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TanyaB

Young Bun
Baileys booked in for his jabs at the vets and to confirm his sex and to arrange when he can be neutered on tuesday what i wanted to know is
Is he allowed outside (in a run) before he's had his jabs or am i better waiting til he's had them both?

Also they said they'd have to do one tuesday and then we'd have to bring him back for the other a wk or two later
i'm sure i've read of people getting them done together :?

TIA Tanya x
 
With all animals cats/dogs etc it is recommended that they are kept away from places where they can come into contact with disease 10-14 days after the vaccine has been given to allow their body to build up an immunity!
If your garden is a place the bunny may become at risk from Myxomatosis or Viral heamorrhagic Diarrhoea then I personally would leave it as I belive it is not workthe risk, on the other hand if they were at risk in the graden I wouldn't put my bunny there anyway as any vaccination is not 100% guaranteed to prevent the disease depends on the animals immune system!
 
I wouldn't know what would put him more at risk tbh , i really need to read up on the diseases :oops:

What would make our garden high risk?
 
TanyaB said:
Baileys booked in for his jabs at the vets and to confirm his sex and to arrange when he can be neutered on tuesday what i wanted to know is
Is he allowed outside (in a run) before he's had his jabs or am i better waiting til he's had them both?

Also they said they'd have to do one tuesday and then we'd have to bring him back for the other a wk or two later
i'm sure i've read of people getting them done together :?

TIA Tanya x
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Myxomatosis is spread by biting insects so an indoor Rabbit is just as vulnerable as an outdoor Bun.
Personally I would wait til both vaccinations have been done. If you have the Myxo done first then the VHD can be done TWO WEEKS later. Immunity is achieved after 6 days using the LAPINJECT VHD Vaccine but the CYLAP one takes 21 days for a full immune response.

On both VHD Vaccine and the Myxo Vaccine Data information sheets it states that there should be 14 days between vaccination

http://www.intervet.co.uk/Products_Public/Nobivac_Myxo/090_Product_Datasheet.asp

http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Fort_Dodge_Animal_Health/Cylap/-44934.html

http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/CEVA_Animal_Health_Ltd/Lapinject_VHD/-42507.html
 
Jack's-Jane said:
http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/resources/content/info-sheets/understanding_myxo_feb06.htm

http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/resources/content/info-sheets/VHD_UK.htm
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The only other pet we have is a hamster but next door have a cat and we quite often get foxes in our garden (hence bailey being an indoor rabbit, well that and we're to soft to put him outdoors in the cold) lol


I don't think it's fair not to let him have the benefit of fresh air and sunshine from time to time, so he'll be allowed out in his run in a mth or so once the vaccines are established and he'll be well watched because of the risk from cats/foxes

Thanks for all the help :)
 
Samantha said:
Make sure you ask a good rabbit savvy vet to confirm his sex as I just went to my local vets and they got it wrong :roll:
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The pet shop told us baileys a boy so i'm hoping the vet will just be confirming this
we don't mind if he turns out to be a she though lol
 
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