Just read another thread on myxi. Thought i'd warn people that is a big outbreak of myxi in our area. When i took Charly down for his jab there was a lady in with her rabbit and she didn't come out with him poor thing had myxi and was put to sleep. The vet said he is putting down 3 or 4 rabbits a day (which i think is a little bit over exaggerated) he says people aren't bothering to jab because they are getting their rabbits for nothing so they just go and get another one. Do various vets charge different fees for myxi jabs? Mine charged £12.97 for myxi. What are prices like in other areas - just wondering.
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Myxi in Carmarthenshire
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catswhiskas
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I don't think caring rabbit owners would not jab because they got their rabbit for free. Although I don't know anyone who has got their rabbit for free as most are rescue cases. I did not have mine jabbed and it was nothing to do with not caring about them, far from it. And I am going to put them through the VHD jab in 3 weeks even though I have heard some horrific stories on here. Most of us make informed choices for what we believe to be the best for our rabbit. Do you spay??? You read the threads on young rabbits lost during the op. Then you don't spay and hear of cases where bunnies are spayed at 5 years old and the uterine cancer is found???? I just don't know. Sorry I have drifted a million miles from the topic. I am really going through it with all these things at the minute, you can tell they are on my mind! :roll: I pay £17.23 for Myxi jabs and the same for VHD.
I think what the vet was getting at was people who had rabbits for their children because they nagged etc not that they truly wanted a rabbit. A friend of mine was giving baby rabbits away free few months ago just to get rid of them and her daughter told me that the rabbit was having another litter and did i know of anyone who wanted one. I think maybe these people wouldn't bother having the jabs done. I am not suggesting for one moment that anyone on here or indeed anyone who truly cared about their rabbits wouldn't bother. There are quite a few people i can think of that leave their rabbits together and then moan how can they "get rid" of the consequences. I too will be taking Charly for his VHD the vet said three weeks from the myxi jab. I agree it is difficult to make the choices when you read all the horror stories but as far as i was concerned with the amount of myxi in our area there really was no choice. Indeed as i said there was one poor thing which was put to sleep when we were in the vet and he said that was the third that day!!!!!!!! Frightening thought.
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catswhiskas
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I am dreading taking mine for theirs.... they get so stressed and I am really worried about the reactions.... but I will do it after losing the others to Myxi. I think I would rather risk it now. Its just the thought of them reacting to the jab that terrifies me.
