Sorry - a rant but I'm feeling really fed up -
I am feeling really frustrated with vet prices! My usual vet wanted to charge £97 emergency call out at 19:15 - quater of an hour after they shut, so it wasn't even like they had to come out! In my job we have 24hour cover on site (just in case) so why is there no shift work vets? And I have two baby bunnies that need rehoming and someone has asked if one of them is a girl to reserve her for them. How much to take them to the vet and get the sex confirmed? £18.50 - a consultation charge.
Is it any wonder there are so many "surprise" litters if the simple act of getting a baby rabbit sexed at the vet costs £20? I have 25 rabbits and plently of experience of vet waiting rooms but the costs still continue to amaze me sometimes. It's so easy to be critical of people who find themselves in a position of unwanted babies and unable to cover costs and unable to see their rabbit through illness but I don't think vets help. Surely it wouldn't be that much of a pocket wrench for them to provide a sexing service and only charge a fiver?
Plus - the consultation charge for rabbits at my vets used to be under "childs pet" but now there are so many people with rabbits they have changed their class to "exotic" nearly doubling the price just to cash in on them. :x :x
Again - sorry
I am feeling really frustrated with vet prices! My usual vet wanted to charge £97 emergency call out at 19:15 - quater of an hour after they shut, so it wasn't even like they had to come out! In my job we have 24hour cover on site (just in case) so why is there no shift work vets? And I have two baby bunnies that need rehoming and someone has asked if one of them is a girl to reserve her for them. How much to take them to the vet and get the sex confirmed? £18.50 - a consultation charge.
Is it any wonder there are so many "surprise" litters if the simple act of getting a baby rabbit sexed at the vet costs £20? I have 25 rabbits and plently of experience of vet waiting rooms but the costs still continue to amaze me sometimes. It's so easy to be critical of people who find themselves in a position of unwanted babies and unable to cover costs and unable to see their rabbit through illness but I don't think vets help. Surely it wouldn't be that much of a pocket wrench for them to provide a sexing service and only charge a fiver?
Plus - the consultation charge for rabbits at my vets used to be under "childs pet" but now there are so many people with rabbits they have changed their class to "exotic" nearly doubling the price just to cash in on them. :x :x
Again - sorry