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Spaying

lovelybun

lovelybun

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Hi I am planning on spaying my rabbit:D. The clinic I usually go to spays rabbits and the vet says 80% of the time everything goes fine:).
Is that good enough??:? The vet said she spayed rabbits a couple of times and everything went well.
 
lovelybun said:
Hi I am planning on spaying my rabbit:D. The clinic I usually go to spays rabbits and the vet says 80% of the time everything goes fine:).
Is that good enough??:? The vet said she spayed rabbits a couple of times and everything went well.
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Doesn't sound as though your vet has much rabbit experience of she has only spayed two rabbits - I wouldn't be happy with that or with her comment that 80% of the time everything goes fine, which means it doesn't go well in 4 out of 20 occasions. I would much prefer to seek out a rabbit-savvy vet.
 
lovelybun said:
Hi I am planning on spaying my rabbit:D. The clinic I usually go to spays rabbits and the vet says 80% of the time everything goes fine:).
Is that good enough??:? The vet said she spayed rabbits a couple of times and everything went well.
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i think you need a vet who is experienced in spays. my tabby rabbit had a botched job and was ill for a fortnight. my cecile bun bun was neatly done at the same vets and well in days. depends who operates.
 
Babsie said:
Doesn't sound as though your vet has much rabbit experience of she has only spayed two rabbits - I wouldn't be happy with that or with her comment that 80% of the time everything goes fine, which means it doesn't go well in 4 out of 20 occasions. I would much prefer to seek out a rabbit-savvy vet.
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The vet has spayed rabbits more than two times and she said she has neutered lots of rabbits.
 
I, personally, would want a smaller risk than 20%. When I was quizzing my vet he said that on the spays and neuters on his practice, within the last year (at the time), he had done maybe about 100 and only one had had post op complications (and none during the op), and that was a very compromised bunny anyway. I would only entrust my bunnies to someone who has a very good track record with spays.
 
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