{"id":709,"date":"2011-05-01T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2011-05-01T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:20:00","slug":"rabbit-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/01\/rabbit-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit Vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"

May is National Vaccination Month<\/a>, so it seems an appropriate time to talk about getting your bunny vaccinated. To promote vaccination, during May you can get a voucher so that when you pay for your rabbits Myxi jab, you’ll get the booster in six months free. To qualify your bunny needs to be at least 9 months old and not have been vaccinated against Myxi in the last 9 months.<\/p>\n

Vaccination is really important for rabbits as it protects against two very nasty diseases that are easily transmitted and generally fatal. A common misconception is that house bunnies, tucked up safe inside, don’t need vaccinating. This isn’t true! Myxomatosis is spread by biting insects like flies and fleas and they will quite happily sneak inside. VHD is easily spread on clothing, your shoes etc. and can last several months without a host – so again being inside is not protection. Scamp is vaccinated every six months against Myxi and every 12 months against VHD. Just a note if your reading this from somewhere other than the UK – vaccination is not always necessary and\/or available so check with your vet if your not sure.<\/p>\n

Last time Scamp was vaccinated, he had a little skin reaction (scab) at the injection site. There are several other well talked about reactions to vaccination, and, whilst this shouldn’t put you off, it might influence your choice of brand. I’m planning on getting Scamp vaccinated with Anivac this time, the latest VHD vaccination on the market.<\/p>\n

Vaccination Reaction Survey<\/h2>\n

I’m currently holding a survey to learn more about the likelihood and type of reactions to vaccination, and if your bun has been vaccinated in the past (whether they had a reaction or not) I’d appreciate if you could fill in this quick form: http:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/research\/vaccination.asp<\/a> and pass it on to anyone you know with a bunny – thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May is National Vaccination Month. If you haven’t had our rabbit vaccinated recently you could qualify for discount vouchers towards vaccination. If your rabbit has already been vaccinated I’ve a short survey to learn more about the best type of jabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therabbithouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}