If I can somehow convince my mum to spay her, we will find another vet. My mum's just basically said there's no reason to do it and she won't accept any evidence from me because I'm just 17 :/
Okay, thank you. I'm just disappointed because this vets uses the right anesthetic and sounded so good and is highly recommended for rabbits. The incident with my dog happened with the same vets but at a different branch. I want to have a word with the vet there but apparently we can't get passed the loud mouth receptionist :/
I thought it was suspicious and it made me enraged that she stuck her nose in when she isn't the vet and all I wanted her to do was to make the appointment.
I feel like because rabbits are considered more 'exotic' animals some people have no idea what they're talking about in vet offices. http://www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html
This helped me find a good vet around my area that I plan on going to to spay my bun.
I'm a trained medical secretary/transcriptionist, and if my bosses in the field found out I was giving medical advice my ass would be fired SO fast.
So perhaps you should A)mention that to the obviously not medically trained receptionist or B)mention you'll be talking with her boss regarding giving out advice with no training? That should at least scare her into letting you speak to the vet.
That said, I find if that's how an office operates, I'd rather go with a different vet. =\
and OP, call that vet and maybe ask to TALK TO A VET because their receptionist is obviously stupid. if it's a good vet, there's no reason to go elsewhere because the receptionist is stupid.
also: if you get through to a vet there, you might want to ask the vet's opinion on spaying, and if the vet says it's necessary, then say "oh! because your receptionist told me it's completely unnecessary!"
what a dumb cunt. (the receptionist, obviously, not you.) If I were you, I would make a "consultation appointment" with the vet, if you can convince your mom to do so, bring the bun in and have her checked for health and temperament to consider if a spay would be healthy (with underlying health conditions, sometimes a rabbit can't be spayed). This way, you can talk to the vet and get their honest opinion of whether this is a good idea.
That sounds brilliant, thank you. I'm going to show my mum this post and hopefully she'll see that there's no point dooming my baby because of one incompetent receptionist.
(okay, but i hope your mom doesn't mind the language)
I've had females I didn't spay and they died from uterine cancer metastasizing to the mammary tissue. It's too often overlooked that spaying is a good idea. Chances are, it will greatly increase her temperament, health, and litter habits (depending on how these are already).
^^This bears repeating! If your vet's office is either that ill-informed, or cares that little about your bunny's survival, they should not be practicing medicine on bunnies. And having lost your dog to them too? Leave that vet, find another, and never look back. Try to find a vet that has plenty of rabbit experience. Also, ask about prices ahead of time...spaying can range from $100 to $400 depending on the vet, but of course it's worth the extra money if the more expensive vet is more experienced in rabbit care. Thesethreepages have some good questions to help you weed out the vets who just *think* they know how to treat rabbits. Be tactful in how you ask them, of course, so the vet's office doesn't feel interrogated or untrusted, but make sure they know their stuff before you trust them with your little girl
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BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIND ANOTHER VET.
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http://www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html
This helped me find a good vet around my area that I plan on going to to spay my bun.
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So perhaps you should A)mention that to the obviously not medically trained receptionist or B)mention you'll be talking with her boss regarding giving out advice with no training? That should at least scare her into letting you speak to the vet.
That said, I find if that's how an office operates, I'd rather go with a different vet. =\
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and OP, call that vet and maybe ask to TALK TO A VET because their receptionist is obviously stupid. if it's a good vet, there's no reason to go elsewhere because the receptionist is stupid.
also: if you get through to a vet there, you might want to ask the vet's opinion on spaying, and if the vet says it's necessary, then say "oh! because your receptionist told me it's completely unnecessary!"
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how does that sound?
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I've had females I didn't spay and they died from uterine cancer metastasizing to the mammary tissue. It's too often overlooked that spaying is a good idea. Chances are, it will greatly increase her temperament, health, and litter habits (depending on how these are already).
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^^This bears repeating! If your vet's office is either that ill-informed, or cares that little about your bunny's survival, they should not be practicing medicine on bunnies. And having lost your dog to them too? Leave that vet, find another, and never look back. Try to find a vet that has plenty of rabbit experience. Also, ask about prices ahead of time...spaying can range from $100 to $400 depending on the vet, but of course it's worth the extra money if the more expensive vet is more experienced in rabbit care. These three pages have some good questions to help you weed out the vets who just *think* they know how to treat rabbits. Be tactful in how you ask them, of course, so the vet's office doesn't feel interrogated or untrusted, but make sure they know their stuff before you trust them with your little girl ( ... )
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