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- 12/14/2008 at 7:16 PM
  msarro
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  Greetings all! I picked Layla up from the vet yesterday morning and moved her into her original cage. It’s a fraction of the size of her NIC palace, but the vet reccomended a smaller cage for two weeks so she doesn’t hurt her stitches when jumping/stretching from level to level.
  
  She hasn’t moved around a whole lot, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been active. She just seems like she’s recovering which I suppose is good. I have noticed she has no interest in her pellet food. However green leafy veggies still seem to get her, but still not like they used to. She used to down a cup or more at a time, and now she will take a sprig here, a sprig there, etc. Is this normal recovery? She also doesn’t seem to be touching her hey but that could just be a lack of noticing on my part. Should I be concerned? Or is this an effect of the metacam and her being 2 days post op?
- 12/14/2008 at 7:33 PM
  BunnyMuffin
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  The time varies for how long it takes each bun to get back to their regular eating habits. As long as she’s eating something that will keep her GI tract moving, then that’s what matters. Noelle was real big on parsley when I brought her home, so I just gave her what she wanted – I was just so thrilled she was eating right away! Is she drinking? You could try making sure her veggies are nice and wet to help with water intake. My bun didn’t get any pain relievers, so I’m not sure what effect those have on the appetite recovery. But like I said, as long as she keeps eating something, it should all be okay. Maybe try hand feeding a few of the good hay bits (Noelle likes the fuzzy pieces) to see if she takes them. Otherwise, just keep an eye on her. Hopefully she’ll be back to normal soon!
- 12/14/2008 at 7:43 PM
  MooBunnay
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  Actually, it is really great that she is eating ANYTHING so soon. My husband and I took a couple females from the shelter we volunteer with after they were spayed, and it took them almost two days to start eating again. I was trying everything to get them to eat but it was very hard. One of the tricks I learned was to break the stems of the parsley in half so that the smell was more potent, this seemed to help get them more in the mood to eat. She is probably uncomfortable right now, it takes them awhile to start to feel like themselves again. I would recommend just keeping trying to hand feed her some veg, give her a treat here and there to stimulate her appetite, and just give her lots of pets to comfort her.
  
  Have you lifted her up to check on her spay incision? My vet recommended doing that at least once a day to make sure that it was not infected or bleeding – I know it isn’t easy to do, but you don’t have to pick her all the way up, you can try just lifting her front end up until you can see her tummy. it is normal for it to be red, and have some dried blood, but check for swelling or abnormal colors or anything else that doesn’t look right.
- 12/14/2008 at 7:53 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Sounds like she’s doing well; Spays are more intensive then neuters and the recovery takes a bit longer. As long as she is eating, as others have said, thats wonderful. She probably just doesn’t feel great enough to attack her food the way she normally does but since she is eating-thats great!
- 12/15/2008 at 5:52 AM
  msarro
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  So far she is eating greens but still ignoring her pellets and her water
  Luckily the greens are usually pretty wet from being hand washed, but I hope she starts drinking water soon.
- 12/15/2008 at 2:54 PM
  RabbitPam
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  Hope Layla is feeling better now. Is she drinking her water yet?
  I am paying close attention because I booked Samantha’s spay tonight. She’ll go in Jan. 22nd over night.
- 12/16/2008 at 9:41 AM
  msarro
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  So far she has been eating greens, but still won’t touch pellets and has barely touched her timothy hay. She has been starting to drink her water though, which is good.
  
  I’ve noticed when she pees it seems to be tinted red. Is this just from the surgury? I only noticed last night when I was changing the bedding in her quarentine cage and I saw that one of the paper towels was stained slightly brown.
- 12/16/2008 at 10:08 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  It’s probably from the greens. The food they eat can really influence urine color-pale yellow to orange to red is totally normal! Depending on what their eating the pee can be very dark or colored-nothing to worry about it
- 12/17/2008 at 4:34 AM
  BinkyBunny
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  The urine color can also change if she was on meds.
- 12/17/2008 at 7:08 AM
  Beka27
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  how is she today?
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