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作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-13 23:57 標題: 兔兔生腳瘡

琴日發現腳踭位有少少紅,今日變大約,大約有0.5cmx0.5cm
由於星期日,Richmond搵唔到醫生,結果去o左W4th Ave 夾Fir 果街Vancouver Animals Emergency Clinic
出發前已經問o左佢會睇兔仔,basic examination fee $200
不過心諗兔仔快d無事o既話就無所謂...
去到唔係好洗等,護士檢查完畢,話唔收我診金,醫生o係電話度話只要唔比佢行本地硬o既話傷口好快會好,無藥食,叫我呢幾日留意o下佢就ok

你o地d 兔兔有無生過腳瘡呀?
我好擔心...
同埋Richmond 有無其他Clinic 睇兔仔?
我唔想上到去咁遠...

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-14 01:13

you're sure it's 腳瘡..? and not a cut..??
is your bunny licking on it a lot??
as far as i know.. no vets in the vaec are capable of treating rabbits =\
you shouldn't be too worried la. as long as your bunny is still acting and eating normally. it'll heal eventually
try to keep his living area clean~ especially the litter box so the pee/poop won't irritate his foot. and watch for sharp areas (like edges of the cage/ little box etc..) cover those areas with towels~~
as for the wound... use polysporin~ or any antibiotic ointment..~ just use the regular one, not the extra strength. but as little on it as possible cuz you know the bunny'll lick it off... but a little is fine.. we've used it on our hamsters and bunny and all the wounds have healed

and for vets in rmd. i would say NO...
during the last day or so with my bunny i called just about every single vet in richmond cuz like you, i dun want my bunny to suffer from the stress they get from car rides..
and i saw from vrra that there's a new bunny vet in rmd
Dr. Martinez
Little Paws Animal Clinic
130 – 12011 2nd Ave.
Richmond, BC
604 241-7387
BUT. when i called and asked a few questions like i did with all the other vets, the girl who i spoke to was NOT FRIENDLY at all... i hope it was just that individual la.

but yeah~ i dun think you should worry too much. bunnies get small cuts on their feet from time to time... as long as their behaviours are normal they should be fine. just keep them really clean..!~

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-15 14:44

果日d護士同我講,呢d 叫pressure sores...無開藥比我o地...我亦唔會比佢對腳仔掂到水

佢o地send o左個notes 去arbutus/w 16th ave 果間clinic (因為以前住溫哥華,o係果度睇開),其實見佢個紅色位已經細o左,仲生返毛毛,但係為o左安全起見,聽日返工前會帶佢去arbutus/16th 度檢查,放工拎返佢...

我已經成個兔籠清潔o左,同埋o係籠口舖o左毛巾...
其實佢每日95% 時間都o係出面(地毯同埋坐軟綿綿dining chairs),只係食o野飲水同去厠所先返入籠一陣
我都唔係好明佢點解有pressure sores...

聽日再update o下你..多謝關心...

作者: habitrailspace 時間: 2010-6-15 14:59

回復 3# auyatyat

"腳踭位有少少紅"
my bunny had the same symptom b4. not just 少少紅, 好似無咗小小毛(1cmx1cm).
i remember it took her few months to recover (didnt do anything).

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-15 19:24

auyatyat, Dr Martinez is the on-call vet i've told you abt in sms..
he used to work in Arbutus west animal clinic (my buns used to go there and see him)... he left a bit over a yr ago and started in own business... there was the option of having him go to your place or you go to his place (granville & 12th i believe). he's really good with buns but he wasnt very on time (last summer i had him come to my place to check on my bun and he was late for over an hr) but skills-wise he's pretty good. Didnt know he changed the name of his clinic...i guess he's done with going on-call so he got a place? i saw his yellow vet car when i went to steveston last weekend

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-15 19:25

果日d護士同我講,呢d 叫pressure sores...無開藥比我o地...我亦唔會比佢對腳仔掂到水

佢o地send o左個note ...
auyatyat 發表於 2010-6-15 14:44

oh so u go to arbutus west too...
ever since dr martinez has left i'm going to west boulevard vet to see dr potter instead... she's way more expensive but also way more experienced.

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-15 22:49

回復 4# habitrailspace

thanks..佢都係無o左少少毛..大約0.5cm x 0.5cm,為o左安心,聽日都係帶佢睇醫生..

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-15 22:51

回復 2# cinderelly

thank you, 留o左言,希望聽日去呢間睇睇
因為唔想上到去西區同埋留佢o係clinic 成日...

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-15 23:07

my bunny got more sores on his feet as he got older. but mainly because towards his last year or so he wasn't able to hold his pee so much so a lot of times he'd just pee where he's sitting and he will just step on it... resulting in urine burn at the end. one time for that little patch of flesh with no skin, he got a cut from the wood pellets in his litter box. but that healed pretty quickly. we had to give him a butt/feet wash almost every day to keep him clean... but for the last 2-3 months things got really bad.. he had almost no fur on one of his foot... 心痛=(

作者: Snowy 時間: 2010-6-15 23:21

如果兔兔的後腳趾甲太長都會引起sore hocks, 因為腳甲太長牠就要就住來行, 久而久之D pressure去晒腳掙度. 不知你兔兔是否這個問題呢?

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-15 23:22

.. even though we brought our bunny to dr potter.. i actually dun like her that much. she's kinda rough and has not much patience..?
one time we asked for dr potter but got dr mcewen instead (her daughter). she's younger but more gentle..

and speaking of vets. i want to share this with all of you too. about 6 months or so we brought barni to dr potter to see if she had a better solution to barni's urine burn problems. she suggested that we shave all the hair off his legs and areas near his private parts so it's easier to clean and so the fur isn't always constantly wet with urine. (michele the rabbit boarding lady had her bunny benji shaved too so we thought ok sure we can do that). so dr potter leaves and said she'll get one of her nurses to shave barni. so a nurse comes in, she looked very young... and she was supposed to carry barni off to another room so they can shave him. but for us that handle rabbits everyday we know how to pick up a rabbit, and how NOT to let a rabbit kick like crazy. but the nurse that came in had no idea how to pick up our bunny. she was in slow motion so of course our bunny'd jump away. so WE pick up barni and hand it to her... i was already worried and i actually regret it very much. she did not seem like she knew how to handle rabbits at all.
so half an hour later they said it's done and we didn't check on barni cuz he was already in the carrier and we just wanted to bring him home asap.
and we go home and we let him out... and it seemed like barni was LIMPING. he had never seen him like that... he was kinda dragging his leg or both legs and wasn't jumping like a rabbit should... PLUS he refused to eat anything. i got really worried so i called w. blvd to ask if anything went wrong and they just said no. so i told them the situation and they said nthg went wrong, barni was never dropped.. and even suggested that we go back to them.. -_-...... i refused right away and they said they'll call back to check on us but they never did.
so we force fed barni for a week and thank goodness he got better... as for his leg. ever since that time every now and then it'd seem like his leg(s) is bothering him... one day he'd be ok.. the next he'd look weird...
until the 1.5 months... every now and then he'd seem to have lost control of his leg(s).. he won't jump and will only drag his leg.. =\ 真係念起都好心痛.... =( the weird part was that one day he'd jump normally.. but the next he'd be limping...
i mean i have no real evidence to say that w blvd is responsible... but it just seems to be such a coincidence that we have never noticed anything until that vet visit lor...

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-15 23:27

another thing.. since 2 of you mentioned that you did/do go to arbutus west.
i think there's a vet there with the last name of brondwin...?
i've had a bad experience with him too.
it wasn't with my bunny.. i had a dwarf hamster years ago, and she had a huge lump on one of her legs. so we brought her there to see dr brondwin cuz i rmb i did some research and supposedly he's a good vet for rodents.
when he was checking on my hammy he SQUEEZED the lump really firmly it scared the heck out of me. my hamster was squirming like crazy when he did that... and when we got home there was liquid all around the lump but there was no wound on the lump (not like a pimple)... it seemed like he squeezed water out from the surface or sthg.. very scary.. he was so harsh and rough...

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-15 23:32

不過講真.. i've never met a vet that i thought was EXPERIENCED AND GENTLE... it's like these 2 qualities do not exist together... =\
we've also been to dr anderson (on granville) once. i think it was our bunny's first vet visit. we picked hiim cuz he's closer to richmond. but he was very rough too... and expensive.
dr mcewen and dr rana (lansdowne vet.. we brought our other hamsters there a couple of times. but he's not really a small animal vet) are more gentle...
oh and the one at eagleridge is fairly nice too. but too far away.

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-15 23:36

so far dr potter seems ok to me.. she's quick and i think that's from her experience.  The way she handles bunnies and the kind of things she tested for makes me feel like she has a lot of experience.  her daughter on the other hand is more gentle but seems to be lacking experience (as she's still young).

dr brondwin seems a bit cold in terms of personality.  after my first bun Mocha passed away i took him to arbutus west to 解剖 to find out what happened... and he didnt seem very patient with me.  but they were nice enough not to charge me for the 解剖...

after dr martinez left arbutus west i didnt know and took Mocha back for a check up (that was before he died, of cos)... because i didnt know who to find since martinez was gone, they put me with a random vet peron... i dont remember her name but OMG she was super rough on Mocha!! we were suspecting sth was wrong with his bladder so she wanted to get urine sample and what she did was she SQUEEZED HIS BLADDER and make his pee squat out!!!!! i was like WTF it looked so painful! and when she was handling Mocha she didnt seem to know how and he kicked her close to her eye... i asked "are you ok?" and she was like "....no..", definitely not friendly and not rabbit savvy.  it was since then i decided against arbutus west.

dr martinez has a lot of patience but he is super holistic... when he was still with arbutus west and i took my buns in for check up, he pulled me outside the vet more than one time to show me which grass i can pick for my buns to eat and he'd pull out a knife and grab a bunch of fresh grass and give them to my bun... he does that even tho he's late for his next appointmnet (maybe that's why he's never on time).  He is gentle and has lots of experience with rabbits too, i like him a lot... except he's way too 長氣 lol.

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-15 23:44

argh i hate it when they get someone who aren't familiar with rabbits to look at bunnies. it's so obvious to us whether or not they're rabbit savvy or not.......... they just can't fake it.
it's true that dr potter is very experienced i guess. you're right how she's quick. but she's not very patient..? when she wanted to check on barni's teeth.. she tried for like... 10 secs max and said barni wouldn't stay still she she can't check it thoroughly and suggested that we give her anesthetics so she can check her teeth..!? erm... -_- and i hated how she got her inexperienced nurse to carry barni off to the other room...... god knows what happened after that =(

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-17 12:44

回復 10# Snowy

Hi Snowy,
I trim his nails regularly, it's not related to his nails.
My living room has laminate flooring, I have an area rug for him, he was ok for the past 4 years, and he has the sore problem just recently. The vet suggested me to put a bed cover sheet (cotton material) on top of the rug, so he can have less contact with the rugs, and will feel more comfortable. I started to do it yesterday, he seems enjoying the cotton bed cover sheet. I also applied the medical cream to his sores. He always want to escape from my catch now..haha

thanks!

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-17 12:55

回復 2# cinderelly

Hello,
I went to Dr. Martinez yesterday, he is very kind and experienced. He has a small grass area in the clinic, let my bunny run around for a while, and did the body and dental check in front of me. He seems to know a lot about rabbits, told me why he has pressure sores, told me what I should do, told me what kind of grass and hay I should provide. Very nice experience, and reasonable price. Basic exam fee is $45 + $15 for medication.

Also, they close at 7pm, fits my 9-5 life a lot. I will recommend this clinic to all rabbits.

Regarding the recepitionist, she seems ok to me while I was in the clinic, chatted with me, and played with my bunny. She is not local Canadaian I guess, may be from Europe, so her English sounds a bit funny. Anyway, I don't have any issues with her.

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-17 12:55

回復 12# cinderelly

I don't go to Arbutus West anymore, cos I had moved to Richmond.
I'm ok going to Little Paws now, closer to me, and longer clinic hours.

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-17 12:56

回復 11# cinderelly

Feel sad too...

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-17 14:05

i went to dr potter ytd for my bunny's recheck... had an xray taken ($$$!!!!!) and after that she took a lot of time explaining to me that my bun was fine and was digging thru records of other buns to show me what it'd look like if she had gut problems or bladder stones. she seems pretty patient yesterday? I guess u went to her on her bad day? (p.s. they were nice enough to not charge for my recheck ytd, if they did then i'd be broke cuz xray was EXPENSIVE!)... i was also very happy that they had xray equipment on hand, cuz arbutus west didnt and they had to send me to dr upjohn in COQUITLAM (far!!)... dr upjohn is well known to be a good bun vet too but the xray turned out blurred and we couldn't see anything. this time at dr potter the xray was very clear, i guess their technician have better skills?

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-17 22:02

auyatyat -glad that dr martinez is nice..! wish he was here in richmond sooner =\ i think the receptionist that i had was asian.... from her slight accent...!

chocobun -what's wrong with your bunny?? gut problems/bladder stones??? poor bunny ><
upjohn's the one at eagleridge right..? yeah he's pretty nice too.. i brought my hamster there once. but it's just way too far..

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-17 22:19

well this dumb bun didnt eat a lot for a bit 2 weeks ago, so we were worried... then when she's outside of her cage playing she pees small puddles outside.. so we were worried that she might have bladder stone and got xrays... but she turns out fine. dr potter said she's probably just marking (she hates my other bunny)... she's fine now but wouldn't eat hay on her own unless we HANDFEED her... super spoiled bun :S

p.s. thanks for the bunny supplies

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2010-6-17 22:30

maybe you can get her sprayed..? will that help with the problem..? (oo i didnt know female bunnies are this territorial too...) which one is this one..? the older one?? at least she eats hay when you handfeed her... >< mine has NEVER liked hay.. very picky eater... he picks on only certain ones that he likes.. and he only eats it when he's starving =\ and NEVER when we handfeed him.. haha =p

ps. np

and thank YOU!

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-18 00:01

my buns are both spayed ga la... this is the younger one (her name is Ah Bi... the older one is Lilly)...
well she still picks when we handfeed her, we take a lot of time to hand pick hay out from large bags of hay... and take an hr to feed her each nite.

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-18 21:46

我o地幾時o黎個兔友gathering?haha

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-6-19 17:55

dr martinez 叫我o係街搵d 草放入個盤度,等佢得閒可以o係上面行o下同食o下..但係覺得街邊d 草好似好污jo,dr martinez 話無問題...

我仲未夠胆試wor....

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-6-21 03:10

make sure u find grass that has no pesticide... that's most important

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-10 14:29

went to the vet again today, his pressure sores are getting better according to the vet..however, his eye has beed infected by foreign object (a hay), making it very red...he's having new oral medication now, i have to wash his eye, and apply cream to his eye....poor bun bun

作者: smt 時間: 2010-7-10 18:01

Sorry I'm confused... ><
Where's Dr. Martinez? Is he mobile?

BTW
Bunny meet is a good idea

auyatyat: wish your bunny good luck...

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-10 23:33

Dr Martinez is in Richmond Steveston area, 2nd Ave.
the clinic name is Little Paws animal clinic
he is very nice to my rabbit....

my bun bun is infected, cant meet up with other bunnies at this moment, i hope he will get well soon...

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-10 23:33

回復 29# smt

what type of rabbit do u hv?

作者: smt 時間: 2010-7-11 12:35

It's adopted. Netherland Dwarf mixed with sth else I think.
Why?

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-11 17:09

回復 32# smt

just curious, my bun is dutch drawft..may be similar as yours?

作者: habitrailspace 時間: 2010-7-12 16:18

dr martinez 叫我o係街搵d 草放入個盤度,等佢得閒可以o係上面行o下同食o下..但係覺得街邊d 草好似好污jo,d ...
auyatyat 發表於 2010-6-19 17:55

"街邊d 草好似好污jo"
how about backyard?

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-12 23:39

回復 34# habitrailspace

我o係tisol 買o左少少oat grass,隻o野都唔係好食...

作者: habitrailspace 時間: 2010-7-13 08:52

回復 habitrailspace

我o係tisol 買o左少少oat grass,隻o野都唔係好食...
auyatyat 發表於 2010-7-12 23:39

maybe the weather is too hot
my bunny's favorite is baby carrot

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-7-13 14:52

bunbun meet will be chaotic lol the buns will fight for sure :p

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-13 15:18

should I bring my tortoise to the bunny meet?

作者: smt 時間: 2010-7-13 16:14

should I bring my tortoise to the bunny meet?
布小熊發表於 2010-7-13 15:18

And have a race?

作者: chocobun 時間: 2010-7-15 01:17

if ur turtoise race with my buns it will definitely win cuz my buns will just be sitting there not moving.. lol

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-15 19:11

兔兔有草入眼,星期六睇o左醫生,食antibiotics同good bacteria兩日,唔肯食o野...只係食o左一條baby carrot咁大把..星期一醫生叫我停藥,等佢胃口好返先...星期三,再去睇醫生,隻眼好返好多,但係都唔係好食o野...2日只係食o左2粒cherries...星期三晚開始force feed critical care,隻兔依家好憎我,因為每日要捉佢兩三次搽藥,餵藥同洗眼....
希望佢快d 好返....

作者: auyatyat 時間: 2010-7-19 12:13

my bun is good now, no need to have eye drops or oral medication. however, he still has mild pressure sore...

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