marleyandme
Mama Doe
Since I lost my beloved Marley, I have become acutely aware of the difference in care that vets provide to pet rabbits. I know that there are some wonderful vets out there, but I feel that many more do are not 'interested' so to speak in Rabbit Medicine, that they do not receive enough training or themselves actively look to enhance their knowledge of small animal health.
I know that this has affected many of you and that there have been many threads about this - in particular a very recent one by Jack's-Jane.
I don't want Marley's life to have been in vain and I want to do everything I can to improve the situation-but I don't know where to start!
My first step has been making a formal complaint to the vet surgery in question and I have written to the RWAF to ask for the removal of the vet practice from their rabbit savvy list (this was how I found the vet which treated Marley) - but this is conditional on the RCVS deciding in my favour which I don't believe will happen as Marley died from GI stasis due to molar spurs which my local vet had overlooked, and I know that dental problems can be hard to spot blah blah blah.
Does anyone have any suggestions about where to go from here and how we can try to improve things for our furry friends?
I know that this has affected many of you and that there have been many threads about this - in particular a very recent one by Jack's-Jane.
I don't want Marley's life to have been in vain and I want to do everything I can to improve the situation-but I don't know where to start!
My first step has been making a formal complaint to the vet surgery in question and I have written to the RWAF to ask for the removal of the vet practice from their rabbit savvy list (this was how I found the vet which treated Marley) - but this is conditional on the RCVS deciding in my favour which I don't believe will happen as Marley died from GI stasis due to molar spurs which my local vet had overlooked, and I know that dental problems can be hard to spot blah blah blah.
Does anyone have any suggestions about where to go from here and how we can try to improve things for our furry friends?