Insurance for rabbits

[Dodie66]

Can anybody recommend an insurance company that insures rabbits? Also how much does it cost?
Thanks

pets at home do insurance for rabbits. i don't know anything about it though, but you can find reviews online.

www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/pet-insurance/rabbit-insurance

I use PetPlan, haven't had to claim but they're still covering my girl whose now 12 (not cheap at that age mind). If I wanted to find new insurance for her no company would cover due to her age.

Congratulations on your bunny! Hi, I recommend petplan highly, in my experience I have found them prompt and helpful for rabbit insurance. Vet bills for rabbits can be super expensive. Best thing to do is ring them up to ask the price, I have a feeling cost of insurance probably varies depending on factors such as rabbits age and whether they live indoors or outside etc. Maybe also ask the vet surgery you plan on using they may be able to recommend. Our vets offers free healthcare checks sometimes and talks on rabbit care; that kind of thing and it's own plan towards other costs so check with them in case they can offer you similar as it might be really helpful to you!

Thanks for your replies, it’s my daughter that had 2 bunnies at the moment and they are both I’ll costing her a fortune in vets bills
She was looking for insurance but they won’t pay for existing conditions. She said if she gets any more rabbits she will insure them straight away.
Both of the rabbits are netherland dwarf and they have stomach problems, bloating and one of them keeps getting blocked up. They’ve done scans and nothing wrong. She doesn’t know what to do. She feeds them hay, some grass a few pellets, carrot tops and some herbs as recommended by the vet and also by the rspca. Anybody else have this problem?

Some buns can have particularly sensitive guts, just like humans really. It will be a process of elimination and careful balancing to find out if there's a trigger or what diet works best for them.

I found that sometimes fresh new-growth grass can be too rich for some rabbits, try cutting grass out the diet but lots of meadow and timothy hay which should be easier on the gut.

Maybe also see if they get on with Fibafirst sticks and keep some Fibreplex on standby when she sees poops getting smaller. Baby gas drops, Simethicone, can sometimes help with bloating but only in emergency situations (like when the bun decides to get ill at 7pm on a Sunday and it costs £150 just to walk through the door of the emergency vet, been there!!)

Oooh thanks for the tips. The vet has given her lactulose. One of them does really big poops not small which is a problem and causes a lot of straining. Where can she get Fibrafirst sticks? Thanks

She needs a new vet for starters.
They should have a constant supply of fresh hay, don't give grass or carrots, both too sugary. Excel pellets rather than museli. If you have to swap over do it gradually. Fresh herbs are fine but no more than a handful. The main thing is hay - that should be about 80% of their diet. Big slimey poops are normal, though they then reingest them. Not pleasant! If there is a lot of them around then this is indicating a serious problem with their diet.

Pet Plan is the best insurer for rabbits, but no insurer will insure existing conditions - this is standard in pet insurance (and I think human too!). Maybe she should set aside each month the amount a premium would cost? I used to pay around £15 a month for each of my rabbits.

Hmm, has your vet mentioned mega colon disease by any chance? It use to just be in spotted/checkered rabbits but now, thanks to lots of indescriminate breeding, is found in most colours of pet rabbits. It causes serious gut issues and excess messy cecal poops
www.medirabbit.com/EN/GI_diseases/Mega/mega_en.htm

I have known of buns with mega colon to do fine but need a very restricted hay-based diet, no fresh greens at all.

You can get Fibafirst sticks at most pet shops and Amazon.
www.amazon.co.uk/Supreme-Petfoods-4101-Fibafirst-Rabbit/dp/B007P0ZXWS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fibafirst+rabbit&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1536067745&sr=8-1

Thanks. I’ve sent her the link bunnygeek
I’ll let you know what she says