If you have loved and cared for your pet rabbit from its birth, you surely love and cherish it as if it were a member of the family.
Therefore, just as every family member has health insurance so your rabbit should have his own veterinary pet insurance.
Rabbits require very little care, and they very seldom get sick, often living from twelve to fifteen years in good homes.
When rabbits do fall ill, though, they absolutely require professional care.
Just one trip to the veterinarian's office or the animal clinic will justify your investment in pet rabbit insurance.
Moreover, the majority of common rabbit infections require quarantine, because they are extremely contagious.
You will find that two people can spend the night in a Motel 6 for less than it costs your rabbit to stay overnight at the veterinarian's office.
You easily can identify most symptoms of common rabbit infections: A runny nose and labored breathing are obvious, and they may be signs of Calicivirus or Myxomatosis, both of which are inevitably fatal, so that a veterinarian's diagnosis is essential.
Swelling of lips, eyelids, and genitalia-also unmistakable-leads the list of Myxomatosis symptoms, and the telltale swelling always warrants a call to the veterinarian.
If your beloved rabbit contracts either of these infections, your veterinary pet insurance will pay for itself four or five times over.
Other common care requirements may not be so obvious: for example, your rabbit's incisors may require filing, because they continue growing throughout your rabbit's lifetime, and they easily may become over-grown.
If your rabbit eats commercial grade rabbit feed and has woodblocks on which to chew, he instinctively will maintain his own teeth.
If, however, he eats a steady diet of soft vegetable and fruits, his teeth may outgrow their healthy range and require a vet's care.
The vet will anesthetize your rabbit and file his teeth.
The cost of anesthesia alone more than justifies your investment in rabbit insurance.