer 6

First off I am very sorry about the death of your pet. It could be anything really especially if she was kept outside and she wasn't vaccinated. Rabbits are very difficult sometimes they just die suddenly and they won;t show any signs of having anything wrong with them in days leading up to death.

Like I said it really could be anything, But if you really want to know then you could ask your vet to carry out a postmortem.