Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
my dog gave her a heart attack. I am never getting another rabbit again because I am not a good owner.
Ya' know I'm not here to judge you. I've never met you. I don't know what living in your house is like. I only know what you post here.
You may not be a bad owner, but, from reading your signature, it sounds like you have *a lot* of other pets and things going on in the house. This just might not have been the right time for you to have a bunny. Maybe later in life when there is not lots of other pets in the house a bunny may be a good choice for you.
I'd say next time definetly read through www.rabbit.org and I really recommend you read this book: The House Rabbit Handbook by Marinell Harriman AND definetly research vets in your area before you bring home another bun.

Keep your head up. A lot of lifes lessons, wheter they be embarrassing, painful or sad, sometimes have to be learned through trial and error. But, please, when you ask for advice and someone gives you advice opposite of what you want to hear, please consider it! >> http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/showthre...threadid=21370

You may not be a bad owner. You loved that bunny... that's the very sign that you are and can be a good owner. I definetly admire the fact that you have the heart of someone trying to save every last animal on the planet (that's obvious), but, sometimes, you can't carry the weight of the world alone.

Let me tell ya my story, I have something similar:
When I got my very first bunny, I was only still learning the concept that a rabbit can be a "house" rabbit rather than a caged rabbit.
My bunny was free around my bedroom (and only my bedroom, like you) during the day and caged at night. well, I have this overly ...hmmm...how do I describe him... CRAZY!... cat who figured out how to open the rabbits cage.
Well, at 3am one night I was woken up by this little black ball of fur pouncing on and then off my stomach. Needless to say the cat was right on his tail, so the next thing I knew I have a 20lb cat landing right on my stomach.
I was able to catch the cat and after a strenuous fight to get him out my bedroom door and I was able to get the door shut (yes, I have a few scars from that fight). Luckily the bunny was fine, not even a scratch anywhere on him, just a little frieghtened.

I felt so bad. Like you, I felt like I was such a bad guardian and I was SO MAD at the cat. But, I loved both of them and learned from the situation what the needs of both of my animals were.
That was my lesson, I got a new lock for the cage and I started sleeping with my bedroom door shut so my cats didn't have free roam in and out anymore. The cat and the rabbit had interacted before, but, never unsupervised. I never thought it would be a problem, but, obviously it was. So lesson learned. Never did it again.