*Sigh*. How disappointing. Most rabbits owners wouldn't have known any of that was a problem but it just shows how inadequate a lot of the care is out there when a rabbit-savvy owner is observing the examination and knows how it should be done.
Disgraceful. Shortly after I joined RU Esme was given the myxi vaccination by a local vet and the vet had the vaccination on the table ready as we went in and was in the process of asking me if Esme was well whilst giving the vaccination. THEN did a cursory health check. I don't think she administered the 10% part of the vaccine properly either. Needless to say that vet never got to meet any of my rabbits again. So disappointed for you.
Sorry you weren't very happy with your vet joey&boo, I hope you manage to find another if that's what you're looking for.
Sorry to hijack the thread a bit but I had a similar experience recently with Beano and Gordon. They both went in for their booster and the vet asked me absolutely nothing, nothing about diet, behaviour, care etc. I got Beano out of the carrier first and put her on the scales myself, she is a bit of a pain at the vets so I said she might be a bit nippy and I this seemed to 'scare' the vet who didn't hold her correctly so she struggled and the vets way of trying to calm her was really roughly scratching behind her ears, I said Beano wasn't keen on strokes there and she was nearly flattening herself out to get away from the vets grip After this she didn't check her heart, bum, ears or nothing and gave the injection straight into her neck so I don't think she did the part which goes under the skin either? Gordon is a lot easier to handle at the vets so she did give him a very brief check of his ears and eyes but that was it and the same with the injection. Wondering whether I should move to a different practice now as I had a bad experience with this vet with my ratties as well.
I reckon we should go on our instincts as much as anything else. If they can't handle a rabbit its a pretty poor start. Luckily I am very happy with my longer distance vet. If only I could teleport
Sorry to hijack the thread a bit but I had a similar experience recently with Beano and Gordon. They both went in for their booster and the vet asked me absolutely nothing, nothing about diet, behaviour, care etc. I got Beano out of the carrier first and put her on the scales myself, she is a bit of a pain at the vets so I said she might be a bit nippy and I this seemed to 'scare' the vet who didn't hold her correctly so she struggled and the vets way of trying to calm her was really roughly scratching behind her ears, I said Beano wasn't keen on strokes there and she was nearly flattening herself out to get away from the vets grip After this she didn't check her heart, bum, ears or nothing and gave the injection straight into her neck so I don't think she did the part which goes under the skin either? Gordon is a lot easier to handle at the vets so she did give him a very brief check of his ears and eyes but that was it and the same with the injection. Wondering whether I should move to a different practice now as I had a bad experience with this vet with my ratties as well.
If this was recently then the part of the injection under the skin doesn't apply anymore with the combined vaccine, that was just with the previous myxi vaccination, so hopefully you won't need to worry about that aspect.