Niele da Kine
Loving the herd life
Several days ago a friend called me asking if I had any medications for putting a bunny to sleep. She had an eleven year old doe who showed up with wry neck and she wanted to humanely put it to sleep. Is there any readily available medication for that? Panacur (Fenbendazole) would possibly be for the wry neck? Although, as an eleven year old rabbit, it's beyond geriatric and putting it to sleep is probably the best answer.
If one does have a bunny that should be put down, what's possible methods are there for the pet bunny people? When it is a pet bunny, breaking the neck or bopping it on the head is just too hard when it's a pet. I have a friend who eats rabbits, but she was hoping to just let the rabbit go quietly to sleep and anyway I'm not sure if anyone should eat a rabbit with wry neck or an eleven year old rabbit, either.
Someone suggested a bucket with dry ice although that's smothering the rabbit which can't be all that peaceful and the place to get dry ice is 45 miles away. Same with drowning, although we wouldn't have to go 45 miles away to find a bucket of water.
She tried three different vets and two different shelters. None of them would talk to her without an appointment unless she wanted to pay the vets an 'emergency' fee of around three hundred dollars plus another $150 to put the rabbit down. One of the shelters was closed because of the virus and the other wasn't taking in rabbits.
If one does have a bunny that should be put down, what's possible methods are there for the pet bunny people? When it is a pet bunny, breaking the neck or bopping it on the head is just too hard when it's a pet. I have a friend who eats rabbits, but she was hoping to just let the rabbit go quietly to sleep and anyway I'm not sure if anyone should eat a rabbit with wry neck or an eleven year old rabbit, either.
Someone suggested a bucket with dry ice although that's smothering the rabbit which can't be all that peaceful and the place to get dry ice is 45 miles away. Same with drowning, although we wouldn't have to go 45 miles away to find a bucket of water.
She tried three different vets and two different shelters. None of them would talk to her without an appointment unless she wanted to pay the vets an 'emergency' fee of around three hundred dollars plus another $150 to put the rabbit down. One of the shelters was closed because of the virus and the other wasn't taking in rabbits.