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Vaccinations of indoor buns
- Thread starter Char86
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Yes she did... She stated that the diseases we vaccinated against are not spread by socialising. Yet the RSPCA stated it was one possible cause via bunny to bunny contact.
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
For somebody who doesn't want a debate you are being very pedantic about wording! I wasn't writing some kind of research paper or educational statement it was a quick response of a discussion forum! I didn't feel the need to elaborate but would in that case have stated that rabbits socialising isn't the primary way it is spread, had I known my response would be held up to so much scrutiny. There might be a small percentage EXTRA risk of diseases being spread that way but that is additional to the main ways these diseases are spread. This reply was specific to you saying that other people choose not to vaccinate as their bunnies do not socialise with other bunnies - so my QUICK reply was that that isn't how it's spread.
For more information this page is very informative https://www.harcourt-brown.co.uk/articles/infectious-disease ... and is written by someone who has personally given me advice about the spread/containment of VHD2 and myxomatosis given that she has treated one of my vaccinated rabbits who had atypical myxomatosis and one who had been exposed to RHD2.
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My last comment wasn't for you. It was for Santa, who had said that you never said that. Which is rather annoying.
Further more. I am used to people backing up the reason they do something eg vaccinations, medications, etc with facts- evidence based research. So I find this forum slightly irritating in that things are said as fact, but has no substance behind it. I am not after a debate. I am after why people choose to do it or more over, why they do not choose to do it. But I like solidity in cause behind it.
Guess I'm just used to more educated/academic forums.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
None taken !! :lol:
Santa
Wise Old Thumper
Oh I do apologise for annoying you :lol: I hadn't seen the earlier answer, but it was clear from the one I quoted (although I didn't quote it Harvard style, sorry) what BB had meant and where she made absolutely clear that it wasn't the main way of transmission. For someone used to more educated/academic forums, I'd have thought you'd have been able to make the links between the two posts and work out exactly what was meant.
Kind regards
Santa BSc (Hons) MPA (Distinction)
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
Whilst I realise you were replying to Santa, you were saying that I had said (or indicated) something that was not accurate, it's only reasonably that I give an explanation as I too found that rather annoying. .[/QUOTE]
Perhaps you should have asked for evidence based research to be used to back up choices in your original post, as, if I was aware it was somebody who already had the answers but was testing us rather than wanting confirmation I wouldn't have bothered to break off my work to take the time to respond
Sorry to disappoint.
Sorry the forum has been a disappointment to you. Perhaps the best option - as you can't 'leave' - is to simply stop visiting and posting.
MightyMax
Banned
I do understand what you're saying, and I agree with you. It's always a good thing to have evidence to back up our claims. Forums of this sort are often more anecdotal than evidence based, and I have come across this when asking for 'proof' of something
It's often people quoting from their own experience, or from what they have learned of others, and I quite see you wanted facts rather than debate.I hope you will stay with us as we learn from one another. Where we can't source info from places like Forums, we have to turn to our vets to help us. But of course they don't always know the answers either!
I do understand what you're saying, and I agree with you. It's always a good thing to have evidence to back up our claims. Forums of this sort are often more anecdotal than evidence based, and I have come across this when asking for 'proof' of something
I hope you will stay with us as we learn from one another. Where we can't source info from places like Forums, we have to turn to our vets to help us. But of course they don't always know the answers either!
Thank You Mighty Max, Maybe I should have asked for evidence based. But I assumed pet owners would prefer evidence based over anecdotal, guessing from this post, I was very wrong to assume that. Yes "proof" is a useful thing when making decisions. As I said I was more after reasons behind not vaccinating more so than vaccinating. I don't very much like asking vets for answers on these types of questions... For the most part they are after rabbit health, but also payment. So of course they are more inclined to put you on a payment schedule, Han risk you not coming back because you may visit somewhere else if the pet gets ill.
Sai said previously, mine are vaccinated, but I am intrigued to know the other side.
Hele
Warren Veteran
Quite! :lol:
As it happens my buns are inside and are vaccinated, I see it as the responsible thing to do.
