New vets..opinions please?

Thinking of switching vets for cupcake and benji.

The one they are at now only has one rabbit savvy-ish vet, but if there is an out of hours emergency I have to travel 30 minutes to get them seen, which isnt so good, as time is crucial!

Have found another vets in my area which claim to be "The only Veterinary Hospital in Shrewsbury, providing 24 hour nursing care to all of our in-patients".

This is their website: http://www.pearlvetgroup.co.uk/index.php

What do you RU'ers think??

They say to ring if you need any advice ect, but I couldnt just ring and ask whether they have nay rabbit savvy vets..could I!? :lol:

Would appreciate any advice on this topic, the vets issue has been bugging me for ages

lilgems91 said:

Thinking of switching vets for cupcake and benji.

The one they are at now only has one rabbit savvy-ish vet, but if there is an out of hours emergency I have to travel 30 minutes to get them seen, which isnt so good, as time is crucial!

Have found another vets in my area which claim to be "The only Veterinary Hospital in Shrewsbury, providing 24 hour nursing care to all of our in-patients".

This is their website: http://www.pearlvetgroup.co.uk/index.php

What do you RU'ers think??

They say to ring if you need any advice ect, but I couldnt just ring and ask whether they have nay rabbit savvy vets..could I!? :lol:

Would appreciate any advice on this topic, the vets issue has been bugging me for ages

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I have no first hand knowledge of the practice but I think it is perfectly acceptable to phone and ask questions re Rabbit Savvy Vets. It is what I would do as without a recommendation from an established Rabbit owner who is already a client phoning and asking appropriate questions is the only way you will find out

Jack's-Jane said:

I have no first hand knowledge of the practice but I think it is perfectly acceptable to phone and ask questions re Rabbit Savvy Vets.

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I agree with this.

I posted a useful link on your thread a couple of wks ago but don't know if you saw it, so will add it here too. http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?267127-How-to-find-a-good-rabbit-vet.

Ive just checked back to the thread I did a few weeks back..thanks so much, thats really useful

The thing that annoys me is that all the vets in my area classify cats and dogs as their "main" patients, but rabbits are common pets and becoming more and more popular pets. Sometimes they make you feel silly for asking questions, as some vets class them as "only rabbits"

Grrr, rant over lol! xx

lilgems91 said:

Ive just checked back to the thread I did a few weeks back..thanks so much, thats really useful

The thing that annoys me is that all the vets in my area classify cats and dogs as their "main" patients, but rabbits are common pets and becoming more and more popular pets. Sometimes they make you feel silly for asking questions, as some vets class them as "only rabbits"

Grrr, rant over lol! xx

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I can understand a non-bunny person thinking they're only rabbits, but a vet?! My vet's website says: "We deal solely with dogs, cats, rabbits, and other small domestic pets." And they are serious, however small - there's a nice story on there about a hamster with a broken leg that they recently helped to a full recovery. They were very sensitive when I took my syrian to be cremated, other people just laughed! They also have one vet in particular who's described as particularly interesed in exotics, who treated Finx (and me!) really well when she went into statis following her spay.

It's so important to have a vet you can trust, I'm happy with mine! I hope you find the answers to all the questions you have up to scratch! :wave: