Bonnie the bunny was put to sleep around 4 pm today. Dr. Chris at Lloyd's determined that her legs had atrophied and rather than put her through difficult tests that it would be best to end her life. She was about 7 1/2 and had three good years with her friend Edwin after being rescued by the Animal Protection Center from an abusive home. I was not with her when she passed on because I'm now only a volunteer at Sheep Pasture, but Louis and Jen fought very hard to save Bonnie, and we all thought for a time she might be recovering. Rich also did a wonderful job caring for Bonnie. And thank you readers for all your good wishes in the past few weeks. I'm very sorry that I didn't give her her carrot this morning, but everyone felt she might do better at the vets without it. Sorry little girl.
I'm very concerned for Edwin. Since Bonnie was taken to the NRT hospital zone, he has been doing his best to find her to the point of chewing through his gate and escaping into the Heavy Horse Barn. Never a heavy eater, I think he has lost weight too. Hopefully now that I'm not caring for Bonnie, Edwin won't smell her scent and get used to living alone. Here's the last picture of the two together:
Bonnie's grumpy expression here hid a warm heart. Even today she rushed over to see me in her hospital cage. Edwin was very devoted to her; he was a real white knight. Some thought at first that he might have hurt her by trying to get her to move around, but the evidence now points to some kind of disease of old age.
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