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Thought I'd see if I was the only one. One sniffle, one nap too long, one minute too long itching, or if he even looks at me funny, I am calling the vet for an appointment, LOL!

It's like raising a 5 year old, I tell ya. :craziness
 
im a constant worrier when it comes to my pets.

idont take them to the vet after just one sniffle, but i DO call the vet and tell her! after a few more id take them in. i am also a constant litter box examiner
 
Well I'm a guy, so I'm not really a "bunny mommy":shock:, but I worry quite a bit when Devon or Amber is sick. I used to freak out all the time, but now I have calmed down a little (a combination of experience and a few too many "your insane" glances from my vet). I selected number 2:D.
 
bunnydude, sorry about that! Since you're a mod, can youchange the title for me? :DMake it mommy/daddy or mom/dad if the first one doesn't fit. I forgot, we have guys here. Oops! :?
 
bunnydude wrote:
I used to freak out all the time, but now I have calmed down a little (a combination of experience and a few too many "your insane" glances from my vet). I selected number 2:D.
I know those looks WAY too much now. My vet thinks I'm a little "sick with it". Whatever that means, LOL!

Hey, you can never be too careful! Okay, maybe you can a little, but oh well. :shock:
 
Just changed it:). Don't worry about it though;), I wasn't offended at all and I doubt that anyone else was.
 
Fixed it :)

I do tend to be a worry wart, but at the same time, I try to trust my intuition. I haven't been wrong yet...
 
My mom calls me a hypochondriac very often.. as soon as I tell her that Pepsi might be ill... she thinks rabbits are just 'not feeling good' or are 'fine' when I know for sure it's nothing she'll get over by herself. I stopped telling my mom about every veggie not eaten or every odd sitting position because 4/5 times Pepsiwas fine.Now she doesn't take me seriously anymore :brat:.

I worry so much! Everytime I see her pellets not eaten, or her laying funny, I immediatley assume the worst. I guess it's a good thing though, because I rather worry and try to treat it then think she's fine and leave it!
 
Yes... I definitely worry. Zeke was scratching and grooming his neck area CONSTANTLY and a tiny bald spot formed. I brought him in to the vet for numerous (and EXPENSIVE) skin treatments to make sure that nothing was wrong. I think I must've spent around $100 on all of those tests.

Erin
 
I worry, but I don't rush off to the vet for every little thing. I have a decent idea of what is or is not really something that needs treatment and what I can do on my own. It's really helped reading a lot and being on this forum for support when I can't get to the vet's immediately, or if I'm not sure about something.

Of course, I'm also the kind of paranoid bunny mommy that takes everybody's word with a grain of salt, including my vet's. He's good, but his opinion does differ slightly from the recommended treatments sometimes (he less likely to prescribe medications), although I'm starting to think that these "recommended treatments" are, in a few cases, needless over-medication.
 
One sniffle and I contact the vet, depending on what's said, I either wait or don't take them. I still consider myself a worry wart, my parents are constantly telling me to quite over reacting. :?
 
I find myself practically having a coronary if my buns sneeze, even if it's once. We don't have the money to take them for every sneeze (don't worry, I mean like a sneeze a month, or some such...just something poked them in the nose).

For instance, we put our broom in between the cages, but make sure it's well away from either cage so they don't eat the plastic bristles, but it somehow got too close to Maisie's cage. Since Maisie chases it around and tries desperately to attack it every time it's near, she had it right away, and had broken off one of the bristles and ingested it like just another piece of hay! I watched her CONSTANTLY over the entire day (and am still skeptically watching) to be sure she's eating and passing things through fine. But I was ready for an emergency trip, let me tell ya!!

Do I worry too much about them ingesting things like that? Are buns more resilient than I think? For instance, would her ingesting that be something life or death, like I think it is?
 
I used to be a worry wart but I think I've calmed down a bit. I think! ;):D
 
Lissa wrote:
I used to be a worry wart but I think I've calmed down a bit. I think! ;):D


Me too. Especially now that I have RO. I can come on and ask for advice on if something is that serious or if I'm just obsessing about nothing before I go skipping off to the vet like I used to and being told that I'm a little nuts, hehe.
 
Yes, my husband thinks I've lost it.

He pointed out that each bunny has been to the doctor more than him. I thought I had him and said, "Baby has NEVER been sick!" and he replied, "yeah, but she went in to be spayed". I had to shut up then.

I've only been once when it wasn't necessary. I noticed Toby had a "lump"above his eye. The vet said it was a "tactile papilla" - a sensor of sorts (normal). It had whiskers growing out of it. Oops.

:embarrassed:

HOWEVER, that was the same visit that the vet confirmed Toby's blindness, so it wasn'ta complete waste.


 
I selected number two. I have to beslightly positive that they're sick before i start to worry. But i never had togo into the vet-and i've not been wrong yet about an illness/condition that i can treat myself.

Ellie and:bunnydance: Sweet Pea, :apollo:Leo, :brownbunnyHoney Bun, :bunny5Lexi, :bunnybutt:Houdini, :jumpingbunny:Samara and :bunnyheartTamaroa and the eight for-sale buns
 

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