Thanks everyone for your help and kind words.
I had a thought about why they might have died. There are wild mice that kept coming to there hutch for food, we tried to get rid of them and managed to drown some but there are loads. Do you think they could have made my buns ill?

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RIP Rose, Harriet, Bella, Cassidy and Louis forever in my heart xxx

Im so sorry for your loss!

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Oh no! Really sorry to hear that, its hard when you lose a friend. Like you sya at least they can both play together now, maybe it was the stress of the other one going.

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rabbits get stressed very easily and can die very quickly, I'm sure you did everything you could for him.

I would bring your remaining rabbits inside to keep them away from the mice, mice can carry fleas and mites that could have myxomatosis. give the old hutch a very good clean with jays fluid and leave it to dry before putting another rabbit in it. I would also take the others to the vets for a good check over and if they stop eating even for a few hours rush them straight to the vets.

I would have jumped straight in a taxi. Unless you get a post mortem from a vet you just dont know, could have been anything.

Very sorry for your loss x

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Crofty- to be honest i knew he was pretty much already gone as i wrote my post for help. I just wanted to feel like i could do something. He was a healthy boy right to the end, he had the most gorgeous thick shiny coat. He survived Myxi last year against the odds but ended up dying of a broken heart. After Cassidy left him he went into shock and his body shut down.
Im trying to get the mice situation sorted but as we have a river at the end of the garden and the mice come from there. It would be almost impossible to get rid of all the mice.
I just have to focus on my last 2 bunnies and make sure they are ok. I talked to my Mum about bringing them inside but she said we just haven't got room which is true.
Not quite sure what we're gonna do yet.

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how about putting the hutches in a shed, or garage, or using finer wire mesh to stop them getting near your rabbits?

Aww poor little boy its awful losing two buns so close together. I wouldnt bring them in now to be honest, they are in danger of overheating they have their winter coats now. What about getting a second hand shed, you can pick them up quite cheap and convert them?

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Crofty- thats exactly what i thought about bringing them inside, they have lived outside all there lives so i didn't really want to do that. My Mum is gonna get some smaller mesh for the cage to see if that will stop the mice.
Thanks for the help Crofty and Emzy

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Unfortunately even the smallest of mesh won't keep mice out, I wouldn't waste your money on this. When I had Sophie a few years ago I used to get a little field mouse come and share her bed with her in winter, the mouse was coming from under the neighbours decking where it was breeding but sleeping in with Sophie for warmth and sharing her food. It didn't affect her in anyway, in fact most morning when I went out to let her out for the day the mouse would be sleeping underneath Sophie and suddenly run out when Sophie moved to see me. Unless the mice have the plague they won't hurt the rabbits, as long as its not a whole colony that could make your neighbours upset with you I would just leave them be.

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