Lynseypvic
Young Bun
Hi all
We have arranged to take on a rabbit from a lady i know to try and bond with our rabbit and this has been planned for a while and we are set up and waiting for them to bring the rabbit. They phoned tonight and can bring him tomorrow but we have just found out his teeth grow at an abnormal rate and we are worried about cost implications so i hoped to get some advise here. They say they have it done at both the local pet shop and the vets and it only costs £3 but has to be done every 3 weeks. £3 is OK but i can't see how a vet would only charge £3 as you would need a consultation so maybe they are very lucky - or is this the usual price? Our own rabbit has some spikes shaved off her teeth when she was spayed and it cost and extra 20 pounds. I can't afford to pay that sort of money out every 3 weeks. It would be good to know other peoples experiences or where they have their teeth clipped and how much it costs.
The other thing is that it is going to be inconvenient to take the rabbit to the vets as every 3 weeks as I don't drive and it would cost me £15+ in taxi fares which i can't do, so my husband will have to organise it around work. He does relief shift work though, so doesn't know his shifts much in advance. Also he is is about to start a Uni work placment so will be working 7 days a week most weeks now and as accomodating as he has been since us getting rabbits, i feel so bad putting this on him the day before we are taking the rabbit.
I was thinking that if it is OK to have a pet shop do the teeth as they suggested (?) and they don't need an appointment in advance, that would be much better for us. I wouldn't trust a local pet shop, but i wondered about pets at home. We go there every couple of weeks so we could take her there whilst shopping which would make life so much easier than having to try and organise vet appointments so regularly. Does anyone know if this is something they offer or how it works? We want to try and find a way to make this work. I hope i don't sound like I care more about the cost and inconvenience that the rabbit, i am just trying to be honest about concerns as we were not expecting extra care needs and i am a busy mum and money is tight.
I had a quick look at past posts here and i could see that some people don't agree with clipping and suggest something else with a drill??? Again, we can't afford anything that is going to cost much more so we unfortunately couldn't keep the bun if this is the case which would be pretty devastating and we also couldn't afford to have the rabbits teeth removed if this was suggested instead and i am guessing it will be harder for this rabbit to find a new home if we don't keep him and if the orginal owners can't take him back (they had said they would as we discussed this previously in case the 2 rabbits didn't bond well).
Also, we are not in a position to look for a 'bun savvy vet' as people here suggest. We have found a vet who is OK (and there are only 2 we know about in the city anyway) but probably not as great as some of the rabbit savvy vets you hear about here and i can't travel many miles to find another one and i have not even had any luck finding a recommended one anyway although i did try. Obviously i don't know what our own vet will suggest anyway as i am only going on what this families vet advise them.
Ok, hope to get some advise
Lynsey
We have arranged to take on a rabbit from a lady i know to try and bond with our rabbit and this has been planned for a while and we are set up and waiting for them to bring the rabbit. They phoned tonight and can bring him tomorrow but we have just found out his teeth grow at an abnormal rate and we are worried about cost implications so i hoped to get some advise here. They say they have it done at both the local pet shop and the vets and it only costs £3 but has to be done every 3 weeks. £3 is OK but i can't see how a vet would only charge £3 as you would need a consultation so maybe they are very lucky - or is this the usual price? Our own rabbit has some spikes shaved off her teeth when she was spayed and it cost and extra 20 pounds. I can't afford to pay that sort of money out every 3 weeks. It would be good to know other peoples experiences or where they have their teeth clipped and how much it costs.
The other thing is that it is going to be inconvenient to take the rabbit to the vets as every 3 weeks as I don't drive and it would cost me £15+ in taxi fares which i can't do, so my husband will have to organise it around work. He does relief shift work though, so doesn't know his shifts much in advance. Also he is is about to start a Uni work placment so will be working 7 days a week most weeks now and as accomodating as he has been since us getting rabbits, i feel so bad putting this on him the day before we are taking the rabbit.
I was thinking that if it is OK to have a pet shop do the teeth as they suggested (?) and they don't need an appointment in advance, that would be much better for us. I wouldn't trust a local pet shop, but i wondered about pets at home. We go there every couple of weeks so we could take her there whilst shopping which would make life so much easier than having to try and organise vet appointments so regularly. Does anyone know if this is something they offer or how it works? We want to try and find a way to make this work. I hope i don't sound like I care more about the cost and inconvenience that the rabbit, i am just trying to be honest about concerns as we were not expecting extra care needs and i am a busy mum and money is tight.
I had a quick look at past posts here and i could see that some people don't agree with clipping and suggest something else with a drill??? Again, we can't afford anything that is going to cost much more so we unfortunately couldn't keep the bun if this is the case which would be pretty devastating and we also couldn't afford to have the rabbits teeth removed if this was suggested instead and i am guessing it will be harder for this rabbit to find a new home if we don't keep him and if the orginal owners can't take him back (they had said they would as we discussed this previously in case the 2 rabbits didn't bond well).
Also, we are not in a position to look for a 'bun savvy vet' as people here suggest. We have found a vet who is OK (and there are only 2 we know about in the city anyway) but probably not as great as some of the rabbit savvy vets you hear about here and i can't travel many miles to find another one and i have not even had any luck finding a recommended one anyway although i did try. Obviously i don't know what our own vet will suggest anyway as i am only going on what this families vet advise them.
Ok, hope to get some advise
Lynsey