Well first congrats on getting your bunnies spayed/neutered.  If you had posted date and I missed it, I am sorry!  I usually like to send well wishes, but I have gotten very behind as the board is just buzzin’ I can’t check all the posts fast enough.

You may find that your male bunny may actually recover faster,(even though he’s more loopy right now, but generally males want to move around more)  while your female may be feeling under the weather for a few days.   But I’ve always been told that even if they recover very fast, to keep them from jumping and do any real RUNNING much for the first week.

 Your bunnies should be nibbling on something by tomorrow morning.

I’m really happy your vet gave you metacam.  Pain is one of the main reasons bunnies don’t eat, and I wish more vets offered that  to help in the recovery – especially for the females because the surgery is more invasive.

Sounds like you have a rabbit savvy vet!

Here is a link to some post surgery care: http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-neuter.html#pre-post-care You have to scroll to the post surgery part

Keep us updated.    I’m sending speed recovery and healing vibes their way.

i was advised to watch them throughout the day. they will not want to eat becuase they are stressed. when they are stressed they wont eat. i got my 2 females spayed about 2-3 weeks ago. by about the end of the day they will munch on hay (something they are familiar with) try to offerthem food (plenty of veggies) my vet told me to make sure i offer them papaya because they will shead alot so they need something to help them digest their food. if they dont want dont force just yet but offer it, for example put it in a dish in front of where they choose to sit. girls will really mellow out. they will pick a spot and sit there for what seems like forever. but if they dont eat by tomorrow morning make sure u consult ur vet. they will probably teach u how to seringe feed them. dont wait till 24 hrs draws too near. 24 is too long for not food. make sure they drink lots of water too. try a tiny bit of apple juice in the water as well. may encourage them. oh, make sure they dont move too much. would be best to keep them in a small area of the room too much freedom will increase the chances that the stiches might come out. i was not given any meds so my bunnies stayed idol for a long while. except for when they needed to poo. make sure everything is accessable near by. they will either not wanna move much or they will want to move too much so keep them from moving too much and make sure they can eat without having to go to far to get the food. not sure if i am making any sense but that was what i did for my buns. i took them out of their cage once and a while but that was 2 days after the surgery because i was too scared something might happen.but make sure they eat and watch them from time to time to see if they are eating anything. remember, fresh veggies are the way to go and plenty of them.

http://www.rabbit.org/care/veggies.html

dont forget the fruits either. =)

http://www.rabbit.org/care/fruits.html

my vet said that they will not feel like eating pellets till about a few days after the suergery but she said not to worry too much about [pellets but as long as they eat veggies they should be fine but offer pellets to them as well becuase pellets wouldnt hurt. =) hopefully that helps. it was recently that i was in ur situation. boy was i scared and panicky. =P

how are Nala and Bunny doing? I hope they’re both eating and making a good recovery.

Hope they are both doing well and healing nicely. I have 3 months to go before I have to go through this and I can tell you I am not looking forward to it. You sound like you are coping admirably. Well done all of you.

glad they’re both recovering well.

wow – what a lucky break that she did them for no charge. not all vets are willing to send people home with metacam, but it really can help a bunny feel better. it might be that will a lil time for Bunny’s hormones to chill that he’ll cut down on his carpet digging ways.