I know it’s ideal to spay a female rabbit when they are 6 months old or so. So, this is the dilemma, the rescue I’m using has a mom/son for adoption. The male is 4 months old and getting neutered. But, the rescue does not have the funds to spay the mom. They did offer to give me their discount price of plus the adoption fee of for both (they are having a special this month). I know that is a killer deal for a spayed rabbit. She also said these two are her most favorite mild mannered ones she has (they almost became her own pets). There are 3 other rabbits of varying age that are also fixed, so that is an option as well – but they would have to be litter trained etc more.

I’m wondering if it’s even beneficial to fix the 3 yr old mom/female rabbit that is almost to the point where she could get Uterine adenocarcinoma or any other type of reproductive cancer? I’d just have her until she unfortunately gets the cancer.

Please, share your advice and opinions.

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I’m in a dilemma, I have been feeding my dog Nutro Venison and Brown Rice dry food. He has had some pretty bad skin reactions to other food in the past (he’s a lab), but the venison seemed to be very good for him. The problem is that Nutro has not shipped the Venison and Brown Rice food to stores for the past 3+ months, apparently they are having some "packaging issues"? So now I am almost out of his food. Does anyone have any recommendations for another brand of dog food that makes a venison food?

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My dachshund is overweight, and everytime I take her to the vet, I have to hear how overweight dachshund are prone to back problems and I get depressed. I know I have to help her with her weight problem-but here’s my dilemma. I want her to enjoy her food too, if she doesn’t-she sneaks cat food. Right now I’m feeding her Nutro-Natural choice for Overweight dogs. She loves it. But she doesn’t really seem to loose weight with it, but doesn’t gain either. But when my vet had me put her on the low-cal Science Diet she actually gained weight because she would sneak any food she found anywhere, because she hated it. Help! I want my pooch to be happy and healthy.

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Here is my dilemma… I live in a developing country and am taking my cat back to the US. I was at the vet today and asked about medications for sedation for travel and he said he said they weren’t available here.

Now I’ve read that many of you say never sedate a cat for air travel, but please don’t give me that answer because you don’t know how much trouble she has with her carrier. She HURTS herself every time she’s in there. I think she may have had a traumatic experience as a kitten because she panics and, tries to squeeze her nose through the metal bars until it’s cut up and bleeding. She cries loudly the entire time (I’ve experienced crying for 2 hour periods non-stop to the detriment of the other passengers on the bus). Soft music and a blanket do nothing to help ease her level of stress.

I read about and tried children’s benedryll and it may have helped a little, but I didn’t notice much difference in her whining or stress level. She was still in a panic. If there are any vets on here, is there any medicine that is a prescription for both humans and pets? I might then be able to find it at the pharmacy.

Please, I’m getting desperate and most online companies don’t ship here, and if they do it’s unreliable and could take a month. Help me get my baby home safely!!!
Wow, thanks for the responses so far. Some good suggestions…

The only problem with a smaller carrier is that many airlines have the restriction that the animal must be able to stand in his/her carrier. It’s going to be about a 6 hour flight. I’ll see if I can pad the bars though and still give her breathing room. She does it with the plastic slits too unfortunately, but not as badly as with the bars.
So country: Morocco. I live in a small town as well, but my vet is in Ouarzazate, a city, and nothing is available there.

Morocco is not a pet culture. They have some public vet nurses for farm animals, but pet care is very difficult here. The cities are the only places for any pet care supplies, though options are truly limited even there. I had no selection of cat carriers- there was one I could buy in a small shop and I was lucky to find it. If I thought there were any alternatives to drugging my cat, I would take them, but I see none.

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