Madison Harrison
Chillin' with the herd
We raise American chinchilla rabbits. We got our doe, Jessica in early March. Her previous owners said that she had never been bred before so we went ahead and bred her that week. The day after breeding her she had a litter of 11 kits, only 4 made it. About a month later we bred her again and on Mother's day she had 7 babies who are all still healthy and starting to open their eyes.
When we first got Jessica she was timid but we were able to handle her pretty easily. Though, as time went on she got meaner and meaner. She bit my husband a few times and even started to come out of her burrow (we have them set up outside with bucket burrows instead of cages) just to attack us while we were trying to feed her or replace her water.
A few days ago she attacked my dog, bit him on the ankle so he turned around and barked at her. I watched the whole confrontation and he didn't touch her. She got really scared and turned around and put her nose in the corner then went to go back in her hole and collapsed, dead.
We went ahead and cleaned her and found that her body cavity was absolutely full of blood. I had assumed she got scared to death but after that I think she may have been sick or injured this whole time which would explain her becoming the actual devil if she was in pain.
Has anyone ever experienced this or know what might explain the increasing evilness, sudden death or bloody body cavity?
When we first got Jessica she was timid but we were able to handle her pretty easily. Though, as time went on she got meaner and meaner. She bit my husband a few times and even started to come out of her burrow (we have them set up outside with bucket burrows instead of cages) just to attack us while we were trying to feed her or replace her water.
A few days ago she attacked my dog, bit him on the ankle so he turned around and barked at her. I watched the whole confrontation and he didn't touch her. She got really scared and turned around and put her nose in the corner then went to go back in her hole and collapsed, dead.
We went ahead and cleaned her and found that her body cavity was absolutely full of blood. I had assumed she got scared to death but after that I think she may have been sick or injured this whole time which would explain her becoming the actual devil if she was in pain.
Has anyone ever experienced this or know what might explain the increasing evilness, sudden death or bloody body cavity?