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She met my vet for the first time today. Sammykins got her nails trimmed. She is fine.
She got a complete exam and left a fresh poo for testing. Also, I agreed to a blood test for E. Cun. (however that’s spelled.) My vet said she’s seen a rise in cases lately, and since it can be gotten from the parents or exposure to other rabbits, she asked to take the test now to assess her risk of ear infection or head tilt later on. I agreed. It was expensive, but I’d rather be thorough now than get hit with an emergency down the road.
She was a very good girl – and she IS a girl. I will make an appointment to have her spayed in late January. My vet wants to do it before she’s 7 months, but not before 5 months. She said it doesn’t give her time to layer on too much fat, so it’s easier to perform the surgery. Her ears and teeth are good too.
Her “first position” legs in the back are not splayed and nothing to worry about now, but we can watch it in case she develops any problems later. So far her movements are fine and unaffected. She might not be jumping because she just doesn’t want to. No leg problems keeping her from doing it.
And what a well behaved bunny! She sat nicely, accepted head pets and kisses from my vet’s assistant. Then I heard them in the other room when they drew her blood exclaiming that they’d never had a bunny take a syringe so easily before. They were whooping! She just sat there calmly and it was over really fast.
I got hight marks for my food and litter choices. (With all of your help, of course.) I bought her a new toy and blankie this afternoon. Probably should post a new thread, but I want to ask about her lack of interest in most new things. I gave her a little willow ring I’d been saving – she attacked it voraceously. But has almost ignored her tunnel, hay ball and timothy hidey thing.
She’s in a cage now and runs around the apt. supervised. Do you guys give your stuffed animals to them inside the cage or is it an out-of-cage toy? I just bought a special natural toy that is made for pets and organic cotton with safe or no dye. She pulled on it, then dropped it.
Well, it’s been a long day. My day off. Here’s a pix from last week.
Added in Edit: She weighed just under 3 lbs. My vet doesn’t think she’ll get to be much more than 5. Whew.
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And your vet sounds really great too! Chuck gets his stuffed animals all the time and he doesn’t chew them; You could try giving her a stuffed animal in the cage and if she doesn’t chew it up too much then she can keep it in there. - You must be logged in to reply to this topic.