Rest, rest, rest is the best cure for her soreness. To check the area if she’ll stand up for you for a treat it would be best. If she won’t stand, the way I held my girl when I needed to was just put her side against my chest gently holding her secure and let the boyfriend handle the medicine / checking so I could focus on holding her without hurting her.

If the straw was hurting her, she would move. My girl laid on the A/C vent for 3 days after surgery, she wanted a hard/cool place to lay rather than the soft ones I offered. If she gets out of the litter box you can switch it out with carefresh just to make sure nothing gets in the incision, but I wouldn’t move her to do it right now.

To get my girl to eat I had to hand feed her, she was so sore food wasn’t interesting but if I held it to her nose she’d take it. If the medicine you have is flavored, a banana slice or some other fruit she likes has been successful for a lot of people so they don’t have to force the medicine into their buns mouth. It only took my girl about 3 days before she was moving around, eating on her own, etc. My male actually was more trouble than my girl about surgery, oddly enough. They don’t really eat pellets or hay first usually, offer up some fresh veggies she likes to try to interest her. Pellets are usually the last thing they start to eat again.

Hope she heals up fast for you. Her drinking already is a great sign.

Yay! If she’s eating and drinking already, I would say it’s probably safe that she’ll heal up pretty quickly. Just make sure she doesn’t start jumping or running too soon just because she feels better.

yeah the fact she is eating nibbling already is a really good sign. Some females won’t eat until the next morning.

I can’t remember which member came up with this great tip about how to check the incision, but if she is strong enough, hold a treat up high enough where she will get up on her back legs to reach for it and you can take a look that way….someone also said you can get a mirror to help see underneath while she is reaching for treat. Hopefully that will do the trick!

Sending healing vibes! You’re doing a good job taking care of her.

Thats what I did BB, as miss Monkey HATED being touched. Worked great

Posted By Monkeybun on 08/26/2011 12:08 PM
Thats what I did BB, as miss Monkey HATED being touched. Worked great

So you came up with this trick? Finally I know who to give credit to!  I keep offering this advice and crediting “some member”.  Thanks Monkeybun!!

My best advise is to not let her peppy demeanor fool you after a couple of days. Momo was back to her normal self after like 2 days. The hardest part for us was keeping her cooped up. She became so stir crazy and was bouncing around her pen begging to be let out, but we refused until the stitches healed some. (About 5 days) It is going to be more difficult then you think.

Tillie would not stand for a treat. I was instructed to not pick her up for 3 days after surgery. So what I did was sort of pinned her down while I kneeled, then I slowly rolled her back onto my lap to peek at her belly. It worked really well. Tillie was eating the night of her surgery and she recovered remarkbly well. I hope the very same for Bea!