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Hi all. So, my 7-8 month old mini-rex Pandora just got spayed, and I am of course worried. I’ve been reading through some of the other threads that have been talking about spays, but still wanted to write my own post, as every situation is unique.
I took Pandora in this morning on the way to work. They called me at 10:30 to say her surgery was done, and she was already awake. I couldn’t get there until 3:00 to pick her up, but when I did pick her up they said she had been fine the whole day. She had even eaten a little bit of hay. So I took her home and have been monitoring her since.
When I first put her in the cage I noticed a tiny bit of blood in the carrier and near her incision. However, it was mostly dried and not very much. I called the vet and they said that some weeping is normal, as long as the incision looks fine otherwise (which it did). Since then I haven’t seen any more weeping.
She has not been very active at all, which I’m sure is normal. She is mostly lying down in her litter box, occasionally getting up to pee in the corner. Her litterbox is filled with Yesterday’s News, so I wish she would lay on the towel I set down for her, but she prefers the litter box. Is that going to be too rough and hurt the incision?
Mostly though, I am worried because she has not really eaten since she got home. She ate maybe one strand of hay. I’ve tried enticing her with romaine and celery (her faves) but she won’t eat, not even when I put them right in front of her face. She has not drank anything since she got home either. Is this ok? By tomorrow morning it will have been 24 hours since the spay, and I am worried about her not drinking or eating.
They gave her a pain medication shot at the vet, but did not give me any medications to take home. They are open tomorrow…should I could go there and see if they will give me medication for her? Would I have to bring her there to get medication? The car trip is about a half hour and I don’t want to put her through that again if I can avoid it.
I trust that they did a good job with the spay–they specialize in small animals and the doctor who did it has done many rabbit spays. I’m just worried that she is in too much pain to eat. I have also not seen her poop…she’s peed, but not pooped. Is it normal for her not to be eating? When should she start? What about pooping? Drinking? She is awake but very chill, not jumping when the phone goes off like she normally would. She got the glue on her incision, so she can’t pick out the stitches at least. I caught her bothering it twice, but I couldn’t tell if she was biting or just licking it.
This is my first bunny spay so I need advice and reassurance. What should I do at this point? Is she okay?
EDIT: Just after I wrote this I tried feeding her again, but this time with success! I got her to eat two pieces of lettuce and two small pieces of celery. Not a whole lot, but it’s something to get her GI tract moving at least. And she seemed to be enjoying it. At first she would only eat out of my hand but now she is eating where I set them down in front of her. She still is not drinking, but the celery did have water in them she was lapping at. I am still worried but at least I can breathe again now that she ate!
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Monkey took a bit to get eating again after he spay, girls take longer than boys to bounce back after a speutering. It took her a good 16-18 hours to eat more than the odd strand of hay she found in front of her. She definitely didn’t hop around much! Just make sure for the next few days to limit her movement, I kept Monkey in her cage for over 24 hours, and then let her out into a much smaller pen than usual, without anything to hop onto or anything that she could catch her stitches on.. she was very displeased, but better safe than sorry
She loooved the pain meds she got from the vet, she went for it like she usually goes for raisins! Definitely look into the meds! ((((healing vibes for Pandora!)))))))))
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In response to your question about the Yesterday’s News being harsh: she will opt for what feels good to her to rest on, so don’t worry about it if she isn’t using your towel. I bought a brand new fleece bed, small, with cushy edges so she could rest on it comfortably. Well, she shoved it into the corner the day she got home from her spay, and squished herself on just the plastic floor next to it. I tried taking it out, and she immediately stretched out on the plastic once she had more room on her cage floor. Bunnies are eccentric.
Pandora sounds like she’s coming along just fine.
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