rabbit spay

[brimmhere]

just curious howmany of you have had your bunnies spayed (females ) howmuch did it cost at your vet?



called the vet today to find out when and how much

they charge 160.00 here keep them over nite and then thats it lol

 

[Kricket]

That sounds like a normal price. Herein Tucson, Arizona, a spay is $190.00. That price alsoincludes their meds as well.

 

[Buck Jones]

Can cost up to $300.00 here in NJ.

We obtain procedures through the auspices of a local civic organization called Animal Birth Control, Inc. that 'brokers" more reasonably priced neuterings for pet owners. Only caveats are that all monies must pass through their office and one must use the veterinarians they contract to do the service. As their contracted veterinarian is our own vet of choice, it a a win/win for us. Our last spay cost in the neighbor hood of $80.00 and ABC officials felt badly about that. Had we walked in to our own vet off the street, same procedure likely to cost the $300.00 indicated above.

Some other organizations, like local SPCA's, animal rescue centers, animal shelters, animal control departments, etc. can provide low cost or no cost procedures to pet owners themselves, or at least have information that may lead you to that end. Be sure to exhaust those possibilities before spending a lot of money needlessly if you are in tight economic circumstances. Some of the money saved could be used to better house and care for your bun later on, or provide for other necessary veterinarian care as it becomes necessary.

Buck

 

[zarathustra]

Lets see... the vet bill today for Mrs. Snifflestotaled over 500.00. This included the spay as well as blood work andpoop/urine analysis. The spay (in NYC) was 280.00 by itself.

The vet ended up finding traces of a parasite, coccidia, in her stool.Nothing that has affected the consitency of the stool. So we have a 10day course of Albon and then another test. So I feel the tests wereworth it. We were also informed that her kidneys and liver etc. areworking fantastic and her levels for that stff was better than 95% ofthe rabbits the vet views.

My question to everyone else is whether the annual checkups areneccesary??? Esp for a house rabbit that will not have contact to anyother animals or pets?

How often does everyone here take their buns to the vet? As needed??

thnx in advance for any input.

 

[Buck Jones]

Anyone, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it is not uncommon to find traces of detrimental flora and fauna within a rabbit's intestinaltract as long as it auto-immune system is not in some way compromised suchthatan illness has the ability to over-run the whole organism.

Most people do not bring their rabbits to vets here in this country on a regular basis as, I suspect, they think it too expensive for "only just a rabbit." Having a pet rabbit for many is not much above the level of having baby chickens at Easter, as well.

I believe there is more of a tradition of vet visits in the U.K. where rabbits must obtain frequent, if not annual, vaccination for protection against diseases we haven't yet had to deal with in this country on an epidemic basis. I also am of the impression that rabbits recently displaced dogs as the second most popular pet in England because of the difficulty of find living accommodations that will accept canines. Cats and rabbits are much more easily housed.

We've probably averaged about one vet visit per year for cause over the course of the last several years and eleven bunnies, some of whom are now departed. I would guesstimate a total outlay of about $3000.00, but a major part of that was for gastrointestinal surgery for one bun...an expense one would not expect to occur terribly often, if at all.

Most breeders have too many rabbits to bring to the vet on aregular basis and will treat as often and as many as they are capable of handling on their own. Problems they are not able to handle are reserved for the medical professionals, although many are probably as competent as some poorly prepared professionals are.

Rabbit and livestock supply houses often retail some prescriptive meds to "live stock" producers that can be dispensed by a knowledgeable breeder and Rabbits Only magazine here online has an advertiser that retails various natural and herbal remedies for rabbit related illnesses. I point these out to indicate there are other ways in which rabbits are cared for and receive medicaltreatment.

Forums like this, and others, can often provide agreat deal of the preventive information that will keep your rabbit in good health and not require medical assistance frequently. Such forums often can help to suggest treatments in the advent your bun becomes ill. It often pays to view the archives of these sites and run hard copies of the information that interests you and file it in a loose leaf binder for possible future reference. Hopefully, though, you nor your bun will never need it.

Buck

 

[Meganc731]

All the vets in my area charged $300 and up plusthe office fee. I finally found an officein another townabout 15minutes away, they gave us a price of $120 with nooffice fee so we went there. We really liked the office and decidedwe'd be bringing our other animals there, when we went to pick up ourbunny they only charged us $65!!! We were very pleased with theirhonesty, they had budgeted for something they didn't need and couldhave pocketed the money simply because "that was the price". I wouldsay $160 is a good price.

Megan

 

[brimmhere]

wow i really cant believe how high some placescharge! the vet told me that a rabbit spay is actually easierto do than a cat or a dog so you would think that they would chargeless than those animals. we have to wait til kittyis 6 months old before our vet will spay her. and he seesrabbits on a regualr basis. ive had tons of recommendations forhim. which is also why i decided to use him as our rescue vet there is not a lot of vets in this area withrabbit knowledge.

 

[Mandyvk]

Hi There, I'm new to the forum which means I ama 1st time bunny mom and very excited about it. My new kid isnamed Snickers, she is a Holland lop. It will be 2 weeksmonday that I have had her. I had her spayed this pastthursday. It cost me $150.00 that included the painmed. I was very nervous about the surgery. My vetwas very honest aboutnot feeling comfortable doing it, seeingthat they don't spay a lot of rabbits. I found a experiencedvet and took herthere instead. Everything wentperfect. I hope this helps the spraying that shehad been doing. Spraying the wall, dogs, carpet andME! I love to give her a couple of hours of out of cage timea day, but the spraying was getting out of control. I lovethis website, so much information and everyone seems very helpful andcaring.

 

[Carolyn]

Buck Jones wrote:

Can cost up to $300.00 here in NJ.

We obtain procedures through the auspices of a local civic organizationcalled Animal Birth Control, Inc. that 'brokers" more reasonably pricedneuterings for pet owners.? Only caveats are that all monies must passthrough their office and one must use the veterinarians they contractto do the service.? As their contracted veterinarian is our own vet ofchoice, it a a win/win for us.? Our last spay cost in the neighbor hoodof $80.00 and ABC officials felt badly about that.? Had we walked in toour own vet off the street, same procedure likely to cost the $300.00indicated above.

Some other organizations, like local SPCA's, animal rescue centers,animal shelters, animal control departments, etc. can provide low costor no cost procedures to pet owners themselves, or at least haveinformation that may lead you to that end.? Be sure to exhaust thosepossibilities before spending a lot of money needlessly if you are intight economic circumstances.? Some of the money saved could be used tobetter house and care for your bun later on, or provide for othernecessary veterinarian care as it becomes necessary.

Buck

 

[dootsmom]

I contacted Animal Birth Control. Theydirected me to Friends of Animals. Friends of Animals gave mea list of Vets, in NJ, that honor their Certificates. Icalled all the Vets listed, only to find that none of them dorabbits....only cats & dogs.

Same thing with NJ Animal Rights Alliance. I was given a listof shelters that I already have....some were no longer inexistence. If they had a Vet that gave them discountedspays/neuters, they weren't saying. Perhaps, to keep theirsource.

I contacted the NJ Chapter of the HRS. This, is their response:

NJ HRS has launched a lower cost rabbit neuter/spay certificateprogram, certificates for spay are $85 and neuter, $65. Wehave approached a large number of veterinarians to participate in thisprogram and right now only 3 have signed on, signed our contract....andthey are all in Monmouth County right now. We have feelersout all over NJ. Our next hopes are for Dr.DeborahAdelsohn to join us (Morris Plains) and Dr. Karen Oberhansley(Whitehouse)...we have to meet with both, talk and settle onterms. People pay us for the certificates but theveterinarians are contracting an agreed fee, which we, NJ HRS will paythem. One doctor is accepting $115 for spay, so we collectthe $85 for spay, then pay the doc $115. We are applying forgrants to add funds. We feel there is a serious need for thisprogram. I don't know how soon we can meet with the 2 docsup north as we are all working and getting the travel time, and mutualschedules to mesh is tricky. If you would want to take aride, with a few rabbits at once, participating right now is a vet inCream Ridge (listed on our website. Maybe if you could make aday of it....and save an amount. (A 2+ hour drive fromme.)
I do know what you mean about getting in a hole, my firstyear of rescue I spent $31,000 that I broke my back earning....myhusband is still mad at me and that was 1996 but that was beforenon-profit, tax exempt status, before I could ask for donations. Shelley Stack NJ HRS Chapter Manager