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Rabbit Savvy Vet Suggestions?

J

Janey

Warren Veteran
Hello,

I was wondering if anybody knows of a rabbit savvy vet in North London or the surrounding areas? I have been taking my bunny to a vet I have been very happy with so far but now that she has less of a straightforward problem they seem to be struggling in how best to treat her and I would like to see somebody who is more knowledgable!! I did take her to another vet in London that my vet suggested to me but she still didn't seem to offer anything that I felt would make a difference to my rabbits condition!!

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
 
I used to go to Guy Carter at Medivet in Watford. He's very well known in rabbit 'vet' circles.
 
I'm in Enfield, I'm not sure where Sheen is in relation to me but I am willing to travel if it's to a good vet,

I have heard of Guy Carter from having a look on the Internet-perhaps I could give him a call because Watford isn't too far.

Thank you for your help, it's much appreciated.
 
Guy's very, very good Janey. Medivet are quite expensive - I suppose because they're inside the M25, but if he was the only rabbit-savvy vet I could get to, I wouldn't hesitate. He's highly recommended. Luckily for me I now go to the Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic in Northampton.
 
For 3 weeks, I took my first rabbit with eye problems on 2 hour round trips to see a highly recommended rabbit vet & at the end of it was told the same thing that my vet up the road diagnosed - a diagnoses which had been originally rubbished by the experts veterinary nurse. She had said my vet didn't know what he was talking about & implied that I obviously didn't care for my rabbit if I just accepted what I had been told !

So I took him, ending up with a large bill, a sore eyed rabbit & at the end of it , no suggestion of any further help where my local vets arranged a consultation with an eye expert.
 
The problem my rabbit has is also with her eyes and that is my worry-that I take her to another vet and they just make her worse. She seems happy at the moment but has been on antibiotics for a month with the view of trying to flush her blocked ducts again soon!! However, when they were last flushed they were so sore and she was so poorly I thought it best to get another opinion from a completely rabbit savvy vet before doing it again!!

I have already spent so much at my vets-I go to Village Vet which I think is quite pricey, especially when I compare their price of meds to other places so I imagine Medivet will be about the same.

It's do hard knowing what the right thing to do is!!
 
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