Vet Error, sort of

[Flashy]

Firstly, I'm not sure if this is the right forum, so free to move it



I just wondered whether anyone else here has had their rabbit die due to something that happened at the vets.

My bun had fleas, so we took her to the vets to buy and get the good stuff. The vet gave us some Xenex.

Moon (the bun) had only been to the vets about 6 weeks previous for her mixy jabs and a weigh, so we used that weight as she had not lost nor gained, and gave her the appropriate amount of medicine for that weight.

That night Moon got exhausted from what the fleas were doing, and she died the next morning.

Last week we took some of our other bunnies to the vets for mixy jabs and a weigh in and their weights were wildly different from Moon's weight, even though they were not that different in size.

The bunnies that we took the same day as Moon also probably weigh less than the scales said (things like one was recovering from a tooth problem where he lost a lot of weight, yet he weighed as much as he did the previous year before he lost the weight, one of our bucks that was weighed is roughly the same size as one weighed last week, and came out0.5kg higher).

All this points to Moon dying because we accidently overdosed her because the vets weight was higher thanit should have been.

I feel so guilty and so truly alone and I just wondered whether anyone else had had anything like this happen, vets errors, or anything like that.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, I just wish I had my own scales(on a side note, any ideas where I might be able to get a decent set of scales that would weigh netherland dwarfs and dwarf lops?), but I won't ever allow this to happen again, I know that for sure.

I don't know if this is coherent,I got to the bit about Moon dying and started to cry, so it could make no sense at all. But I hope it does, or else I'm going to have to try and explain again.

Thanks for reading

Tracy





[align=center]RIP Moon[/align]

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[align=center]06-10-2005 - 15-03-2007[/align]

 

[bat42072]

i am soo sorry about moon....my prayers are with you...

---------beckyink iris:

 

[Flashy]

Thanks Becky

 

[bunnylady]

:tears2:Tracy,I'm so sorry for your loss.I too am wondering about the decision that vets make. I loss my rabbit on the16th of april they said it was proably cold etc.Without taking a xray they could not be sure.So they gave him a shot of baytril. By the time I brought him home he was dying.he only lasted about a half hour. Later I read that baytril is very stressful on rabbits.I spoke with other breeders and they had the same opinion. If I would have know I would have them give him something else. But they dont tell you everything I guess.You really need to have a very good vet that knows rabbits.... I myself will be more aware next time. Here is a site you can check out for weight scales they have different types.http://www.kwcages.com their phone number is 1-800-447-cage. Hope this help.

God bless

bunnylady:brownbunny

 

[Flashy]

Aw bunnylady, I am so sorry about that. :hug:I didn't know that baytril was stressful for them, and I am so sorry that the thing that was supposed to help,probably contributed to his death. I know how hard it is to lose a friend, obviously, so if you ever want to talk or anything then feel free to PM me

I am lucky to have recently discovered a rabbit expert vet at the same surgery. He currently has a 12 year old Netherland dwarf, and he is excellent, talked me through everything he did with the buns and why,so I will be taking my buns to see him next time, and no one else.

Thanks for sharing your story, I just really feel for you.

Take care of yourself

 

[rabb1tmad]

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry for your loss. You can't feel guilty for this, you put your trust in your vet like so many of us do.

Was it Xenex (Spot on) - thismust be given at the correct dose as it has been known to be toxic if overdosed. Perhaps you should let your vet know so it doesn't happen to anyone elses rabbit. Getting the correct weight is vital when calculating doses for medecines.

Try using bathroom scales if you have some - weigh yourself on your own and then again with your rabbit.

x

 

[Flashy]

Yes, it was Xenex. At the weight we were told she was just inside one category, if you take off about the 0.5kg then she would have been in a totally different category.

We did let the vet know, it was the least I could do for the memory of Moon, to not let it happen to anyone else.

Our house scales are totally temperamental, so that wouldn't work (they vary a few pounds within a few mins and no one puts on/loses that amount of weight in a few mins lol), but someone else suggested digital kitchen scales, and as my buns are dwarfs, this should work well.

Thanks for the reply

 

[polly]

thats really bad i hope your vet said sorry at least! sometimes it seems to depend on the vet you go to i have a specific vet i like to see in the practice we use and one of the nurses has buns and she is really good. but some of them are useless i can remember taking Dido to get his front teeth done as he had malocclusion and got this horrible man who obviously thought that a little bunny was no match for him i got a bunny back with no top teeth and a split lip very stressed i was not a happy bunny never mind dido!! never been to him again he had pretty much said he didn't like rabbits before he took him through.

I know its nowhere near what you have beenthroughI try to do as much at home as i can and Ian (my vet)is now is used to me going in and giving him websites and stuff to improve his knowledge lol


We use digital kitchen scales we have netherlands and they work great we use them to check weight while pregnant too

 

[Flashy]

I'm so sorry that an ignorant idiot hurt your bunny like that. It's good that you now see someone that you trust.

Hopefully seeing someone that you know and trust will hopefully mean that your bunny is safer than with someone that you don't know so well.

The vet did phone up to talk to me about it, but I was not in, and she never phoned back. But I have since found a guy who clearly knows rabbits inside and out, and keeps them too. So I will try and see him every time.

Digital scales is an excellent idea, thank you. Someone else suggested it too, so it seems to be the general consensus that it is a good thing to use, so I will be investing in some.

Thanks for the reply

 

[polly]

its ok i think the vet knew i was P***** with him he was lucky to keep his top teeth i can tell you!!! oh well you live and learn he was lucky dido was a hardy bunny!

R u in England? always interested if anyone comes across vetsin Scotland that r really good you should always keep your options open!

 

[Flashy]

lol, if you had done the same to him, that would certainly have taught him a lesson.

I'm in England, yes, East Anglia. It's rather a long trip to Scotland and not one I intend to make whilst getting bunnies to the vets, lol,so unfortunately, I can not tell you anything about vets in Scotland.But I totally agree you should keep your options open, sorry I can't assist in the opening of them lol.

 

[Haley]

Im so sorry to hear about your bunny. Thats just awful.

For scales, another idea is to buy a cheap kitchen/food scale. Usually the platform is a little small but you can put the bun in a basket or something and place that on the scale. Its good to keep track of their weights anyway..

 

[Flashy]

Thanks Haley,

We used to use something like that actually, but I have a feeling that a rabbit broke it, by jumping out, something like that anyway. But you are right, it does do the job.