... to find out if many vets in the UK give out the same information regarding rabbit neutering (yes, I have been that bored this afternoon!!)
Basically, I rang up 30 vets in the UK. I typed in "vets in manchester/vets in devon" etc in google, then rang up a veterinary practice at random and claimed I am planning on getting 2 rabbits soon, one male and one female, and asked how long they would need to be kept apart after the male was neutered. (no plans for having the female speyed)
I realise there are many flaws to my experiment, as I only rang up 30 different vets (including my own) and considering there are thousands of vets in the UK, my findings are not proof, it was just something I found interesting.
I will not name any of the vets, but here are answers I was given from the shortest amount of time, to the longest..........
- Overnight (as the male rabbit will need to be kept in and monitored)
-2-3 days to allow the male some time to recover from the GA
- A week so that the female cannot re-open the wound by being too playful
- 7-10 days so that the wound can heal properly
- 1-2 weeks, depending on how well the rabbit recovers from the operation
- 3-4 weeks
- 4-6 weeks to be on the safe side
- 6-8 weeks to ensure no risk is taken.
Out of the 30 vets I rang, not ONCE was the idea suggested to me to rescue the rabbits instead of get them from a breeder/pet shop (I'm not suggesting that all breeders/pet shop rabbits are bad, I was just shocked that no one suggested rescue rabbits at all!)
Only ONE of the vets I rang advised having the female speyed too and I was informed about the risk of uterine cancer. The same vets also told me about vaccinations and petplan insurance.
Only TWO vets out of the 30 I rang asked if I planned on getting my rabbits vaccinated.
The vets I rang were completely random (my geography is TERRIBLE so I don't even know where I was ringing to!) and ofcourse it is not a generalisation of all vets, I may have just rang the less informed ones!
Either way, it was interesting experiment and I am still shocked at the fact that 2 vets told me I'd only have to keep a un-neutered doe apart from a recently neutered buck OVERNIGHT!!!! :shock:
Basically, I rang up 30 vets in the UK. I typed in "vets in manchester/vets in devon" etc in google, then rang up a veterinary practice at random and claimed I am planning on getting 2 rabbits soon, one male and one female, and asked how long they would need to be kept apart after the male was neutered. (no plans for having the female speyed)
I realise there are many flaws to my experiment, as I only rang up 30 different vets (including my own) and considering there are thousands of vets in the UK, my findings are not proof, it was just something I found interesting.
I will not name any of the vets, but here are answers I was given from the shortest amount of time, to the longest..........
- Overnight (as the male rabbit will need to be kept in and monitored)
-2-3 days to allow the male some time to recover from the GA
- A week so that the female cannot re-open the wound by being too playful
- 7-10 days so that the wound can heal properly
- 1-2 weeks, depending on how well the rabbit recovers from the operation
- 3-4 weeks
- 4-6 weeks to be on the safe side
- 6-8 weeks to ensure no risk is taken.
Out of the 30 vets I rang, not ONCE was the idea suggested to me to rescue the rabbits instead of get them from a breeder/pet shop (I'm not suggesting that all breeders/pet shop rabbits are bad, I was just shocked that no one suggested rescue rabbits at all!)
Only ONE of the vets I rang advised having the female speyed too and I was informed about the risk of uterine cancer. The same vets also told me about vaccinations and petplan insurance.
Only TWO vets out of the 30 I rang asked if I planned on getting my rabbits vaccinated.
The vets I rang were completely random (my geography is TERRIBLE so I don't even know where I was ringing to!) and ofcourse it is not a generalisation of all vets, I may have just rang the less informed ones!
Either way, it was interesting experiment and I am still shocked at the fact that 2 vets told me I'd only have to keep a un-neutered doe apart from a recently neutered buck OVERNIGHT!!!! :shock: