First of i just wanted to say..ugh what a day at work!...it's only 9:50pm and i'm so tired....
I have just gave the bunnies their veggies for the night...Gave Jack his metacam made sure he had everything...gave him and all the other bunnies nose rubs...said goodnight..and now i'm finally in bed on my laptop.
I think the weather is going to be ok on the weekend...i'm hoping anyway!...i'll be able to take Jack out for a while..he will love that.
He's doing ok...he's such a little trooper...i do feel sorry for him though...very ,very sorry...I just hate seeing him like that.

Well it seems as though Jack has had a wonderful day today,i came home from work and Jack was up on his front legs,i thought that was just awesome,i'm going to treasure these good moments cause i know they won't be around forever,but seeing him like that really put a smile on my face,I adore this little bunny like crazy.
He is still eating well thank goodness...there is nothing satisfying than watching a happy bunny eating..i still haven't been able to take him outside yet...i'm hoping the weather will be nice on the weekend so i can take Jack out into the beautiful fresh air...i know he will enjoy that very much...and i also know that he misses being able to just hop on out the back door...poor boy.
He is still taking his metacam like a good boy...he loves it actually!
I have been taking lots of pictures and videos of him....i did lose a ton of picture's of Jack and the other bunnies when my hard drive failed on me..twice!....i cried cause i can never get them back again...i look back at that and think what a shame...i had some really good one's of Jack too!
I'm still just taking this all one day at a time.

The weather is still not the best...i cannot take Jack outside as the ground is wet and cold,and because he cannot hop i'm sure the cold ground wouldn't be very good for him...i know he would absolutely love to go out for some fresh air though...he is still eating ok and has been munching on his veggies,mixed salad.
It's been a pretty boring sunday today... i just hung out with Jack,laid down next to him and told him that i love him so very much,and just wish this wasn't happening to him.
I do worry about him lying on one side though and i gently just massage his side...gosh there is so much for me to worry about with Jack.
I have to make sure his hay and water are all in front of him where he can reach...it's still all very hard to watch Jack like this...boy is it hard!.....but i'm there all the way for my Jack.

Jack has been doing ok today,he ate all his veggies this morning,he had a piece of carrot this afternoon,i have just given him his metacam for the night and some more veggies...he didn't really want any pellet's this evening either.
He loves to snuggle up to Sunshine and Josie,I'm so relieved that none of the bunnies have picked on him cause of the way he is.
Jack still loves his head scratches and will gladly put his head forward for more...he is such an awesome little bunny.
I haven't been able to take Jack outside the last few days as it has been cold and raining...just hope that we get some warm weather again very soon....I want Jack to enjoy as much as possible.

.I wasn't able to put in an entry yesterday,as i was just to tired
Well Jack is still here with me..Thursday morning when i woke up and checked on him,he was much better,looked more bright eyed and he actually started eating pellets again,and he has been grooming himself to the best of his ability.
Jack is still quite the licker lately and has been licking me a lot,i think he's telling me how much he loves me....what a sweet boy.
I have been doing a lot of research on bunnies with special needs....but i'm still not sure about what is the best thing to do for Jack...if those bad days start to outweigh the good then i will definitely help him over to the rainbow bridge,because i need to have Jack's best interest at heart...this is still a very hard thing to go through with Jack.

He has had his metacam for the night and is eating hay at the moment.

Jack cannot walk at all now,it's the saddest thing ever,I look into his big beautiful eyes and i keep saying that i'm sorry this is happening...and he just gives me that gorgeous innocent look
I know that we all have to say goodbye to our pets at some time,but watching Jack turn from a happy hoppy bunny to a bunny that cannot walk has just been sad...i'm a sensitive person,and i'm such an emontional person as well,especially dealing with things like this...I don't deal with death very well either..I seem to dwell on it for a very long time after...some people would say but it's just a rabbit...no i say..it's my beloved pet...that i treasure.
I have to do what is right by Jack

Jack still isn't doing so well,he's not really eating at the moment..i think the time has come where i need to help him across to the rainbow bridge...i have to do what's best for my little boy,i'm just gonna go and cry now.

It's 10:00pm and i'm sitting in bed thinking about Jack...seeing him not doing so well this evening has seriously got me thinking about what is best for him....I love that little guy so darn much...he has been in my life for five precious years...and i know the time is coming soon when i have to say goodbye and make that ultimate choice for him...for my little boy...we all wish that if we lost our beloved pet's it would be through old age...not by something bad happening...but that's life i guess.

I have never lost a human before so do not know the pain...I only know the pain of losing my bunnies

How many times can someones heart break?!

I'm gonna try and go to sleep now...have to get up early to go to work...ugh....come on friday!

I came home from work not long ago,and it's raining,windy and cold ,where has that warm spring weather gone that we just had yesterday?oh well that is the least of my worries at the moment as Jack doesn't seem to be doing to well this evening...I mean he's eating cause i made sure of that,it's just that he doesn't seem to be moving much...when i came home he was lying on his side half sitting up which i don't see him do very often anymore...i don't see him laying down much anymore..i guess he just sits how it's comfortable for him,he just hasn't really moved since i have been home
I worry about him and then i start to get these thought's swooshing through my mind...what do i do?...how do i deal with this?...i'm trying the best i can...but it's hard!.
I alway's wonder how other people deal with these kind's of situation's...

My thought's

It was a lovely sunday today,the sun was shining again,I took Jack outside today for a little while but when he's out he moves around to much and i'm scared he's gonna hurt himself,i know it does wear him out...so if i do take him out it can only be for a little while,cause yesterday when i took him out i think he got carried away and when we went inside he couldn't move very well until he rested and then he could move again...i guess this is just expected of him cause of the way his spine is.
Going through this must be hard for him...getting used to a new way of living...not being able to do the thing's he normally used to do...i guess the hardest thing for him is not being able to go down just two steps out to the back yard....his life has changed.
It's hard for me....boy is it hard!...the hardest part is going to be the day that Jack stop's hopping altogether...i know that it's going to happen eventually and it's going to break my heart completely....it's breaking for him already.
I think to myself how am i going to get through this,but i guess it's just one of those thing's that i will get through...i have to be strong for Jack cause he need's me now.
I worry about him all the time...i go to work and i will do nothing but worry what's going on at home.
He's been pretty good today,he enjoyed a nice yummy piece of apple,he still has a nice healthy appetite which makes me happy..he is still taking his metacam like a good boy,he never knock's it back...at the moment he is having a little snooze...my little man is tired.

Jack is having a good day today

Well as the title says,Jack is doing not so bad today,he's not dragging his back legs as much and he can get around a little better...although he will never be able to hop like normal again,and he will eventually get much worse,but all i can do is take one day at a time,i get really upset when he's having a bad day cause he drags his right back leg and slides himself along on his left side...he really is much stronger than me,but it makes me love him so very much cause of how he is learning to adapt to a new way of getting around.
Jack is still eating and drinking just fine,as long as he keeps it up....I'm thinking the warm weather we are starting to get will be good for him,for his poor little bones,much better than the cold weather that we are having...he's very skinny though but that is understandable,so I'm going to start to give him extra stuff in his diet.
I took Jack outside for a bit this afternoon cause it was such a beautiful day....spring has finally arrived,so there will be plenty of days outside for Jack,the only thing is he cannot go down the steps anymore...he will sit at the top and just look out...i know he is just eager to bound down those steps out to the back yard,but he knows that he cannot do that anymore.
This is a video of Jack from today,this is one of his good day's...I can actually smile and feel good instead of crying when he has a bad day....but as Jonathon the vet said,Jack will have his good day's,and he will also have his bad day's...I hope to see more good day's than bad.
This is a short video of Jack from this afternoon

Jack

Well my bunny Jack has been diagnosed with spondylosis...it's where his vertebre is starting to fuse together which is making it hard for Jack to hop around....it's a hard thing for me to have to watch my beloved bunny go through.
Jack is a five year old dwarf lop,and i cannot believe this is happening to him,apparantly it is a common thing in bunnies over the age of four...he's still eating and drinking just fine,he can clean himself still.
He's on metacam twice a day,i have no trouble giving it to him as he just licks the end of the syringe....i don't have to hold him to give it to him...thank goodness as i just hate stressing him out,he's dealing with it the best he can...much better than me...i have cried lot's of tears,as it just hurts me to see what he's going through.
He's not doing so well today as it seems he is struggling a bit,but Jonathon who is Jack's vet said that i shouldn't worry so much about the way he is hopping,as long as he's eating he will be fine.
He's sitting in the loungeroom at the moment with Ebony,he's cleaning his foot.
Jack has also lost some weight and when he was at the vet he was weighed and he's just 2kg