Rescuers, what is the true cost....?

I know that rescues call for a basic donation when bunnehs are adopted but I'm wondering what the real cost of caring for a bunny really is?

Say a litter of babies is bought to you that you have to nurture until they are old enough to be neutered/speyed, vaccinate, etc? What that not come to a lot more than the required donation?

I'd like to know so that I can donate a realistic amount when the time comes.

Not a rescue being nosey, sorry!
I would imagine its loads more than is asked, even if some bunnies come in not needing anything done the poorly ones must outweigh them?

I would imagine it's way more that the average person would think. You've got the spay/neuter, vaccinations, cost of food while they're there, toys while at rescue, etc. Plus you've got the rescuers time that's been spent on these rescued animals, which is priceless in my opinion!

So Laura, I hope you save up a lot! Only kidding, but I bet if you consider everything the animal receives while it's in a rescuers care it adds up!

That's a difficult one, because I would have the neutering cost, Myxo Vacc's and VHD Vacc's, Panacur treatment, then there's medication if needed for things like bloat, stasis and if they have dental problems that can be quite costly, that's before general things like food, hay, herbs and veggies.

I took in Willow and her bill for the first 8 weeks was £517, she was very poorly, all bunnies differ,

Sorry not a lot of help am I!!

Snowy wrote:That's a difficult one, because I would have the neutering cost, Myxo Vacc's and VHD Vacc's, Panacur treatment, then there's medication if needed for things like bloat, stasis and if they have dental problems that can be quite costly, that's before general things like food, hay, herbs and veggies.

I took in Willow and her bill for the first 8 weeks was £517, she was very poorly, all bunnies differ,

Sorry not a lot of help am I!!

at least you tried! okay, how about this - if you had a baby bun with no health issues, that you had neutered or speyed, vaccinated and Panacur'ed, what would that total of that be, for instance? i can kind of guess for food. my guesstimate would have been around £150. am i wrong? right? do i win a prize?!

poor Willow. see, if i was to take Willow, I'd want to donate the same amount that it took to care for her, if that makes sense?

when people adopt, do they generally give you the set donation or do you ever recieve more?

gosh, i'm nosey today, sorry!

Speyed, 2 x vaccs and panacured around £75

No, we never get the true cost, and some people are so mean they won't even give the basic £35, a couple of people have given a few pounds extra but not many.

As for Willow, I only collected her for member on another forum she said she would pay all vets bills, she never collected the rabbit and she left the forum

Snowy wrote:Speyed, 2 x vaccs and panacured around £75

No, we never get the true cost, and some people are so mean they won't even give the basic £35, a couple of people have given a few pounds extra but not many.

As for Willow, I only collected her for member on another forum she said she would pay all vets bills, she never collected the rabbit and she left the forum

Nice not, some people...

Snowy wrote:Speyed, 2 x vaccs and panacured around £75

No, we never get the true cost, and some people are so mean they won't even give the basic £35, a couple of people have given a few pounds extra but not many.

As for Willow, I only collected her for member on another forum she said she would pay all vets bills, she never collected the rabbit and she left the forum

i remember you saying about Willow t'other day, i don't think i was around then so missed it totally. stupid cow, whoever it was. i hope she got a really bad bout of thrush or something!

it's such a shame that people are so mean and don't realise the real cost of caring for the animals they adopt.

I really dont thionk some people realise just how much it costs to look after rabbits. I admire rescue's so much
Sallyx

When I was running a rescue I couldn't afford to vaccinate because the deficit between the adoption fee and the cost of neutering and other vet treatment was too great.

The largest single bills vet fee wise I can recall for rabbits who did go on to be adopted was a £180 bill for bloat & enteritis and a £100 bill for incisor removal but I was very lucky to not have a huge amount of sick rabbits. Many of them had other issues such as Pasteurella and Molar spurs which cost approx. £30 and £60 respectively to fix.

I used to charge £30 per rabbit and pay out £65 a spey and £40 a castrate plus a few pence on Panacuring (bulk buying) but of course there is food and bedding on top of that too.

I was once given £30 with a rabbit I took in and the biggest adoption fee I received was for £150. I would say that was the only rabbit we didn't have a deficit on!

On a bun with no probs whatsoever about £42.50 being speyed and vacc for mxyi. Ive never recieved more than my set adoption fee, the most i got given for taking in a bun was £50, she was such a lovely woman bless her, was in tears by the time she left The most ive had to spend in vet fees on one bun (ive only been open since December) is prob about £170.

Snowy wrote:Speyed, 2 x vaccs and panacured around £75

No, we never get the true cost, and some people are so mean they won't even give the basic £35, a couple of people have given a few pounds extra but not many.

As for Willow, I only collected her for member on another forum she said she would pay all vets bills, she never collected the rabbit and she left the forum

God, some people.... I paid £35 pounds donation for Truffles, and signed up to sponsor a cat. Surely if you can't afford to make the donation, you can't afford to keep the bun?

Tibbler's spey came to around £60, which hurt a little. I honestly don't see how rescues manage - even the basic non-bunny overheads must be prohibitively expensive these days. But on the other hand, thank god they do!