hi, i havnt been here for a long time, but i remember a lot of members are clients of trinity vets in maidstone, and i have a small dilemma.
i am a trainee evt nurse in tonbridge and for the past 2 years i have been taking my rabbits to work t get treated. they were previously at pennards.
earlier this year, when sherpa was having all sorts of dental problems i thought about taking him to trinity...mt vets are good, but they are not rabbit specialists and there knowledge is...basic. anyway, sherpa went downhill too fast and in the end i decided to have him pts than to treat him further.
now i have more rabbit trouble. My 5 year old Mopsey went in for her myxi about a month ago. she was previously overweight and for the past year i had been dieting her. when she was overweight she could wash hersekf and bottom beautifully! i was pleased to see that she had lost weight nicely and was now ideal, however her fur around her bottom was very matted, and as i started to tease them out her skin started to tear. after the vet looking it was found that the skin around the matts was very fragile and simply parting the matts would casue the skin to redden and tear. she was on metacam for a week and anti'bs, which seemed to heal the wounds. her skin now is still fragile-but not as bad. when you teas the matts the skin becomes red, but does not tear. the vet said she probaly had arthritis and that was the reason she wasnt grooming and advised that i just tease the matts out daily.
easier said, as Mopsey was a PAH reject (before they had the 'adoption centre') she was in there for about a year., and is very very nervous of people. she is also a pasturella carrier and catching her is really stressful an sets her off.
anyway, i have been monitoring her, and pulling out a clump of fur when i can. but i noticed yesterday that the fur is dense and thick again and she has all sorts stuck to it (mainly sadust etc. not poop)
in every other way she seems fine. but when i spoke to my vet she just said give her metacam and if that doesnt work nothing else will.
she is already on glucosamine food, but if she does have arthritis then i dont want t be wrestling with her to catch her everyday.
i feel like i want a second opinion and want to take her to Trinity to see what they think...or at least so i can get a definate answer.
but i dont want to offend the vets i work with, i was going to just not tell them, but i dont want it to come accross that i dont trust them...its just that rabbits are not their interest.
any advice on what to do?
i am a trainee evt nurse in tonbridge and for the past 2 years i have been taking my rabbits to work t get treated. they were previously at pennards.
earlier this year, when sherpa was having all sorts of dental problems i thought about taking him to trinity...mt vets are good, but they are not rabbit specialists and there knowledge is...basic. anyway, sherpa went downhill too fast and in the end i decided to have him pts than to treat him further.
now i have more rabbit trouble. My 5 year old Mopsey went in for her myxi about a month ago. she was previously overweight and for the past year i had been dieting her. when she was overweight she could wash hersekf and bottom beautifully! i was pleased to see that she had lost weight nicely and was now ideal, however her fur around her bottom was very matted, and as i started to tease them out her skin started to tear. after the vet looking it was found that the skin around the matts was very fragile and simply parting the matts would casue the skin to redden and tear. she was on metacam for a week and anti'bs, which seemed to heal the wounds. her skin now is still fragile-but not as bad. when you teas the matts the skin becomes red, but does not tear. the vet said she probaly had arthritis and that was the reason she wasnt grooming and advised that i just tease the matts out daily.
easier said, as Mopsey was a PAH reject (before they had the 'adoption centre') she was in there for about a year., and is very very nervous of people. she is also a pasturella carrier and catching her is really stressful an sets her off.
anyway, i have been monitoring her, and pulling out a clump of fur when i can. but i noticed yesterday that the fur is dense and thick again and she has all sorts stuck to it (mainly sadust etc. not poop)
in every other way she seems fine. but when i spoke to my vet she just said give her metacam and if that doesnt work nothing else will.
she is already on glucosamine food, but if she does have arthritis then i dont want t be wrestling with her to catch her everyday.
i feel like i want a second opinion and want to take her to Trinity to see what they think...or at least so i can get a definate answer.
but i dont want to offend the vets i work with, i was going to just not tell them, but i dont want it to come accross that i dont trust them...its just that rabbits are not their interest.
any advice on what to do?