National Emergeny Bunny Consultation Phone Number?

[Brad T]

Well, one of our boys just tried to take a nibble out of a low hanging Philodendron vine, which seems to be on just about every toxic plant list for rabbits (not sure what about them is though or how much is needed), which got me thinking. We’ve been trying to find a reliable vet in our area since we moved here just under a year ago and have yet to succeed. We’ve found two that claim to be willing to work on them, but only because no others in the area will, and we never felt comfortable with that for our check-ups. Though we can possibly use them for emergencies and ask them to call a rabbit specialist for consultation. One problem, who to call?

Is there any 24/7 rabbit specialist that we could call? Preferably one that someone’s had experience with if possible.

Our curious boys and we thank you. 

A quote of my below final results for ease of use.

 

Okay, I haven’t given up on this as I firmly beleive that this is something that should be very well known and even handed out in the intro packet with every rabbit. So after doing some research, here’s the list of 24/7 emergency exotic clinics that I’ve found along with some notes:

 

Da-da-da-DAAAAAA

HRS does in fact have some on their site. Just not the easiest to find.

 

Nationally known rabbit veterinarians who will consult via phone with other vets
Several nationally-known rabbit veterinarians will consult with another vet, such as the one who is currently treating your rabbit. Your veterinarian may wish to contact:
Dr. Carolynn Harvey – Northern California – (510) 654-8375
Dr. Jeff Jenkins – Southern California – (800) 379-6842
Some of these professionals charge a fee for consultations, and others do not. It will be up to your veterinarian to ask in advance.

Please note that these veterinarians will NOT consult with another veterinarian’s client about a patient’s care. It’s a matter of professional courtesy. So please DO NOT CONTACT THESE VETS YOURSELF. Leave the consultations to the veterinary professionals.

 

 

Alternatives (just in case-plus, I found all these first and didn’t want to waste the effort)

This comes from coloradohrs.com so, I’d like to assume that they know what they’re doing
Alpenglow Veterinary Emergency – 24 hr ER
Matt Booth, Sean Williams, Rachel Swetz (seems like Rebecca Hall is also on the list now)
3640 Walnut St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303-443-GLOW (4569)

Though conflicting, they also have this on their site:
 

If you have a medical emergency involving a domestic rabbit, and can’t find a good rabbit vet, call the Colorado HRS 24-hour Health Line. Please – be sure to keep your line open so we can reach you!
Note: If you are unable to reach a human at the first number and left a message, but haven’t heard back within 5 minutes, call the second number. If no response in another 5 minutes, then call the third number. If all else fails, call the last number on the list.

Please, do not use the health line for sick or injured cottontails. Instead, call Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation at 303-823-8455 or take the cottontail to the nearest veterinarian.

I think what they meant to say at the end there is, “if you have an emergency, GET THEM TO A VET instead of trying to handle it yourself…and here’s the one nearby”
 

These next ones are listed in order only by my confidence in them based on their website (not the best criteria, but it’s all I have to go off of)

North Coast Bird & Exotic Specialty Hospital 1053 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. Copley OH 44321 ___________________________________	1-877-NCXOTIC (629-6842) info@northcoastbird.com   Emergency Number: 330-666-2976
Avian & Exotic Veterinary Service 830 N. Germantown Parkway, Suite 105 Cordova, TN 38018	Tele : 901.624.9002 Fax : 901.624.9014 Email : info@aeavs.com
Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital, PLLC 10137 Main Street Suite 6 Bothell, WA 98011	Tele : 425-486-9000 Fax : 425.486.9002   Email : info@theexoticvet.com

I know that there’s got to be more than just us that don’t have a rabbit savvy vet near them, so I hope that this can help at least put someone more at ease.

 

peace,

Brad

Edit: add-on that I found in another thread

Adobe Animal Hospital  4470 El Camino Real Los Altos, California 94022     ______________________

Main: (650) 948-9661 Pharmacy: (650) 209-9303 FAX: (650) 948-1465 E-Mail: adobeinfo@gmail.com   EMERGENCY Services (650)948-9661, extension 0

 Btw, yes, I am going to print out my own post 

EDIT 2: I’ve added a printable pdf of all the numbers.

 

[Sarita]

You could call the poison control center on the toxicity of that plant.

I don’t know of any rabbit specialist you could call on 24 hours a day. You might email House Rabbit Society and see if they have a list of vets who will consult with other vets. Of course, they won’t be available 24 hours a day most likely.

[RabbitPam]

Have you checked the HRS website list of vets for your area? If you find one close to you, they may have a local emergency number for you to have as a back up. Go to http://www.rabbit.org and find the vets page. You input your zip code or search for the nearest location.

[jerseygirl]

Ah! Curious Bunnies! Hope your bunny-boy is ok.  I have a couple split leaf Philodendrons in the garden and both bunnies have nibbled the dry shed leaves will no ill effects. If they had tried the fresh branch with the sap or whatever, it may be a different story. :|

That’s a good idea to have something like that, a hotline of sorts. If there isn’t such a thing you could email your local HRS to see about what it would involve to get something like that up.

I think RabbitPam initially posted this reference on the site before. It’s a chart for Rabbit 1st Aid.
http://www.petco.com/Content/Article.aspx
btw, if anyone knows how to get rid of the annoying ad that obscures the chart I’d be grateful!

I believe vets can give activated charcoal to rabbits when they’ve ingested a poison. I vaguely remember someone posting this was done for their rabbit at an emergency room. I’ve also heard vitamin E oil can help in posioning cases but can’t verify that – sorry.

In any event, the nearest available vet is probably your best option. Rabbit experienced or not, they would have access to veterinary information or contacts to guide them. And hopefully have the right meds on hand to treat the rabbit.
 

[Brad T]

They’re fine, we caught them before they actually got anything off the plant. I’m just trying to prepare (aside from moving it up higher since we had to continually watch them tonight-just couldn’t leave it alone).

 Unfortunately when I click on Kentucky, it brings me to Indiana. And sadly, the closest bunny rescue or HRS is either in St. Louis or western Tennessee. 

One of the vets has rabbits on her ‘farm’, but she admitted that she’s about 10 years out of date since her exotics vet friend moved away. We had her fill out a questionnaire that we got from the St. Louis HRS, but after getting the results checked out, they (HRS) said that they’d try to get some materials together to help bring the vet up to date, but we so far haven’t been able to get that out of them.

I’m sure that somewhere in the nation, there’s got to be at least one emergency vet that is rabbit savvy. I guess the trick is finding them.

 And jerseygirl, I’m using Opera (www.opera.com) and haven’t seen an ad covering anything.

Edit: That seemed too shallow of a generalization of the area. I’m sorry for that.

 

[Sarita]

This is from a PetBunny list – not sure how updated it is, but maybe there is a vet there for you:

homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/Vet_KY.html

[Brad T]

Thank you Sarita. Unfortunately the closest is 3.5 hours away, but please keep trying! The more the better in this case.
If anyone else is trying to look up the area, we live in Paducah, KY.

[Sarita]

This is from the Guinea Pig Lynx Forum:

http://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php

Look down the page and someone has listed a Dr. Ray that is in Mayfield, KY - it might be worth calling the clinic and speaking with him to see what he knows about rabbits.  Many vets that treat piggies also treat rabbits. 

[Brad T]

Wonderful! I’ll try to get a hold of him and see if he’s up to the HRS test of doom (seriously, have you seen this thing? It’s about 12 pages of specific medical questions and has scared off more vets than have looked at it). Although the questionnaire is a little grueling, I can’t seem to get most vets to understand that it’s not meant to prove that they don’t know anything.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Phew!!

You can always call poison control though there is a charge. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/

call (888) 426-4435. A $65 consultation fee may be applied to your credit card.

It’s time to do what we all have to do-out all the plants that aren’t edible There are tons of bunny friendly plants you can grow and just to be cautious it may be best to get rid of the rest. http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/toxic.html

[Brad T]

Okay, I haven’t given up on this as I firmly beleive that this is something that should be very well known and even handed out in the intro packet with every rabbit. So after doing some research, here’s the list of 24/7 emergency exotic clinics that I’ve found along with some notes:

 

Da-da-da-DAAAAAA

HRS does in fact have some on their site. Just not the easiest to find.

 

Nationally known rabbit veterinarians who will consult via phone with other vets
Several nationally-known rabbit veterinarians will consult with another vet, such as the one who is currently treating your rabbit. Your veterinarian may wish to contact:
Dr. Carolynn Harvey – Northern California – (510) 654-8375
Dr. Jeff Jenkins – Southern California – (800) 379-6842
Some of these professionals charge a fee for consultations, and others do not. It will be up to your veterinarian to ask in advance.

Please note that these veterinarians will NOT consult with another veterinarian’s client about a patient’s care. It’s a matter of professional courtesy. So please DO NOT CONTACT THESE VETS YOURSELF. Leave the consultations to the veterinary professionals.

 

 

Alternatives (just in case-plus, I found all these first and didn’t want to waste the effort)

This comes from coloradohrs.com so, I’d like to assume that they know what they’re doing
Alpenglow Veterinary Emergency – 24 hr ER
Matt Booth, Sean Williams, Rachel Swetz (seems like Rebecca Hall is also on the list now)
3640 Walnut St.
Boulder, CO 80301
303-443-GLOW (4569)

Though conflicting, they also have this on their site:
 

If you have a medical emergency involving a domestic rabbit, and can’t find a good rabbit vet, call the Colorado HRS 24-hour Health Line. Please – be sure to keep your line open so we can reach you!
Note: If you are unable to reach a human at the first number and left a message, but haven’t heard back within 5 minutes, call the second number. If no response in another 5 minutes, then call the third number. If all else fails, call the last number on the list.

Please, do not use the health line for sick or injured cottontails. Instead, call Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation at 303-823-8455 or take the cottontail to the nearest veterinarian.

I think what they meant to say at the end there is, “if you have an emergency, GET THEM TO A VET instead of trying to handle it yourself…and here’s the one nearby”
 

These next ones are listed in order only by my confidence in them based on their website (not the best criteria, but it’s all I have to go off of)

North Coast Bird & Exotic Specialty Hospital 1053 S. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. Copley OH 44321 ___________________________________	1-877-NCXOTIC (629-6842) info@northcoastbird.com   Emergency Number: 330-666-2976
Avian & Exotic Veterinary Service 830 N. Germantown Parkway, Suite 105 Cordova, TN 38018	Tele : 901.624.9002 Fax : 901.624.9014 Email : info@aeavs.com
Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital, PLLC 10137 Main Street Suite 6 Bothell, WA 98011	Tele : 425-486-9000 Fax : 425.486.9002   Email : info@theexoticvet.com

I know that there’s got to be more than just us that don’t have a rabbit savvy vet near them, so I hope that this can help at least put someone more at ease.

 

peace,

Brad

Edit: add-on that I found in another thread

Adobe Animal Hospital  4470 El Camino Real Los Altos, California 94022     ______________________

Main: (650) 948-9661 Pharmacy: (650) 209-9303 FAX: (650) 948-1465 E-Mail: adobeinfo@gmail.com   EMERGENCY Services (650)948-9661, extension 0

 Btw, yes, I am going to print out my own post 

EDIT 2: I’ve added a printable pdf of all the numbers.

[Sarita]

Wow, thanks Brad :~) Great info!

[Brad T]

Added a pdf for easy printing.

I don’t know about anyone else, but knowing that my local vets can easily have access to reliable info in an emergency really takes a load off of my mind.  

And not a problem. I already wanted to do the work in finding all this, I’d feel stupid not to share. 

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