Rabbit vet

[Moonlightbunny66]

I have an appointment next week for a check up on Muffin and Pinky. I think Pinky has ear mites, they said they can treat it. But they also said they don’t specialize in rabbits, they just do general health checks on them. So if there’s anything serious they may not catch it or if they do suspect something, we have to go to a vet 20-40 minutes away. So I want to do the annual check ups with the exotics vet that’s further away. Is this okay if I just go to the vet here this once? I don’t believe the bunnies would have anything serious going on since they were neutered about 4 weeks ago. I assume they would’ve checked their health for that. And then I know they checked how they were healing the day I took them home. So they probably checked their general health as well. I’m just getting anxiety over this, because I want to make sure they’re healthy. Should I cancel my appointment next week and go further away? Or keep my appointment and just wait until the next time I need to take them to the vet, then arrange annual check ups with the exotics vet 20-40 minutes away? 😣 I’m getting stressed over this yeesshhhhhh.

[Bam]

If they need treatment for ear mites, this vet will probably do, but for further health checks I’d recommend you go to a rabbit vet. Non rabbit vets as a rule don’t pick up on stuff. I’ve had this experience several times when no rabbit vet has been available to me (the only one here is only open Monday-Friday).

Non-rabbit vets can miss really big. They will have to do for acute stuff like earmites, wounds, traumatic injury and stasis during off hours, but for health checks they just don’t know enough. Which has to do with their training of course, exotics vets have special training.

[Moonlightbunny66]

Thank you! I will see how they do with the possible ear mites then. They were the vet in town that we could find that does small animals. For the annual check ups I’ll have to look into the vets that are further away.

[LBJ10]

Just make sure the non-rabbit vet doesn’t try to use something that is unsafe for rabbits! Sometimes they just don’t know.

[DanaNM]

Agreed, you should ask for Revolution by name to be on the safe side if it ends up being mites. 🙂

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[Moonlightbunny66]

Okay thanks guys! I’m also keeping in mind that frontline is not safe. What was the ingredient to stay away from called?

[Bam]

Fipronil is the ingredient to stay away from 😊

[pinkiemarie]

Lol to be honest I would take the advice of this forum before I would take the advice of a veterinarian who doesn’t specialize in rabbits. That said you have the advice on which medication for this condition is dangerous for rabbits so go this one time and move over to the exotics vet for future visits.

[Moonlightbunny66]

Thanks guys! I’m gonna call the vets in my area tomorrow and see if anyone actually specializes in rabbits. And also see if they are accepting new patients. I just want the best for them.

And I will write fipronil down as a no-no. If there’s any other bad ingredients, let me know!

[LBJ10]

There are antibiotics that are not safe for rabbits, but I doubt a vet would try to prescribe something if you are suspecting ear mites.

When looking for a vet, try looking for exotic or avian vets. My vet office actually advertises itself as an avian vet. They see all kinds of “exotics” though, with one doctor (the one we see) specializing in small critters like rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, etc.

[Moonlightbunny66]

Thank you! I found a vet that says they can do annual check ups on my bunnies. They say the vet has been seeing rabbits as long as she’s been a vet. I might make an appointment and see how it goes. I’m keeping my appointment for this week with the vet that’s here so if there are ear mites, we can get rid of them quick. I may call other vets if I can find more numbers, just for options! 🙂

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