Getting bunny to eat after spay?

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- 04/05/2013 at 8:37 AM
  Floppybuns
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  I bought peach home four hours ago and she is still not eating :s she has had like half a craisin and a tiny bit of critical care but she won’t eat anything else! She Is just sitting in her littler box looking very sad and sorry for herself. What can I do??
- 04/05/2013 at 8:52 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Hi Floppybuns
  She probably won’t want to eat until tomorrow. Even tomorrow night. That’s pretty normal.
  It’s not a bad idea to put different things out to tempt her all the same.
  If she’ll let you, you could syringe feed her some water or diluted juice. If you normally use a sipper bottle, put out a bowl also for now.
  (((Peach!))) I hope you’ll be seeing a brighter bunny by morning.
- 04/07/2013 at 5:13 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Moving this to Q&A Section
- 04/07/2013 at 7:21 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  My bun did the same thing, she sat in one spot looking miserable all day + night. She nibbled a couple of green leaves, but didn’t eat anything else til the next day. It HURTS to get things taken out of you.
- 04/08/2013 at 12:41 PM
  Bam
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  Keep her warm, if you have a hot water-bottle you could put it in her cage, with a towel around it, if there’s enough space for her to move away from it if she gets too warm. Rabbits can get hypothermic after surgery. You can put good stuff to eat in her cage in case she feels like nibbling at sth, but it’s not abnormal if she won’t. My bun is a boy so he was neutered and thats a small operation, still he wouldn’t eat a thing til the next day. He liked snuggling up to the hot water-bottle though.
- 04/08/2013 at 2:36 PM
  Emmie
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  My girl has just had her stitches re-done and she is acting the same way. I’ve had to syringe feed her some stuff and I’m hoping when I get home I’ll see some poops and a brighter bun.
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