I was in the kitchen, preparing a meal for Hugo. It’s still such a new thing, Daisy’s absence. And only needing to make up one plate of food.
Meal time tends to be very involved – two dishes of greens, along with various medications in the morning and evening for Daisy. But now… it’s just Hugo. And it’s just a single serving.
I am very saddened to share the news that Daisy has passed away. After her health and energy began rapidly declining over the last week or so, Liz and I made the difficult decision to bring her to the vet – and to have her put to sleep.
Over the last few days, Liz and I had some hard conversations about Daisy’s health. She’s been more listless lately, and has seemingly spent a lot more time sleeping/napping in the corner.
While her mobility has limited her somewhat, she still managed to get around previously. But this week, it feels like things took a turn for the worse. And after a lot of difficult considerations, we set up a time to take her in to the vet and have her put to sleep.
Poor Daisy. We’re doing the best we can, but we’re mostly trying to keep things at bay. Even after our baths, she’s not quite clean per se. Cleaner perhaps, for a little while.
This was a tender moment afterwards, with Liz giving Daisy some pets. As much as I recognize I’m capturing her decline, I’m also wanting to capture some of these moments as well.
It wasn’t quite a nap, but while we were hanging out with the bunnies last night… Daisy rested her head in my hand.
She might have been tired. I think she was just resting. I didn’t hear any snoring, so it may have just been a lull.
Daisy has… not been doing well, lately. She continues to struggle moving around, and the back half of her legs are losing strength. Unfortunately, a side effect of this is that she has difficulty going to the bathroom, and isn’t really able to relieve herself properly.
We’re spending a low-key, relaxed night at home for New Year’s eve. Had the chance to grab this photo of the bunnies, and decided it would be good to share.
Hoppy New Year, everyone!
Daisy has been struggling a bit more, lately. She still can get around, but her leg isn’t as strong anymore… and she sometimes spins in circles. And sometimes has difficulty getting herself upright.
Daisy’s been struggling a bit more, lately. She’s had some trouble with arthritis, and tends to favor one leg over the other… but lately, she’s been having difficulty moving around. In a few instances, she’s fallen over and hasn’t been able to right herself.
Whenever Liz and I spot a bunny sleeping really hard (or even flopped over), we’ll refer to it as someone being “hard down.” And this is a great example of Daisy being hard down.
Look at those gams. Just look at them.
Caught a few moments on video, when I realized Daisy was sleeping and dreaming. Look at those ear twitches!
Daisy’s been getting on, and her age is starting to show. But I hope that in her dreams, she’s still the same, young, spirited bunny she was when we first met her.
Measuring once, cutting twice. Wait… strike that. Reverse it.
We gave Daisy a bit of a cleaning today. She’s had some fur matting near her behind, and along her legs. So we made a makeshift bath, and got to addressing her hindquarters a bit.
We were able to comb some of the area out, but also cut a lot of matted fur as well. And also gave her a nail trim to boot.
Liz broke out the new bunny tunnel that we got as a gift, from Katie and Tim. Hugo was pretty wary at first, but eventually wandered in and got to exploring.