Neutered healing help

Forum

OUR FORUM IS UP BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING AND FIXING THINGS. SOME THINGS WILL LOOK WEIRD AND/OR NOT BE CORRECT. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. We are not fully ready to answer questions in a timely manner as we are not officially open, but we will do our best.

You may have received a 2-factor authentication (2FA) email from us on 4/21/2020. That was from us, but was premature as the login was not working at that time.

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES

The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.

What are we about? Please read about our Forum Culture and check out the Rules.

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES

BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

This topic has 3sd replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 8 years, 8 months ago by kirstyol.

Viewing 3 reply threads

Author

Messages
- 08/06/2015 at 6:25 AM
  RalphieRabbit
  Participant
  11 posts
  Hi all,
  
  Ralph was neutered on Monday, we took him for a check up today (Thursday), and they’ve said one side isn’t healing as well as the other . I’ve gone into panic mode!!!
  They suggested giving him a salt bath, I was wondering what the best way to do this was, as I don’t want to stress him getting his coat all wet. Should we roll him on his back and do it locally to the side that isn’t healing as well? Any advise would be appreciated.
  
  Also if anyone else has any tips for helping him heal I would be appreciative! I have been leaving him for some healing time as I read I should leave the cuddling for a week or so but it’s been killing me .
  
  Thanks
- 08/06/2015 at 7:11 AM
  Bam
  Moderator
  16875 posts
  I’m not quite sure what a salt-bath is, but rabbits should as a rule never be bathed. If what your vet means is more of a saline rinse of the incision you could of course do that by squirting saline solution on to the incision.
  Has he been given antibiotics or some kind of ointment? Is there pus or other liquid/goo coming out of the wound?
- 08/06/2015 at 7:40 AM
  Bam
  Moderator
  16875 posts
  And for the cuddling I don’t see why you shouldn’t give him some nose-and forehead rubs if he wants them.
  
  Bunnies often don”t like to be on their backs so if you can do the saline rinse with him in one person’s lap, with a towel under him to soak up the saline, that’d be less stressful for him.
- 08/07/2015 at 9:23 AM
  kirstyol
  Participant
  580 posts
  Did the vet say anything about why it might not be healing as well? Does he suspect infection? if so did you get antibiotics? Is he maybe just chewing the wound a little? My Bramble did this after his neuter and it meant it took a while to heal, but it did heal. Painkillers helped, apparently them chewing at the wound is a sign of pain.
  
  If the vet is suggesting you clean the wound, I would definitely clean only the wound, with swabs or a clean cloth. I wouldn’t bathe your bun, for two reasons: rabbits don’t really like getting wet and if you did give him a salt bath and he then groomed himself he would be ingesting a lot of salt.
  
  If there is no sign of infection then I wonder if it will simply heal on its own in its own time, perhaps one side is more irritated than the other and that explains the difference?
Author

Messages

Viewing 3 reply threads

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.