No i dont have the prescription  now because the vet said that from the sound of things she is doing great but there is an emergency vet that does his after hours clinic in university college dublin so i will keep an eye on her. She is still munching away on food and using her litter tray to poop and pee. Plus afew minutes ago she tossed her toilet paper roll stuffed with hay up in the air. I have a feeling that this new girl of mine is quite resilient. You should have seen her yesterday when we picked her up at the vets. She was very alert and bright. Poor Henry had big bulgy watery eyes and looked so down in the dumps that my heart went out to the poor little lad. I guess thats boys though… not the greatest of patients. not very sympathetic when we are sick but when they are sick ….boy do we know it! He He Sorry to the male members of the forum!

I wish my vet had just given me the pain meds so i would have peace of mind. I guess he was afraid i would abuse them or administer when they werent needed. Oh fingers crossed for her!

Well it is now the evening and Poppy had her surgery 35 hours ago. She is getting on so well. She has even started being a messy pants again. She wolfs down any veg i give her and there are still plenty of poops and wet spots in her litter box.

im feeling really annoyed with myself though…i tried to have a look at her wound, lifted her up using one hand to support her front area and the other to support her rump. That was fine but as soon as i tried to look at the wound she struggled so i snuggled her in close to me and petted her for about 5mins and then tried it again and she struggled again. I had to put her down at that stage. Im just so annoyed. Does anyone have any tips on the best way to get a look at her wound site? Now im afraid that trying to have a look could have done more damage than good as her struggling might have stretched the area…. grrr

It was quite funny after though because i was trying to get a look at the wound without picking her up. I spotted my opportunity when i caught a glimpse of her grooming herself. So i went over,kneeled and I took the bum in the air/ head to the ground stance. Anyway my head was right down near her back legs and all of a sudden she started grooming me…the cutest licks all over my face. Needless to say i got kinda distracted and didnt get a look.

Please, please does anyone have any advice on how to hold her in a postition that wont cause her any discomfort? Thanks.

Yay….I finally got a look at Pop’s wound. I held some kale over her head and she stood up to get it. It was grand. It was nice and clean and dry with no swelling or redness. Thats a relief At least i know how to get her to show me from now on! thanks for the advice beka

Thanks guys…Well it is now 3days later and she is still doing very well. Her appetite is huge and she seems so affectonate now. She licked me on the finger last night for the first time. Henry was going crazy to be let out so i let him out yesterday morning and he went straight up to her and they were licking each other faces. There is a very small gap between her enclosure and one of our couches and he squeezed himself in there and she bit him. Each time he would reverse and then go back in again and she would give him a little nip. im not sure if it was aggressive or playing behaviour but she seemed quite content chewing on a big clump of fur she had taken out. Anyway i went to lift him up and put him back in his cage and he growled at me He wasnt impressed that i saved him from gettting more bites. He just wanted to get into her cage im guessing. He seems quite besotted by Poppy!

Aw poor Henry …. i think i hurt his feeling more by removing him and putting him back in his cage. I since blocked off that side of her cage with a pillow and a wooden log roll so he cant get in.

When he goes to greet her now she sticks her head down and kind of closes her eyes. He sometimes gives her a little lick but mainly he chins her head and leaves half a million poops all over the house.Seriously, I dont know how one netherland dwarf can produce so many at one time I dont think he is the most affectionate bun in the world. He likes to lap up affection but when it comes to giving it back he is abit standoffish!

It is day 6 now and Poppy is doing great and seems really eager to get out. do ye think i should wait another day or would it be alright to give her floor time now?

I let her out …. She was BOLD BOLD BOLD If she wasnt chewing the carpet, she was trying to get in behind the dvd unit ( we obviously didnt bunny proof very well),and she stole Henrys veg and ran in behind the couch with it !!! She did afew binkys….so different to Henrys binkys. He kind of throws himself in the air, twists his legs and lands in the exact same place. Poppy binkys and she lands in the opposite direction. Head where bum was and vice versa….it looks really funny. I put her back in after about 20mins and she went crazy ripping up paper and pushing her ceramic bowl up and down the lino… she is so funny.

Is it possible for two bunnies that are such opposites to get on and co-habit together? Henry is very quiet,really neat and tidy,not mad about food(he never eats his veg until we are gone to bed)

Poppy is noisy,destructive,poops everywhere, so untidy and gobbles down veg as soon as we give it to her. Would hate to see henry not getting any veg