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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Rabbits and rabies

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    • SuperCheesetastic
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        I always thought rabbits could never get rabies… Or parvo…

        I’m actually taking my rabbit for an evaluation to volunteer at a healthcare facility with the elderly. They normally do dogs but they said a rabbit would be fine (possibly a first based on the forms I received). She would become a therapy animal when we’re finished and when she’s approved.

         

        They sent me a form to take to the veterinarian so that the veterinarian could fill it out. I’m like “Oh, that’s okay. All I need is a check-up and…” next, I look at the form and I nearly have a heart-attack!

         

        There’s a section for such vaccines (in this order on the form): rabies, distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, para-influenza, parvovirus, bordatella (also known as Kennel Cough).

         

        There’s a “fecal” and “heartworm” section below.

         

        Do any of these apply to rabbits?


      • LBJ10
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          Rabbits are mammals, so yes they can get rabies. Is it something you normally see? No. I’m thinking all those things are probably on the form because therapy animals tend to be dogs. They don’t want to put patients in a situation where they could be bitten by a dog and contract something.


        • LittlePuffyTail
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            That’s great that you want to do therapy visits with your bunny. I would love to do that.

            Obviously, you will have to explain to the healthcare facility that rabbits do not get these types of vaccinations. I’ve never heard of a pet rabbit getting rabies, but like LBJ10 says, they are mammals, so they can contract it. Of the things you listed, the only other I know that rabbits can get is Bordetella but there is no vaccine against it.


          • Sarita
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              Rabbits can get rabies but there is no approved vaccination for rabbits and my vet said that most likely if a rabbit was attacked and contracted rabies they would die.


            • SuperCheesetastic
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                Thanks, guys. I’ll just skip mailing in that specific form…


              • longhairmike
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                  i think there are few rabbits with rabies because they would rarely escape the infected animal that bit them in the first place.

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