Rabbit sold has died. What happened?

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On March 26th, 2022, I sold a single buck to a buyer. This evening she contacted me to tell me she came home from work to find him lying dead in his outdoor hutch. On the day I sold him, he was 13 weeks, 1 day old and weighed 4lb 7oz on the day he left here. Today, he would have been 4 months, 5 days old. He was one of 5 kits I've sold from the same litter....actually the litter I posted for sale in these for sale forums. All of the other kits sold from this litter are doing fine. One is still in my care as he goes to his owner in Delaware at the end of this month. I asked her what his latest weight was, she said she's never weighed him.

She said she came home from work today and when she went out to feed her herd, he was laying in his hutch like he was sleeping, but it turns out he was dead and she wants to know what could cause this. She hasn't described any other symptoms. She says: "No injuries, no symptoms, no sniffles, no diarrhea- he was just laying there like he was sleeping. No signs of illness...he was eating and drinking and growing..." She said he was sweet, eating and drinking, would come up to her for petting, etc..

She was feeding him the same Manna Pro Pro Formula that he ate here. I do not know if she was also feeding hay. I feed hay to my herd, so he would have been accustomed to eating hay daily while living with me. She says all of the other rabbits in her rabbitry also appear healthy, and of course now she is worried about them, and rightly so. She said he was "isolated all day and died in his box, laid out like he was sleeping." I don't know what she means by "isolated all day" unless she just means he was in his own cage.

Any ideas? I've only ever lost nestlings, so my experience is very limited. I told her I would ask here and see if anyone has any ideas. I did suggest a predator frightening him to death, as that can happen with rabbits, but I really have no idea because, as I have said, I have only ever lost kits who were still in the nest, only a few days to a week or so old. Never have I lost a rabbit at this age, so I have no possible answers due to lack of experience. My entire herd is kept off of the ground. I do not know if she puts her herd on the ground, or not.

Thank you for your help and insight!
If it’s manna pro Gro formula, that could be the culprit. I got a bad bag of that beginning of May. It was very powdery and smelled fine. However shorty after starting it my bunnies started bloating and dying. It was my adults and adolescents first. Coccidosis (intestinal), then in my babies it progressed to hepatic coccidosis. I had to treat my crew for 6 weeks to get rid of it, and treat my dirt. I lost all but 6 of my 25 babies (from 3 batches) to it. I had to do corrid, toltrazuril, bene bac and apple cider vinegar in their water and to my sickest babies. I contacted the company they gave me a refund and said they’d look into it. If you look you can find other reviews where others have the same issue.
 
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I’ve decided to offer her another kit at a discount. She has accepted the offer, but says she’d prefer paying full price, does not blame me. That was my greatest concern because the original was out of my care for over a month and thus I can’t see how that would be my fault. So many things could have caused him to die and all other kits sold from his litter are thriving in their new homes.
did that once, even though it was complete stupidity on the owners part. However it was my kids best friend. They had taken the baby bunnies home and kept them in a tote at night to keep them from free roaming. When they went to bed they snapped the lid shut without putting any holes in the top! 🥺the mom was a forensics pathologist…. But didn’t know you couldn’t snap a lid shut on 2 little bunnies at night without extra holes. However to keep the peace between the kids what do you do? You can’t really tell her it was a dumb move.
 
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did that once, even though it was complete stupidity on the owners part. However it was my kids best friend. They had taken the baby bunnies home and kept them in a tote at night to keep them from free roaming. When they went to bed they snapped the lid shut without putting any holes in the top! 🥺the mom was a forensics pathologist…. But didn’t know you couldn’t snap a lid shut on 2 little bunnies at night without extra holes. However to keep the peace between the kids what do you do? You can’t really tell her it was a dumb move.
Interesting hypothesis. My sympathy for the loss of your rabbits. I'm glad to know you were able to save a few. I use Manna Pro Pro Formula and I believe that is what she was using. None of her other rabbits were affected. So I would rule out feed.
 
Interesting hypothesis. My sympathy for the loss of your rabbits. I'm glad to know you were able to save a few. I use Manna Pro Pro Formula and I believe that is what she was using. None of her other rabbits were affected. So I would rule out feed.
So maybe hers was heat related then. That’s good, because if it was the feed, it devastates a lot of rabbits quick.
 
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