i hate vets like that...the one at the practice i no longer attend with my buns..(wonder why!) went even further and suggested rabbits shouldnt be kept as house buns at all...they should live utside 24/7 and to be honest they shouldnt be kept as pets at all..theyre too fragile and always ill..out in the wild hey get sick they die always another to take its place!:shock::evil: btw this is the vet when i ahd my very first house bun said shed have to have a GA and have her ring removed with a hacksaw as this was thegenral procedue for removing rings:shock: mm a few weekslater a nurse thee cut it off with a special pair of scissors..no GA and cost me a fiver!!
oh and i know what you mean.he said nothing was ok for buns to live on except grass no shelters etc not natural:shock:
i agree jane there can be many probs but then again there are may plusses...where acces to a garden 24/7 isnt availabe or theres not a agrden.with the right setting a bunny can live a healthy happy life. Otherwise thered be a lot less buns rehomed as many folks now take on housebuns.
I have insect screening on my windows before il open them..theres fans and bottles of frozen water to cool them in the sumer...warm beds ( heating only when its freezing) and seeing as theyre on the floor it doesnt affect em much...i now have non slip lino in my lounge and my lounge is a giant rabbit cage/playground...i love my buns and dont mind having to live that..well i do but my buns come first......theres carpet on the stairs and landing and in my room everywhere else they can get to is lino....or tiles.......the sare room has scraps of carpet but theure not allowed in there cos of the mould(housing association again!)
i mean think how many years back it was the practice to make cats live utside and if they came in they had to go out at night...no vaccinations no spaying etc and dont worry about cat food cats always catch their own food:evil:
that was when the late 50s to ealry eighties!!
now look at what they can have as alife....now the rabbits can be the same as guiena pigs arent house pets neither are hamsters or mice or even dogs..but we live with them side by side and pamper them!
cats need to climb,perch,jump,run, which my two do i asure you but no access outside tilli finish cat proofing the garden....the buns will have access once the grass has been cut and dried out! its like a bog still!
the cat proffing will be helpful to them to theyd go nuts if "their cats" disappeared without them:shock::lol:
see another vet..if need be at a different practice...i had to..and i have a great bunvet..im lucky..but all my past buns saw idiot vets too with the odd exception!