Once your pet hits senior age, it is a good idea to have
baseline bloods run.
Not exact matches
To ensure that you know what is normal for an individual rabbit (since most veterinarians do not have access to reliable normal values for rabbits) have a «
baseline»
blood chemistry, complete
blood count (CBC), and urinalysis
run when the rabbit is young.
In our household, rabbits have
baseline blood chemistries and CBCs (complete
blood count)
run by the time they are two or three years old.
While side effects are less with these newer Cox 2 inhibitor drugs, I still strongly recommend that veterinarians
run blood first as a
baseline before using this product, particularly long term, as well as periodically every 3 - 6 months if a pet stays on this drug long term.
The veterinarian may do a complete
blood count (CBC),
run a serum biochemistry to detect for possible presence of increased liver enzymes, a
baseline T4 test to get an estimate of the thyroid levels, and something called a T3 Suppression test.
If you haven't had
baseline blood work
run on your pet, take advantage of our August monthly special to have this done.