CT Rabbit Savvy Vets

[Bunman]

I discovered that East Brook Animal Hospital inMansfield has a rabbit guy. I have no info on him, but he knows to havethe rab eat the night before.

 

[Joy2006]

Uh...yeah.Rabbits don't vomit...it seems wrong.But I DO NOT know Dr.Amy Giddings.The only Dr. Giddings I know is a MAN!!

 

[Bunman]

If anyone has any word on East Brook Animal Hospital in Mansfield, please post.

 

[JadeIcing]

Just wanted to update. I continue to go toBolton. Teresas spay was done there and they did a great job by her.They also have gone out of their way for my guys, and for me.

 

[JadeIcing]

[align=left]I know thatsome have had bad experiences but I haven't. They did Teresa's spay andnow are going to do Connor's neuter. They have gone out of their way tohelp me. I also talked to people from 3bunnies. I foster for them now.They know I use them and nothing was said. [/align]
[align=left]I have seen: [/align]
[align=left]Primary Jennifer Sim, V.M.D[/align]
[align=left]Secondary Ashleigh Kopec, D.V.M. [/align]
[align=left]http://boltonvet.com/vets.cfmGetto know the vets alittle.[/align]
[align=center]BOLTON VETERINARY HOSPITAL, P.C.
222 Boston Turnpike
Bolton, CT 06043[/align]
[align=center]Phone: (860) 646-6134 or (860) 456-4298
Fax: (860) 643-0418
Email:[email protected][/align]
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[align=center]http://boltonvet.com/[/align]

 

[PossumsMama]

I just took my bun to Dr. Louisa Martin at
South Wilton Veterinary Group
51 Danbury Rd
Wilton CT
203-762-2002
http://southwiltonvet.com/index.php
Seemed nice and knowledgeable. I believe Drs. Chang and Fahy also see rabbits there.
They have or soon will be opening a 365 day per year bun urgent visit clinic in evenings until 11 PM.

 

[elrohwen]

I want to second the recommendation for South Wilton Vet Group. Dr. Martin is great and she is my bun's primary doctor. Dr. Fahey is also fantastic and does all of the care and surgeriesfor the bunnies at Hop-a-long Hollow (http://www.hopalonghollow.org/)rescue in Norwalk and I know the owner of the rescue recommends the whole practice highly. They're a bit expensive, but I trust them completely. Last year they told me that they would have arabbit emergency clinic opening by June of2009. I'll have to askwhen I'm there this week if it's opened yet.



Noah's Ark Animal Hospital, 44 Old Mill Plain Rd, Danbury, CT, 203-743-9999 (http://www.noahsarkanimalhosp.com)also sees rabbits. I take my rabbit there for nail trims as it's near my house, but I haven't had any interaction with their exotic vet.

 

[Junkie2]

I just had my rabbit spayed at the Brookfield Animal Hospital ( http://www.brookfieldanimalhospital.com ). Absolute top notch care, amazingly new facilities, doctors, techs, and even the receptionists. Ended up going back the day after to change my cat's primary vet to them.

I have heard about the Wilton rabbit place before but they seemed to be insanely expensive (quoted me 475 for a spay on the phone!) but i am sure they do a good job.

As for the post above me, i called them to talk about getting my rabbit spayed and they seemed a bit sketchy so i crossed it off my list.

Quick question though elrohwen, how much was it to get your rabbit's nails trimmed there? I pass by there almost daily. Thanks

 

[elrohwen]

They charge $15 for nail trims I think, which has been standard at the other places I've called.

 

[BugLady]

I go to the Bolton veterinary hospital, and my experiences have been mixed - so far the people seem great though.

I took my bunny Petunia there to get spayed, she was a year and a half old. Dr. Kopec saw me for the checkup and seemed pretty knowledgeable. They all informed me of the risks repeatedly, and unfortunately Petunia had a heart attack a few hours after her surgery. They said they tried CPR for 20 minutes. Everyone I talked to that night still seemed pretty shook up. Dr. Badeau did the surgery. I feel I can't really blame them for the outcome, but it was heartbreaking.

(It would have cost about $275 for the spay if she had survived, thankfully they didn't charge me)

With my new bunny Rascal, he came already neutered so no worries there. But he had GI stasis a few days after I adopted him, and I was able to bring him to Bolton at 8:30pm on a sunday. We were well taken care of, and Dr. Kopec and the support staff did a great job of examining him, keeping him comfortable, and getting him back on his feet. He recovered that night.

 

[briennap]

I go to the Bolton veterinary hospital, and my experiences have been mixed - so far the people seem great though.



I took my bunny Petunia there to get spayed, she was a year and a half old. Dr. Kopec saw me for the checkup and seemed pretty knowledgeable. They all informed me of the risks repeatedly, and unfortunately Petunia had a heart attack a few hours after her surgery. They said they tried CPR for 20 minutes. Everyone I talked to that night still seemed pretty shook up. Dr. Badeau did the surgery. I feel I can't really blame them for the outcome, but it was heartbreaking.



(It would have cost about $275 for the spay if she had survived, thankfully they didn't charge me)



With my new bunny Rascal, he came already neutered so no worries there. But he had GI stasis a few days after I adopted him, and I was able to bring him to Bolton at 8:30pm on a sunday. We were well taken care of, and Dr. Kopec and the support staff did a great job of examining him, keeping him comfortable, and getting him back on his feet. He recovered that night.

It was only $275 for a spay at this vet in Bolton ct? I called a vet in mass and it was almost $700.... So I was definetly going to try to look around but if this one was that cheap I'll probably go there.
I'm very sorry to hear about your bun btw, may I ask if she had Health problems or was it from the surgery she had the heart attack? Because now I'm worried to have my bun spayed if she could have a heart attack...

 

[briennap]

Just wanted to update. I continue to go toBolton. Teresas spay was done there and they did a great job by her.They also have gone out of their way for my guys, and for me.

Hello I was just curious as to how much you paid for her spay?

 

[SpringForward]

I highly, highly recommend Dr. Cyndi Brown at New England Veterinary Medical Center in Mystic, CT. http://www.nevmc.org

If you live in the Central/Shoreline area of CT and/or New London County, she may be closer to you than New Haven or Middletown, where so many of the recommended vets on this thread are located. She is definitely closer for me.

When I first moved to CT I checked this thread (and others like it) and never found Dr. Brown's name, I believe because she often gets classified as a RI rather than a CT vet. I know she's recommended on the House Rabbit website as a RI vet: http://www.rirabbits.org/Links/links.html#vet

Dr. Brown is boarded in exotics and has done a residency in exotics as well. She's the best rabbit vet I have ever seen (and I have seen quite a few!), and she came recommended to me by the head of exotics at a major university veterinary teaching hospital, so if that isn't an endorsement, I don't know what is!

My rabbit was at death's door (e. cuniculi and other issues) when we first began seeing Dr. Brown, so we have been through a lot with her, which is why my recommendation is so passionate. The vet we were seeing before finally told us our rabbit was so sick we should basically just wait for her to die; we switched vets at this point to Dr. Brown, and she instead aggressively treated all my rabbit's issues and gave Annabel back an excellent quality of life - the turn around has been almost like a miracle.

Truly could not recommend Dr. Brown and NEVMC more highly!

 

[carriedaisy]

FYI-Dr. Clark is no longer at Twin City in Newington, she is now at VCA Cromwell Animal Hospital.