New home for rabbit

[jcottonl02]

Well that's fabulous!! Prince and Sweetie can stay together with you!

That is such wonderful news. Well done angieluv for finding all that out and helping so much!

Jen

 

[Sweetie]

angieluv: with what money am I going to get that medicine? Also what about the vet visits that I would have to do with him.

Sorry to burst your bubbles, but Prince is getting rehomed still.

 

[jujub793]

yay!!:highfive:

 

[Sweetie]

Happi Bun wrote:

I think what other members are trying to get across is that you should re-home them together. No one is saying let Prince suffer without vet care of give him anything not prescribed by a vet. Regardless, if you do re-home Prince then I would NOT let Sweetie have 'visits' with him. This will only further stress them both when you have to separate them once again. Once you break the bond, keep it broken. Do not further confuse them by having 'play dates' as they will not understand the concept.

That is just my two cents.


Fenbendazole is used against gastrointestinal parasites and also known as Panacur. Did your vet mention he thinks it's parasite related? Because it's a dewormer I don't see why you would need prolonged use in the first place, that would be hard on the GI tract.

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I didn't know that it would confuse them both to have playdates. I will try not to let Sweetie visit Prince when he is rehomed, I will try this for as long as I can.

My vet gave Baytril for 14 days, and fenbendazole for a week. While on the fenbendazole he had a few, like 3, "ticks". Then he didn't have any for about a month, then he started having them again. I don't have the money to take him to the vet to get the vet care and medicine.

 

[fuzz16]

if you cannot afford a tube of dewormer that will...as she stated, last months...((break it down to say 4 months, there is 4$ a month))...if you cannot afford that how will you afford to feed Sweetie if you keep her.

why would you have to continue vet visits constantly when there is no issues any longer. maybe your vet is misleading you.

but you know, whatever it comes down to, if you get rid of him despite people on here trying to give you advice to keep them happy...beause i dont think your getting how horrible it is to seperate them. and though you said they have been for short terms...they are still around to smell one another or see ahother.
my rabbit before his wifey passed was nice, cuddly...HE IS GROWLING at me sometimes, he doesnt like being around me, he wont take treats, barely plays with toys, rarely binkies...he is not my same boy.

and while you think ignoring Prince and giving Sweetie attention will help the situation it wont. you cant be there with Sweetie 24/7 to give her all the attenmtion Prince gave her.

im not trying to be mean.
but if you are intent on rehoming him...dont make a rehoming fee for a rabbit that may cost someone money because you cannot afford them.
do not seperate those poor bunnys

 

[Jaded]

If you can't afford $4 a month for princes medication you can't afford to feed and look after Sweetie.

I would rehome them both together to someones who has time and money.

 

[Sweetie]

fuzz16 wrote:

if you cannot afford a tube of dewormer that will...as she stated, last months...((break it down to say 4 months, there is 4$ a month))...if you cannot afford that how will you afford to feed Sweetie if you keep her.

why would you have to continue vet visits constantly when there is no issues any longer. maybe your vet is misleading you.

but you know, whatever it comes down to, if you get rid of him despite people on here trying to give you advice to keep them happy...beause i dont think your getting how horrible it is to seperate them. and though you said they have been for short terms...they are still around to smell one another or see ahother.
my rabbit before his wifey passed was nice, cuddly...HE IS GROWLING at me sometimes, he doesnt like being around me, he wont take treats, barely plays with toys, rarely binkies...he is not my same boy.

and while you think ignoring Prince and giving Sweetie attention will help the situation it wont. you cant be there with Sweetie 24/7 to give her all the attenmtion Prince gave her.

im not trying to be mean.
but if you are intent on rehoming him...dont make a rehoming fee for a rabbit that may cost someone money because you cannot afford them.
do not seperate those poor bunnys

I am able to afford feeding my rabbits. IT IS THE VET BILLS THAT I CANNOT AFFORD! Sweetie rarely gets sick. Her last vet visit was about 6 months ago.

Separating them would be better than letting him suffer without vet care!

I would be depressed too if my partner died. Also I would act the same way if no one talked to me and let me know that things were okay and such.

The rehoming fee is only to make sure that someone can provide a very good home, I will be doing a home check if possible, and to make sure that he doesn't become food of any kind.

 

[jcottonl02]

Separating them would be better than letting him suffer without vet care!

You are the only one in this thread who has suggested/brought this up. Noone here has said anything even slightly like this. I don't know why you keep bringing it up over and over, because noone has said anything of the sort.

So when would Prince need another vet visit? Has his condition changed? Are you sure one more vet visit to get different medication won't be the end of it? You say he has been on fenbenzadole (which should have only cost you about $5 a month rather than $120, so I suggest you find a different vet, as they seem like they are trying to diddle you!) for a while, and it worked. Now the condition is seeming to come back. One vet visit may just increase Prince's dose, or switch his medication to something more effective.

And if after the vet visit the problem isn't solved, Prince's rehoming fee will 'reinburse' you for having to pay to take him. So it's a win win situation for you then.

Jen

 

[Sweetie]

Vet costs are expensive. Besides All Creatures are more expensive than the small animal hospital on Perry Avenue, but they are still expensive. The small animal hospital on Perry avenue is still expensive even though they are cheaper than All Creatures.

In one of my posts in this thread it said how much a vet visit costs, which is about $65. Then if Prince needs to be seen in a month or two then it would be $25. On top of that, the medication costs.

Rabbits are NOT inexpensive pets as so many people think that they are.

Vets are not cheap and if they are, in my opinion, they don't know much about rabbits or they just don't care.

I cannot find another vet because there are only 2 places here in Bremerton that see rabbits. Again vet care is not cheap!

It cost me $130 to have Prince's teeth trimmed, and I had to go to Kirkland for that. I don't drive, I have to take the bus every where, it adds up if I have to go out of Bremerton. I have a bus pass that only works on the Bremerton buses.

 

[jcottonl02]

You're right, vet care is not cheap.

I don't think anyone on this forum thinks rabbits are inexpensive pets, as we've all had to fork out quite a bit of money here and there. Benji cost me £120 in one vet visit- that's about $200. It's quite ouch! It's only people who don't own rabbits, who don't understand they probably will cost you more than your cat or dog! Having both cats, dogs and rabbits, I would know this .

My vets are actually the recommended vets by one of the largest and best rabbit rescues around here, and have 2 rabbit-savvy vets there, one who specialises in rabbits among others, and they only charge £20 for an incisor trim- I can't believe yours costs so much! That is unbelievable. I feel for you.

As his medication costs basically nothing, I hope you can find someone who can afford to take him for the vet visits he needs- hopefully it wouldn't be more than a few. I also wish the best to Sweetie, and hope this doesn't affect her too badly. Prince too .

Jen

 

[Happi Bun]

Sweetie wrote:

Vets are not cheap and if they are, in my opinion, they don't know much about rabbits or they just don't care.

It's a shame that is your view on all and any vets with decent prices. I use one vet that is on the board of consultants for the State of California (meaning she knows her stuff!) and her office visit prices are only $15.00, yep that's right. It's the opposite of not being knowledgeable or not caring. Not all are created equal. Sometimes the really expensive places don't know squat either.

You have to check out the place for yourself and make your own judgment, do research, not go off prices.

 

[jcottonl02]

Happi Bun wrote:

Sweetie wrote:

Vets are not cheap and if they are, in my opinion, they don't know much about rabbits or they just don't care.

It's a shame that is your view on all and any vets with decent prices. I use one vet that is on the board of consultants for the State of California (meaning she knows her stuff!) and her office visit prices are only $15.00, yep that's right. It's the opposite of not being knowledgeable or not caring. Not all are created equal. Sometimes the really expensive places don't know squat either.

You have to check out the place for yourself and make your own judgment, do research, not go off prices.

That's just so true, Happi Bun.

That £120 i mentioned previously was for an incisor trim at NOT my local vets, as it was closed that day and it needed to be done that day (long story). Not only did the vet put Benji under a general anasthetic against my express wishes (I didn't even sign for it) for an INSCISOR TRIM- completely and utterly unnecessary. Not only did it put Benji at risk, but it cost me an arm and a leg, which I would of course pay if needed. The job was shabby.
At my local vets it costs £20- the same price as a consultation. You don't get charged more. The vets are professional, know EXACTLY what they are doing, and have turned Benji's awful misaligned and just terrible teeth into aligned teeth. One more trim in this certain way the vet does, and Benji's teeth will be completely realigned again. Something I never imagined after seeing them at the time!

Jen

 

[Maureen Las]

Unfortunately Prince is being treated for a protozoan parasite causing e-cunuculi . Many times a vet will choose to treat for this parasite rather than do blood titers. A vet will base the diagnosis on the response to the treatment protocol.

Because Prince and Sweetie have been bonded and lived together Sweetie has also been exposed to e-cuniculi . It is transferred through the urine.


Many many rabbits have been exposed to e-cuniculi and many never have symptomotology , however, as a rabbit gets older his /her immune system grows weaker.
There is no guarantee that Sweetie ( and I certainly hope not!) will not eventually also get symptoms of this illness.

I guess that what I am saying is that just because Sweetie is healthy at the moment does not guarantee that she will continue to be healthy next year or in 2 years.

What then???

Really trying to dealand learn about the illness is the course I would choose. Randy has taught us a lot that even most of the vets here did not know anything about. A lot of us are self taught and alot of us have gone pasttraditional veterinary medicine ( at times) and learned very valuable info from the breeding community ; if you want to learn you can learn.

Breeders geneally do not constantly take their rabbits to the vet but often have home remedies (some good and effective, some not)

Thereare no guarantees on health for any rabbit

if we rehomed the sick ones all of us would be rehoming our rabbits constantly.


Fenbendazole is an easy drug to find and administer .........

 

[JadeIcing]

Sweetie wrote:

I would be depressed too if my partner died. Also I would act the same way if no one talked to me and let me know that things were okay and such.

If you read my blog you can see how I have mentioned my boys. I had a bonded quad till one died in Sept. Here we are in Nov and they are still sad. Still depressed. One has been nippy. One sits and mopes the other well he has me worried. They have the love and support from each other. They have it from me and my husband. Yet they are still suffering. We make a point of loving on them and talking to them yet we still can't bring them out of their depression.

 

[fuzz16]

JadeIcing wrote:

Sweetie wrote:

I would be depressed too if my partner died. Also I would act the same way if no one talked to me and let me know that things were okay and such.

If you read my blog you can see how I have mentioned my boys. I had a bonded quad till one died in Sept. Here we are in Nov and they are still sad. Still depressed. One has been nippy. One sits and mopes the other well he has me worried. They have the love and support from each other. They have it from me and my husband. Yet they are still suffering. We make a point of loving on them and talking to them yet we still can't bring them out of their depression.

same....cept my boys alone so im struggling cause he wants nothing to do with me....



rabbit bonds are so much more than most understand...you cant pull them apart and expet them to be ok.

 

[Sweetie]

Depression takes time to heal. JadeIcing: rabbits take time to heal from losing their bondmate to death.

 

[JadeIcing]

Yes I know that. Trust me I am dealing with several losses of bonded animals.So yes I know it can take time. To inflict loss on them for our own reason are wrong. By willing seperating them you cause the loss. A home willing to take him despite his problems is a home that accepts what makes him happy.

My question is this if there is a chance that seperating them can make him worse (stress new home and loss of a friend)shouldn't you try to make it as easy as possible for him.

 

[Sweetie]

I am getting the rabbits sent on different shirts that I have. Sweetie's scent on one and Prince's scent on the other. That way he has something from Sweetie and she has something from him. That way it will be a little easier on the both of them.

 

[Happi Bun]

No comment on Jen and angieluv's posts?

 

[Momto3boys]

Guys, seriously you can talk until you're blue in the face, fact is she just doesn't want Prince anymore.

You've all given her very good advice and even told her how to treat him with the same medicine that is MUCH cheaper (even cheaper then their food) and she is ignoring those posts. Obviously she doesn't have Prince's OR Sweetie's best interest at heart..she is being selfish and doing what is easiest on her, not her pets (who love and depend on her I might add).

I just hope Prince finds a home where somebody will love him no matter what, he deserves that.