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    • So Fluffy Bunny
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        Laurana made it through her spay quite well and while I can tell that she is moving about gingerly with the sutures, she is eating and pooping quite a bit, and yes there was a few mushy poos from the anesthesia that she was underneath.  I am however keeping an eye on her and her belly, luckily she’s not chewing on anything down there. I however do have a few questions though.

           – the vet didn’t send us home with any pain medication, is it okay for me to allow her chew on some willow twigs for the natural pain relief instead of relying on low dosage aspirin?

         –  Is there anything else beside her chewing at the surgery site and checking her temp via ears that I should be doing for her?


      • GottaLoveTheAngora
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          Hello there ! My name is Rachel, and I would most certainly love to help you in any was possible ! I have two neutered, male rabbits – and yes, I know what you are thinking, “Neutering a rabbit and spaying a rabbit are two completely different procedures, that involve two completely different lengths of healing time”. And you would be absolutely correct – However, I have gathered a plethora of knowledge from hours of research on the topic of neutering/spaying rabbits, when my own rabbits reached sexual maturity.

          – Keep checking her incision until her sutures are removed ( if they are not absorbable stitches, and therefore will be removed once the incision has been healed )

          I do have a question, in order to accurately help you and address your concern for rabbit, How long ago was Laurana spayed ?

          Assuming that this was a recent procedure, make sure that you keep her from jumping up onto things, and from having time to romp in a large space. If Laurana has unlimited access to kicking out her hind legs, she could injure her incision- therefore furthering her recovery. Make sure she is contained in a smaller space, but make sure she has an appropriate amount of room to freely move around ( a.k.a. staying within the confines of her cage ).

          – Yes ! Do give her twigs and other things to toss, chew, and nudge. If you do not, she may become bored, resulting in Laurana pulling out her stitches. So do give her wood chews, willow twigs, and other things for her to consume her time with. Give her things to keep her busy, so that she forgets about her sutures !!!

          – Jumping in and out of her litter box can be a concern if it is high sided, so a litter box with lower sides while she recovers, may need to be considered.

          – Warm Compresses, blankets, and etc. should be placed in her cage for her to lay on and snuggle up to if she chooses.

          Most females want to be left alone, are not interested in eating at all, and will sit quietly in a back corner of the cage (or wherever in the house they feel they will be bothered the least). Try not to pick up or bother her much for the first 4 days. Females take it harder, more-so, than Males.

          If your veterinarian did not recommend any pain medication, then she should be fine without them. Usually pain medication for rabbits are not given unless they are requested. However, if she begins to show any signs of pain with movement.

          In the event she begins to chew at her stitches, which only happens occasionally-
          Get her stitched up again, and then belly-band her by wrapping a dish towel around her whole middle and binding that with an elastic bandage wrapped snugly over it. If she can breath normally, it isn’t too tight.

          Please do let me know if you have any questions, I would be more than happy to help in any way I can 🙂

          http://rabbit.org/faq-spaying-and-neutering/


        • Megabunny
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            I’m not sure the ears are a good indicator of temperature. As long as she’s eating and there’s nothing questionable about the looks of the incision, hopefully you’ll be fine. I wish the vet had sent pain meds. So give the willow. At least it’s something.

            Gotta love the angoras??? Oh yeah!! They rock!!!


          • Sarita
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              As Megabunny says, the ears are not an indication of the core temperature. No baby aspirin either or aspirin of anykind – always check with the vet on anything for humans, because they are usually never right for animals.


            • gingerg
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                Was she just spayed yesterday/day before? FWIW, my vet gave me both a pain medication and an anti-inflammatory for my doe after her spay, and I was directed to give them to her for a little over a week. It’s such serious surgery, if it were my bun I’d call and ask for a pain med to be prescribed (which will involve having to hold her a tiny bit each day to get the syringe between her teeth so she can swallow the medicine, but I thought it was worth it, and it didn’t seem to bother her much).

                Yes, I’d definitely put willow in for her to chew.


              • kirstyol
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                  I would call the vet and ask for pain meds, rabbits sometimes chew if they are in pain so no painkillers may cause her to chew at her wound. I echo what Sarita said, I would not give aspirin, firstly because its not been recommended by your vet and secondly because even in humans aspirin is not recommended after surgery because even in low doses it thins the blood (that’s why people with certain heart conditions take it daily) which can cause post surgery bleeding, if a small amount can do that to a human, what would it do to a rabbit?


                • So Fluffy Bunny
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                    She was spayed on wednesday and has pretty much become her usual self since she came home, and while I did call the vet, he didn’t want to prescribe any pain pills so that she wouldn’t try to overdo and pull out the stiches and such because she felt good enough to jump and such.

                    She has the willow to chew and a few other things and I am checking the sutures morning and night, so far no chewing of them.


                  • Megabunny
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                      Yeah, when I worked for a vet we told people that not giving their pets any kind of pain relief did just what yours is saying. Who knows if it’s true? That was decades ago. The last vet I worked for prescribed pain pills for dog and cat procedures. I think pain relievers were getting more in style for animals.Vets have to do what they feel works and it sounds like yours is doing well, so keep up the good work.


                    • N.
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                        im new to this, & i really need answers about my bunny, i messaged you, it said you were online but.. im not sure what to do i need someones help!


                      • Megabunny
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                          What’s up?


                        • Bam
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                            Megabunny, I’ve PMed the member N. and recommended starting a new thread.


                          • Megabunny
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                              Oh good. I wasn’t sure who that was for and it sounded like vague troubles that might not even be problems and I didn’t want to be the only one responding to her anyway. Thanks!

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