Any Rabbit advice ?

snowman2_2

I am amazed at the prices that have been quoted. We charge less than £100 as it is quite a quick procedure with a bit of practice. I doubt I would ever get anyone willing to pay £200 or more and I am in a nice area. £250 for the actual operation part is a huge hourly rate - look elsewhere

Nadeshka

supermumno1 wrote: »

Your vet shouldn't be clipping the teeth in the first place - they should be being burred with a high speed dental type drill or there is significant risk of them fracturing and causing problems. I would find another local vet and discuss the situation and costs etc with them, and make sure if they are left in situ they are at least managed correctly.

Sorry the error is with my description, not their practice - they do use a drill not clippers, with diamond parts to avoid fracturing as you said. To clarify they are a great practice, it's not a massive chain and I've seen all the vets personally and have never felt overcharged before this.
So far only the one practice has gotten back to me with their reasonable quote of £125, and having talked to my dad we may have been there before with a hamster so will check them out.

LESLEY75

Hi

My friend has a rabbit who is a year old who has always been a loving rabbit, very placid, you could feed it by hand. The rabbit plays about the garden with the family but just recently it has started to attack people.

Has anyone have a similar experience? Could it be the warm weather.

clutterydrawer

Is it spayed/neutered?

I had a very similar experience with a rabbit I got in October, when spring came along she went insane and started biting me really badly. Essentially she was frustrated because of her built up hormones, but once I had her spayed she was back to her usual lovely self

gabyjane

Ok background..we bought 2 male bunnys a long while ago and they got on fine, suddenly started fighting and causing each other injuries so we decided to get the 'fighter' rehomed as was told due to age etc it would not get better (had posted about this)..a friend heard and asked if they could have him, they had bought a female a few hours before coming to see him but took him anyway..job done, was nice as we could still see him etc and everyone was happy. Has been fine for a few months.

Tonight however...lady has rung distraught as got hime to find the female has had 2 baby rabbits, they were both however dead, kids crying in the background and her not knowing what to do asked if we could have him while she sorted them out, had rung vets and they advised this..so she has been round with our bunny and we have had to put him in our run seperate from our rabbit here, not ideal as wet weather and it is on the grass but better than them hurting each other so here he is back again.

Now the probs are she thought he was neutered, partly my fault as when she asked me i said i thought so as thought pet shops did but never said a definate yes, also as we have male pets never really crossed my mind as to the implications and off they went, she said on the phone tonight 'i feel you should have him back seeing as your rabbit got mine up the duff'..i was like 'ok yeah but for how long' a couple of days she says but i get the impression she doesnt want him back..

While we were talking i was saying about our other bunny who has to have an op on monday, she said basically if he didnt make it then great we have a replacement which i wasnt too happy about, we got him rehomed for a reason and that would not change despite the circumstances..just have more to worry about now!

SO what happens if she doesnt want him back..we have to re home him AGAIN..poor dd will be distraught AGAIN..

Is it my place to pay for him to be neutered?

What is he likely to be like with the female i he goes back after what has happened?

Thanks and sorry for so many questions..

clutterydrawer

That's a bit of a pickle. For reference, petshops NEVER neuter. (Although I would be thrilled to be proved wrong if anyone has any knowledge!)

whatever happens, he should be neutered by someone, as otherwise it will be difficult for him to ever cohabit with another bunny. The girl should be spayed too as otherwise she is at a high risk of getting uterine cancer

Personally i would neuter everyone and then try pairing a couple of them again...probably the boy and the girl as male-female pairs are more likely to work well, and if he's already fought with your boy he may remember and show aggression again. good luck anyway x

lowis

massive lesson for everyone who reads this...NEUTER YOUR PETS!

your rabbit is a fighter because he is not neutered, simple. yes i think you should pay for the male to be neutered and tell your friend to get her female rabbit done as well.

Brightness

I would say take it to the vets. I have had this experience twice with rabbits. Once sadly, the buny had a brain tumour and had to be pts but the other just needed neutering. After which he behaved more like a dog and would come when called etc!

Raksha

Any change in behavior then animal should be checked by a vet - as others have said, there could be a medical reason.

gabyjane

Lowis we were told by the vets that it was due to his age the fighting as we had 2 males nothing to do with neutering..at the end of the day with 2 males and them being young it wasnt as important to us as them.