DellaMyDarling
Songster
Seems neck things are theme of the day.
This is a sticky situation for me and I have to be detail cautious.
My youngest, most beautiful cockerel was just laid in my arms. He died suddenly.
He was hatched in June and was otherwise known to be in prime health.
Initial exam reveals nothing to me, hardly even a mite on him.
This is challenging because I am suspicious that I am not told the truth behind his demise.
My preteen son was the only one outside at the time. I am not convinced his story, that he went to grab Herman, and then Herman started convulsing and dropped to the ground and died, is reality. Herman isn't a lap pet, but he is well accustomed to the children plucking him up and holding him.
My son has a very severe mental illness that is not yet correctly diagnosed. He was doing very well until recently. I will not make this thread about him and want to avoid details to protect him. However, let's just say he has been banned from interacting with my breeder rabbits entirely and he is never left alone at home or with his siblings. A frequent problem with his illness is an inability to process reality as everyone else experiences it. I didn't fathom that sending him to feed the flock could be a problem, it never was before, and is typically therapeutic to him.
A piece of info that keeps tipping my red flags is that my son ran with Herman screaming "I think he broke his neck!"
This could be an immature person's processing of a freaky situation, but I also wonder why my kid in particular zeroed in on that particular cause of death. Again, initial exam revealed nothing obvious, but a spinal column is a fragile thing. He stated several times that Herman didn't hit anything, didn't struggle away from him, etc.
What are your thoughts?
This is a sticky situation for me and I have to be detail cautious.
My youngest, most beautiful cockerel was just laid in my arms. He died suddenly.
He was hatched in June and was otherwise known to be in prime health.
Initial exam reveals nothing to me, hardly even a mite on him.
This is challenging because I am suspicious that I am not told the truth behind his demise.
My preteen son was the only one outside at the time. I am not convinced his story, that he went to grab Herman, and then Herman started convulsing and dropped to the ground and died, is reality. Herman isn't a lap pet, but he is well accustomed to the children plucking him up and holding him.
My son has a very severe mental illness that is not yet correctly diagnosed. He was doing very well until recently. I will not make this thread about him and want to avoid details to protect him. However, let's just say he has been banned from interacting with my breeder rabbits entirely and he is never left alone at home or with his siblings. A frequent problem with his illness is an inability to process reality as everyone else experiences it. I didn't fathom that sending him to feed the flock could be a problem, it never was before, and is typically therapeutic to him.
A piece of info that keeps tipping my red flags is that my son ran with Herman screaming "I think he broke his neck!"
This could be an immature person's processing of a freaky situation, but I also wonder why my kid in particular zeroed in on that particular cause of death. Again, initial exam revealed nothing obvious, but a spinal column is a fragile thing. He stated several times that Herman didn't hit anything, didn't struggle away from him, etc.
What are your thoughts?
