Coca Bunny passed on

Our rabbit, Coca, died this morning. I was up with him all night making sure he didn't hurt himself. He had "head tilt" come on suddenly. That's when a rabbit's head turns and they can't keep their balance. He kept sort-of hopping in circles, losing his balance, and violently rolling trying to regain his balance. Rabbits' backs break fairly easily so he had to be watched and held.

I took him to the vet early this morning and we decided it was his time to go. He was a brown mini rex: our real "chocolate bunny." One of the most easy-going rabbits I've known -- so good with kids and loved to snuggle. When kids came in for their portraits, often the first thing they did was to run to his cage and pet him.

He was with us for over six years, which is fairly old for a pet rabbit, and will be missed by many people. These pictures were taken when he was just one year old, so they're pretty old.