Sorry--this will not be lighthearted fare but I just need to vent my feelings.

I have had pet bunnies for 20 years. I did not initially choose to get a bunny for a pet but I just kept rescuing them. So I was not really that knowledgeable about their care. Because of my inexperience, 2 of my bunnies got sick. I took them to a supposedly bunny-savvy vet. At the time I did not even go on the Internet so I relied solely on his expertise. Unfortunately, I did not realize that bunny medicine was not really taught that comprehensively in vet schools as bunnies were considered more as livestock. The vet actually made things worse and his treatments and prescriptions, I found out much later, were very dangerous and led to my bunnies' deaths. I later also found out there were much easier fixes for my bunnies' ailments. My beloved Peaches and Hanaboy suffered greatly before they died and their pain still haunts me to this day, especially as I was the one who had to administer some of the treatments. Oh, the guilt... The whole reason I am on PC is because of the trauma of what happened and the ripple effects it has had on my life since then. (described in my first PC post) I have tried pet loss counseling but my pain has not gone away completely. Today, it was triggered because I heard on my bunny club forum that another beloved bun died because of the vet's ignorance of bunny medicine.

I am so mad, and so heartbroken for that owner. I can totally feel her pain and frustration.

Thank you for listening. This post is in honor of Peaches, Hanaboy, Butch, Bunny, Lewie and countless other bunnies, pets and animals who passed, unfairly, before their time.