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BG... someone abandoned a rabbit in a field across from my house a couple of years ago. This was NOT a wild rabbit, and although she was out and about for a few months, she started to try to get under peoples' homes to keep warm when the weather started to get a little chilly out at night. So... I built her a MANSION... and caught her. I've had her for just over a year and a half now. I love her dearly, and named her Hossenfeffer 
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Okay, so Hoss was with us for just over a year when I went to hang out with her and discovered... a lump. Turns out it was a piece of hay that had gotten under her skin somehow and gotten infected. Okay, well might as well get that fixed up. For ~$600. Small animal vets around here are not cheap apparently. Operation went without a hitch, she was a little odd for a few days, and being a new bunny mom I panicked a little, but it all turned out alright.
Fast forward a few months when I do more research and realize she needs to be spayed, that's okay too. $150 for everything, so that's comparable to cats. Surgery again went without a hitch, and the vet even commented that Hoss was a very well behaved bunny. Recuperates well, she now has 2 houses, a converted dog crate for inside and her mansion for outside.
12 days later now... and I discovered there's a lump on her jaw again. I'm getting frustrated. And upset, because she's for me wrapped around her little paw. I don't want to put her through surgery again, but I will not let her suffer. I did some research today and found some info on something called Penicillin G or Bicillin. From what I read, it's an injectable (by me, after a vet has shown me how) penicillin that would mean that this might not need to go the surgery route.
Has anyone out there had rabbits with this problem? Is there any end to it? I WILL be taking her to the vet on my next days off, I'm just asking for personal stories/advice/something I can take to the vet for options. Fiancee and I agreed at the start of all this that we would not spend more than $500 on her..
this is no longer the case, she seems about on the same level as a boat as far as money pits go.. and she's worth every penny.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening to my blabber, I'm just coming to terms with the new news
/bgOkay, so Hoss was with us for just over a year when I went to hang out with her and discovered... a lump. Turns out it was a piece of hay that had gotten under her skin somehow and gotten infected. Okay, well might as well get that fixed up. For ~$600. Small animal vets around here are not cheap apparently. Operation went without a hitch, she was a little odd for a few days, and being a new bunny mom I panicked a little, but it all turned out alright.
Fast forward a few months when I do more research and realize she needs to be spayed, that's okay too. $150 for everything, so that's comparable to cats. Surgery again went without a hitch, and the vet even commented that Hoss was a very well behaved bunny. Recuperates well, she now has 2 houses, a converted dog crate for inside and her mansion for outside.
12 days later now... and I discovered there's a lump on her jaw again. I'm getting frustrated. And upset, because she's for me wrapped around her little paw. I don't want to put her through surgery again, but I will not let her suffer. I did some research today and found some info on something called Penicillin G or Bicillin. From what I read, it's an injectable (by me, after a vet has shown me how) penicillin that would mean that this might not need to go the surgery route.
Has anyone out there had rabbits with this problem? Is there any end to it? I WILL be taking her to the vet on my next days off, I'm just asking for personal stories/advice/something I can take to the vet for options. Fiancee and I agreed at the start of all this that we would not spend more than $500 on her..
this is no longer the case, she seems about on the same level as a boat as far as money pits go.. and she's worth every penny.Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening to my blabber, I'm just coming to terms with the new news
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