After the big SNIP SNIP, confine or no?

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

This topic has 6sd replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 11 months ago by Kokaneeandkahlua.

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- 03/11/2009 at 8:52 PM
  KweenElmer
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  Today I my little lop Puck to get nuetered. Usually he is pretty freerange and hates to be stuck in his little box. It usually ends in him throwing all his stuff around and making a mess, not to mention noise.
  
  My friend has had a couple of bunnies, therefore a couple of bunnies desexed. Her first one, a female, also free range, she caged right away, as per the instructions from her vet. Lily was so stressed about being in the box so much (I htink she was pretty skittish anyway) that it eventually caused her to pass on. So when my friend got Button, she allowed him to come and go from his cage and play with the guinea pig. She said that since he was aloud to find his own safe place, he was much happier.
  
  What do you think I should do? I don’t want to stress Puck out, but then again I don’t want him to get hurt either, you know?
- 03/12/2009 at 5:53 AM
  Sarita
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  Usually the males recover quickly – I would just keep him at least confined overnight and then see how he does from there – I agree it can be stressful to change their routine. Usually females though don’t recover from the procedure for at least 24 hours.
- 03/12/2009 at 1:21 PM
  bunnytowne
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  Can you do 1/2 n 1/2 with being confined and let out some? If he isn’t jumping about he should be ok. Maybe he can have some supervised time outside his cage? Do you have an xpen of put him in til he gets all better? Or those NIC cubes? That might help him feel better and keep him from jumping about.
- 03/12/2009 at 2:33 PM
  KweenElmer
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  I tried letting him out a little bit, but he wanted to do too much too soon, I think. (Though that might not be a bad sign.) I had to confine him after he tried to jump on the couch and run up the stairs.
  
  Just a quick question while I gots you here. The vet told me to check the incision every morning to make sure all is well. I guess I don’t really know what I’m looking at. She said to keep and eye out for a split incision, etc, but the whole thing looks kind of gross. Any veterans out there who can tell me?
- 03/12/2009 at 3:36 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  The incision should look as though it is healing- looking better each day, just as if you had a cut that was healing, scabbing, etc. Look at the incision today to get a guideline- and then check it daily for swelling, drainage, redness or the incision not staying together.
  
  For at least 24-48 hours it is best to keep a male rabbit from doing a lot of jumping- and much longer for a female rabbit. If a rabbit is too active they can stress the internal sutures, and can also cause a fluid build up at the surgery site (seroma). Males bounce back quicker as it is not as intrusive a surgery as a spay which is an abdominal surgery and the uterus and ovaries are removed. (Unless a male had a retained testicle and then the vet had to look in the abdomen for it- then it would have the same recovery restrictions as a spay).
- 03/12/2009 at 3:56 PM
  KweenElmer
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  It does look like there is a bit of fluid around it? I can’t tell. It’s a bit mucusy. Should I be concerned? Should I take him to the vet?
- 03/13/2009 at 9:19 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Hi there!!!
  
  My general rule of thumb-if your overprotective and worried all the time, try to decide if your over reacting or if the bunny is ill; However if you have a question and think that something is wrong-it’s time for the vet. sooo that probably doesn’t help at all.
  
  I don’t like the sounds of mucousy at all-but that’s subjective again
  Do you have a digital camera and know how to upload pictures on here? Please take a picture of the incision(maybe have someone take the pic you hold the bunny) and we could give you a better idea if we can see it. I mean, we’re not vets, and can’t offer vet advice of course, but many of us have been through the big snip a bunch of times and we can likely tell you whats normal. I’ll keep checking this thread all night, and people will be on tomorrow morning-so if you have a camera post the picture asap.
  
  If your gut feeling says it’s not ok-take hiim in to the vet.
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