I wouldnt chose to operate for a couple of reasons the biggest one being that I am a breeder for show purposes so as part of that I am on occasion having to have healthy mice culled so fighting for a very ill mouse to survive just doesnt make sense. Also I have too many mice to spend that much money/time on just one of them. However I also keep some small animals as pets, rabbits and a hamster and I keep those purely for the purpose of pets so I wouldnt hesitate in taking them to the vets and opting for surgery if its is necessary regardless (within reason) of cost.
The life span of a mouse is short anyway and the risks of operating is so high. I used to work in a vets and we very rarely operated on anything other than a cat or dog apart from rabbit neutering. The vets I worked with loved having smaller animals in for surgery as it was interesting and challenging, as such quite frequently they didnt charge the owners!
The life span of a mouse is short anyway and the risks of operating is so high. I used to work in a vets and we very rarely operated on anything other than a cat or dog apart from rabbit neutering. The vets I worked with loved having smaller animals in for surgery as it was interesting and challenging, as such quite frequently they didnt charge the owners!
