RABBIT SURGERY AND MEDICINE   Rabbits have become popular Australian pets. Rabbit medicine and surgery has progressed to a high level & all of our vets and nurses have a special affection for bunnies, with the practice partners being self confessed rabbit lovers!   Our Vets at the Central Coast Veterinary Centre have spent years working in the United Kingdom, where it is common to see 7 to 10 rabbit consults each day. Through experience working in a UK rabbit centre (they saw cases where clients would travel all the way from France!), along with continued contact with these UK vet centres, we have excellent skills in rabbit medicine & surgical cases. We often accept rabbits cases sent to us from other Veterinary hospitals on the Central Coast.   We have special anaesthetic equipment, rabbit dental kits, infant warmers, humidicribs & nebuliser to help make general anaesthesia & surgery as safe as possible.   We stock Oxbow Critical Care Formula imported from the USA, which is a complete assisted feeding formula for herbivores who are unwell. Critical Care formula is used by veterinary rabbit specialists worldwide as it’s use can reduce mortality among ill rabbits by as much as 40%. We stock most of the Oxbow rabbit food range including Special Timothy Hay with added herbs, edible timothy hay hutches! edible play mats, not to mention treats and pellets. Poor rabbit nutrition is the leading cause of dental problems in rabbits, so please come in and ask our nurses what the best diet is for your bunny.   Rabbits require an annual vaccination against Calici virus, which causes the often fatal Viral Haemorrhagic Disease. Remember there are no vaccinations available in Australia for myxomatosis, so please ensure all hutches are mosquito proofed, place a Rabbit flea spot-on such as Advantage on your rabbit monthly and avoid contact between your bunnies and wild rabbits. Once Myxomatosis infects a rabbit, it is almost always fatal, so prevention is paramount.                                 Abscesses, dental disease and gastrointestinal disturbances are the most common problems seen in Rabbits.  Abscesses are often infected with hardy bacteria and require a different surgical approach and medical strategy than in cats and dogs. Our vets are experienced in dealing with such cases and have reconstructed rabbit abscessed jaws, with good success.  We often nebulise , tube feed and place ill rabbits on IV fluid drip therapy in our ICU. We perform rabbit dentals weekly, and have special rabbit intensive care units and a bunny boarding facility for those precious pets.