Uh.....it doesn't sound to me like your vet has been trained to take care of rabbits. Vets who care for rabbits have to go on and take advanced classes in Exotics....Rabbits are considered exotics because their digestive systems are significantly diff. from cats/dogs and very much like horses and deer... they have "good" bacteria in their gut to help digest food and the gut has to move all of the time. There are also drugs specifically developed to treat bunnies for a variety of disorders that a cat/dog vet might not know about.

I would urge you to get back on the House Rab Soc webpage, they have a listing of rabbit-specialist vets and questions you should ask a vet before you choose one.

I'm fussy I guess because I have heard and seen horror stories out at our sanctuary of untrained vets trying to treat a rabbit and use the same meds they would for a dog or a cat. (On wanted to give Tang!!! to a bunny with a cold, I almost had a heart attack...said the bun needed vit C....what a crock plus all that sugar would have given the bunny diahrea!!!!) Many bunnies usually end up dead or significantly worse even when an untrained vet has the bun's best interest at heart. Bunnies, for example, absolutely CANNOT have penicillin or Amoxicyllin, it will kill the "good" flora in their gut, without which will then kill the bunny. Bunnies are very suspectible to catching a cold which has to be treated with bunny-safe drugs. In addition bunnies also have problems with anesthetics. For Jilly's sake you really need to have having a rabbit specialist vet, and have him or her identified BEFORE Jilly gets sick. As bunnies start to get older many need a proper vet who can diagnose bunny problems. Your present vet is to be congratulated on NOT being willing to spay Jilly. I suspect he is well aware of how tricky the anesthesia is to administer. I know this sounds like a good reason Not to have Jilly spayed but I promise you she'll be a healthier bunny and most likely live longer if she does have her little operation. Please think about what I've said.

Gotta get off my soapbox now and go home....Yeah, it's the weekend!!