First, feeding before and after surgery is absolutely fine. He may not eat right after, and that’s normal, but you should offer him hay, and some of his favorite greens. Damp greens are good, so he can get some water too.

You may want to confine him a bit, or at least take away things he is likely to jump on to limit his jumping for a few days. You don’t necessarily have to confine him to a very small space or anything.

I would do blood work, just to be safe. I assume the fluids are just to avoid dehydration and keep his tummy moving? Since many rabbits don’t eat for 12-24 hours after a neuter, the fluids can’t hurt.

How adorable he looks!
I totally agree with Elrohwen. I’ve had 2 bunnies neutered. The first one took about 2 days to recover, I had to feed him dissolved pellets in a syringe because he wouldn’t eat after 24 hours. Then he came along nicely. The second one was fine the moment he came home and started eating right away.

If he hasn’t an open water-bowl as it is, let him have one after his neuter, they can find it too bothersome to drink from a bottle when they’re sore and perhaps a little dizzy from the meds.

Is this a different vet from the one you saw originally? I am very concerned by the comment about females not needing to be spayed. Females absolutely must be spayed, they have an incredibly high cancer risk if left intact. If this is the same vet, I am questioning his knowledge of rabbit health. Any vet who is up to date with rabbit health will tell you the importance of spaying female rabbits. This is a major red flag.

Nevermind… Rereading it does seem this is a different vet. I’m glad you found someone experienced!

I would also ask how much they will charge if they have to restitch him. Vets avoid coning bunnies because they can become depressed and stop eating. I just had Bromley neutered on the 18th and he was a stitch chewer. When I checked his incision the Saturday after, I saw they were gone. My normal vet office did not have any vets on staff that day so I had to take him to a non-bunny vet…it cost me $145 and all they did was glue the incision and give me antibiotics. The glue didn’t hold and I had to take him to his regular vet on the Tuesday (missing a whole day of work because of it). My regular bunny vet does not charge for aftercare, so it cost nothing for them to clean the wound and staple the incision. They were also disgusted that I was charged by the other vet because they do not charge for restitching an incision even if someone from another vet office comes in. He gets his staples removed this Friday and my fingers are crossed that everything will be ok.

As far as behavior, he would not stay still! He was even climbing his hay rack! We put him in a small cage, but that didn’t work. He just got bored and picked at his incision more. So we put him back in his large cage and gave him all his toys. And because of all the trips to the vet, a 30 minute car ride each way, he is so mad at me! He growls at me when I put my hands in his cage. But if my husband takes him out of the cage and puts him on the couch, all he wants to do is snuggle with me. Well and climb the dog like he is Mount Everest!