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Rufus the Rabbit on 'Supervet' Tonight- CH4 8pm

Thanks jane. Saw your post at 5to, rushed outside and put the piggies back in their hutch from their run and turned it on just as the show started :thumb:
 
Him flopping next to the cat made me squeeeeeee! What a cutie :love::love:

Me to, made me all warm and fuzzy inside :love:

I never realised rabbits were that had to anethatise and it was so risky?! :shock: I knew it was hard but not as hard as he said!

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Gosh, makes me realise how lucky I am to have a very experienced bunny-savvy vet. I know there's always a risk with a GA but I never worry that Simon can't get them through it. Noel clearly hasn't done that many bunny operations :shock:.
 
Bless him, made me all teary when he was waking up. I panicked so much when Stephen went in for his neuter.
 
anaesthetic is low risk with a rabbit vet. he made it sound like it was more likely than not that he would die :shock:

such a cute rabbit though :love::love::love:
 
I noticed the bunny had a buster collar on after the op. Is this normal after this type of surgery? I thought it was a no-no due to stress and the fact they can't eat their caecaotrophes?
 
I noticed the bunny had a buster collar on after the op. Is this normal after this type of surgery? I thought it was a no-no due to stress and the fact they can't eat their caecaotrophes?

Exactly what I was thinking. As soon as I saw it I was thinking "arrrrrgh, get that off NOW".
 
I suppose, on the subject of the aneasthetic thing, Noel probably does bigger animals like cats and dogs on a regular basis and isn't as used to rabbits, so the risks are always higher when you're in unfamiliar territory as you're just not as confident. It was a rather big operation as well for a wee Dutchie, not just a simple dental or something!:shock:
 
he seems like an amazing dog and cat vet. :love:

but i wouldn't take my rabbit there. and i think they should have to tell people if they're not as qualified with other animals. it's one of my hates that non-exotics vets just don't tell people. :evil:
 
Gosh, makes me realise how lucky I am to have a very experienced bunny-savvy vet. I know there's always a risk with a GA but I never worry that Simon can't get them through it. Noel clearly hasn't done that many bunny operations :shock:.

Totally!! He made it sound like a bunny is at enormous risk of dying every time you anaesthetise it...I'm not sure I'd leave a bunny in the hands of a vet who gave me that sort of warning when I turned up!!
 
The thing with these programmes is that they're so heavily edited that you don't really know many facts to make judgements on. Noel may well have explained to the owner that he wasn't an exotics specialist - with a case like Rufus I'd also imagine it's a toss up between finding a rabbit savvy vet without much experience of orthopaedic surgery or and orthopaedic surgeon who isn't as experienced with rabbits. I'm not really sure which option I'd go for or which I'd say is 'best'.

Likewise with the buster collar; it's best to avoid using them if possible so that the bunny can still eat their cecals but, if Rufus had been really chewing at the leg, then a buster collar would have been preferable to him causing damage to himself. From the brief clips, it's impossible to know how long he had it on for even.
 
Totally!! He made it sound like a bunny is at enormous risk of dying every time you anaesthetise it...I'm not sure I'd leave a bunny in the hands of a vet who gave me that sort of warning when I turned up!!

I wouldn't leave a Bunny there, but I might just hang about a while myself......................... :oops:
 
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