Andybarbet
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 posted on 5/11/09 at 09:59 PM |
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Where to get rabbit insurance ??
Today we have agreed to adopt an 8 month old rabbit due to the fact that my ex-wife took her (my sons rabbit) to the local petsmart as she decided she
no longer wanted it - Forgot to ask my son what he thought about it though !
Needless to say my boy is upset so we called petsmart and arranged to adopt the rabbit once they are ready to put her up for adoption in a few days
time. (After telling them the reason we wanted her, they were more than happy for us to re-home.)
Anyway, i am looking to try and get some sort of insurance for vet bills but can only find 2 providers, all the rest only do cats and dogs. Does
anyone know or have some recomendations of a good company ?? hopefully we wont need to claim but you never know !
Cheers Andy
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:14 PM |
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 thats not fair
anyway, i'm sure someone at petsmart should be able to recommend somewhere that can do it. but like you say, most are just dogs and cats.
compare the market comes up with 3. or petplan.co.uk
[Edited on 5/11/09 by blakep82]
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BenB
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:16 PM |
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Don't Ann Summers offer a 12 month guarantee? 
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graememk
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:17 PM |
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how much is a rabbit going to cost in vets bills ?
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:19 PM |
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Stupid me didnt think to ask in petsmart !
Will talk to them tomorrow.
The two companys i found online were asking 12.50 per month which seems a little steep ? i could build me locost for 20 months worth of rabbit
insurance - or so the book recons
Also, not so sure the rabbit is rampant but will check ann summers website anyway - just to make sure 
[Edited on 5/11/09 by Andybarbet]
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
how much is a rabbit going to cost in vets bills ?
was thinking this myself. we've never had any insuranc eon our animals (there's lots of them) and only had 1 operation on one of the cats
when she was little. however, i think the total cost of vet bills is less than what it would cost in paying insurance
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graememk
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:20 PM |
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i've just noticed ann summers sell rabbit cleaning wipes
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:22 PM |
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you can insure dogs and cats but you can't eat them.
there is a reason why you can't insure rabbits.
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:24 PM |
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Rabbit cleaning wipes ! thats great
Who would have thought that a simple fluffy bunny post would have sent us all on a trip to the ann summers website - how strange
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
you can insure dogs and cats but you can't eat them.
there is a reason why you can't insure rabbits.
haven't you been to korea?
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scootz
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:34 PM |
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Insurance for poorly rabbits???
Has got to be a sharp blow over the back of the head surely???
It's Evolution Baby!
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
you can insure dogs and cats but you can't eat them.
there is a reason why you can't insure rabbits.
haven't you been to korea?
have you tried korean meatballs? there the dogs bo11ocks
[Edited on 5/11/09 by dinosaurjuice]
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:40 PM |
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This is great - keep em coming
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 5/11/09 at 10:57 PM |
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we had rabbits when I was a kid.
My view on them is that they are robust but disposable.
It is sad when they die, but that is one of the things about pet ownership for kids.
Matt
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ashg
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 12:20 AM |
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biggest vet bill for a rabbit should be around £25. only catch is you either have to dig the hole or skin it.
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swanny
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 08:33 AM |
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i'd agree with some of the above.
best insuranbce policy aginst the rabbit getting porrly is to make sure you always have a sharp knife some fresh herbs onions and carrots in the
cupboard at all times.
Paul
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paul the 6th
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 08:41 AM |
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would any of you eat ruby the house rabbit? the missus would be after you!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 08:48 AM |
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From experience the best way to protect against high bills is to give the rabbit lots if fresh veg or grass, a big run, decent hutch and away from any
noise etc that might stress them and bring on gut stasis, also keep teeth and nails clipped. Apart from that there is little that can go wrong that
can be fixed by a vet anyway.
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 10:04 AM |
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My niece has a couple of rabbits and when one of them was a bit iffy she took it to the vet. She was not too chuffed when the vet admitted she
didn't like treating rabbits because they only have two states, healthy or dead.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 01:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
From experience the best way to protect against high bills is to give the rabbit lots if fresh veg or grass, a big run, decent hutch and away from any
noise etc that might stress them and bring on gut stasis, also keep teeth and nails clipped. Apart from that there is little that can go wrong that
can be fixed by a vet anyway.
Rabbits suffer from flystrike. This is due to poor higene practice
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 6/11/09 at 02:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
This is great - keep em coming
Until your lad reads the comments over your shoulder, and suddenly realises the picture!
Ive got a rabbit, and ill barbeque it when its done. It is cute though, we had a cuddle on the sofa last night because of the fireworks. How many
pigs or cows can you do that with???
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
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