took buzz for pre=neuter visist and find out he needs to see the vet every 2 months for the rest of his life!

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 05/24/2009 at 11:36 AM
  Jenalynn
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  So i took Buzz in for his check up so he can get neuterd. They ask edme if I would like to have blood work done before the surgery, and ofcourse I wanted him to have some kind of blood work done before surgery, so they take him in back and then I get called back in the exam room to here ” we have a problem”…….
  
  Turns out that his molars are growing into each other….. his jaw bones have some sort of issue where they will never grow in normally. She let me see the 2 longest molar teeth and they were almost touching. She said she has never seen this in a bunny so young (6 months). SHe said if I waited any longer to bring him in he would have probably stopped eaiting. So we at first decided to put him under and file the teeth down for now and then I would need to have those 2 teeth pulled which would cost a whopping $600.00-1200.00. She said she would know more once they had him knocked out to examine all the teeth. After her filing the teeth she realized that alllllllllllllll of his molars are growing this way and they would all need to be pulled….. welll I don’t have $5000.00+++ laying around and we didnt want to put poor buzz through that. So she decided he would need to come in every 6-8 weeks for the rest of his life to have his teeth filed down.
  
  So that was my lovely 3 hour trip to the vet. I was so upset I had to put my poor little guy through all the pricking and proding. But the good news is he loves the taste of his medicine which is good since he will be on it for the rest of his life.
  
  My day started with a happy bunny and only a 55.00 exam bill and ended with $220.00 bill for the day and angry bunny – I suppose thats life though
  
  Anyone else have this happen to them???
- 05/24/2009 at 11:43 AM
  Adalaide
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  That’s so sad, poor little guy. I sure hope he’s feeling a bit better. I keep seeing things like this and am seriously considering getting insurance for Freya. Sure, a year ago the people who would do anything to save a pet were all nuts, I mean… $5000 for an animal? Crazy!!! Now I can’t say that I wouldn’t be ready to do just that. Maybe you should look into it.
- 05/24/2009 at 12:20 PM
  Elrohwen
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  Wow, that is so sad! I’m very sorry for your little bunny, but it’s great that he has someone like you who is willing to take care of his special needs instead of dumping him.
- 05/24/2009 at 1:56 PM
  MooBunnay
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  I’m so sorry to hear that he has some teeth problems, but it is really great that you are willing to take care of him and getting the help he needs because teeth problems are really hard for bunnies. If you decide to purchase some type of pet insurance, you will probably want to talk with a claims person first because I don’t think they will cover his teeth filings or surgery if this is a pre-existing condition, and it would be too bad if you paid all that money for insurance and it didn’t end up helping you out.
  
  I’m not to familiar with how teeth filing for the molars works, but I would recommend that when you take him it you ask a lot of questions and observe the procedure. The more you know about the issue the more ways you can think of to help him out. Is he a good hay eater? I know that sometimes that helps with teeth issues and also keeping your bunny in a healthy condition in general.
- 05/24/2009 at 7:19 PM
  Jenalynn
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  Yeah, I would never be able to leave my little guy when I chose to be responsible for him. The thing that really stinks is that I was neutering him partly because I wanted to adopt a female bunny from my school so they can have eachother to live with. Buzz is spoiled rotten but I don’t think I can ever replace having an actually bunny to be with him everyday to play and keep him company. But now with the new expense of his teeth, and me going to school 8 hours every day I don’t know if I can afford to get Sweet Pea just for the fact that if she ever has an “emergency” issue I don’t know if I would be able to come up with the funds to help her….. and knowing that makes me not want to risk getting her and it happen… which breaks my heart…. but I’d rather be safe than sorry =(
- 05/25/2009 at 8:56 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  Did they give you $5000 as a quote for having all the molars extracted? Once they are under anesthesia- yes, it will cost more to pull more teeth and he will need to be under anesthesia longer- but it would still be cheaper than separate surgeries.
  
  Since this is the first time- even though he is young it would not be a bad idea to see what happens and how this progresses. Maybe, just maybe this will resolve with an initial treatment.
  
  Unfortuntaly I doubt insurance would cover the surgery even if you had insurance all along- the fact the doctors think Buzz’s jawbones did not properly form makes me think they might rule this out as a genetic condition. (VPI does not cover genetic conditions like hip dysplasia in dogs and malocclusion in rabbits).
  
  It varies from state to state so it is always a good idea to check with the insurance company if you have any questions.
  
  Did you get Buzz from a breeder? If so- you should notify the breeder. Even though I am sure a breeder would do nothing to help Buzz- they should at least KNOW what resulted from their breeding practices.
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