The 36-hour stay at the emergency vet has already racked up a $4,200 bill. I paid a $2,000 deposit on day one using a credit card that is now maxed out. All funds raise will go to pay for treatment and additional overnight care. Not including the $600 I initially paid taking her to two different vets locally.
BACKSTORY: Lil' Bunny Wan Kenobi is a dumped rabbit I found in the woods near Horseshoe Bend Trail. I recently took "Lil' Bun" to a vet to get established as a patient so she can get fixed and I can eventually bond her with my other rabbit, "Bunnysaurus Rex."
That vet checked her breathing and her heart and said they both sounded great so that seemed like good news but then a couple weeks later I noticed that she's been breathing a lot harder than usual and sneezing a lot. I first tried eliminating anything from her pen area that might be causing an allergic reaction but that didn't solve the problem so I took her back to the first vet and asked them to examine her once more to be sure. Once again the vet checked her teeth, her breathing and her heart rate and said it sounded "great" and that some rabbits are just a "sneezy."
Then, as if the Meta algorithm had been monitoring my phone calls and messages for demographic data, Facebook randomly presented me with a video explaining symptoms of respiratory infections in rabbits. As it turns out, Lil' Bun had been exhibiting those exact symptoms.
So now on my third vet visit I decided to take her to a different clinic -- Parker Way Vet in Mount Vernon. They were great! Dr. Wolf listened to my concerns and then examined the Bunny and said she was definitely breathing "rough." The next step was x-rays and those came back with images that showed fluid in the bunny's lungs, which would be consistent with pneumonia or "snuffles."
Because bunnies cannot expel, puke or cough up phlegm, it makes such infection dangerous and the vet said it pretty much requires that they get intubated. And has it happens none of the vets that see rabbits in three counties can perform that kind of procedure.
This is why people should not dump their animals but here we are and I don't wanna see this little animal suffer anymore. I want her to be able to enjoy running around in the front yard like the other bunnies instead of huddling in her hidey hole all the time.
If anybody feels generous and would like to pitch in to help with the cost of rehabilitation for this precious baby feel free to make a donation here or call Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine in Bothell. I hope to scrape together enough pay the bulk of the cost but bun stuff really adds up fast! I was trying to save enough to get her fixed (which will be another $600!) and I feel like I wasted at least $300 at the first vet who told me everything was fine when it actually wasn't. Any help would be appreciated!
