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FORUM DIET & CARE Roza’s Spay Is In The Morning

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    • Tia
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        I have everything together that I can think of. I can’t sleep and we have to have her there in about 4 hours. 

        I’m nervous, I’ve read too much and I’m worried about all the things that could go wrong. 

        I’ve been MIA for a while. Busy with everything. But, my girl is about 90% litter trained and she doesn’t spray anymore! I’m so proud!

        I’m so nervous about after the surgery. She doesn’t like having her belly touched or being stood up so I’m not sure how I’m going to be able to check it. Worried she won’t eat. You know, all the typical rabbit mom stuff. Milly passed away before we could get her fixed, so this is my first time having a rabbit spayed.

        Going to try and get a little sleep… 


      • Bam
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          ((((((((safe spaying-vibes))))))))

          I hope you could get some sleep!
          If you can get her to periscope (meerkat) for a treat, you can check the incision when she does that. You don’t have to inspect the wound in detail, you look for undue redness, swelling, seepage. Don’t expect her to want a treat right when she comes home, but you of course don’t have to check the incision the same day.


        • Niamian
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            ((((Safe procedure))))


          • Tia
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              Thanks you guys! Her procedure went very well. I have an awesome vet who has a passion for rabbits (has been owned by one of her own in the past). We dropped Roza off at 9am, she was done being spayed by noon and then the doctor had one of the vet techs holding her for at least an hour until she was done in recovery and hopping around. They said she was eating hay and was doing fine when we took her home at 5pm. Then she stopped eating when we got home. They sent me home with an animal heating pad and I let her have some chill time, and she still wasn’t eating. I gave her her pain meds and called the doc and she told me to give her critical care and we will talk in the morning. I was able to give her the five syringes she said to, so I am glad about that. I just hope she is eating by morning. Either way, we will do what we have to do. The doctor also noticed Roza’s genitals had some blisters on them and she has urine stain. I advised her that she has been a sprayer in the past and she said that could be it, but that she could also have syphilis(I learn something new everyday). She tried to get blood from Roza today (she was going to do a full panel of blood testing for free so she could calibrate the office machine for rabbits) but she just couldn’t get a good stick. So, she is going to do more research on it since she’s never actually treated a rabbit that has it yet and will follow up in a couple weeks so she can also check on Roza’s incision.

              Please keep your fingers crossed that she eats some of the greens and/or hay I left in her cage tonight.
              I also only got about two hours total sleep in the past two days. I’m exhausted and since there’s nothing I can do until morning, I’m heading to pass out.

              Night!


            • Q8bunny
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                (((full recovery, little Roza)))


              • Bam
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                  Full recovery vibes ((((((Roza))))))

                  It’s not at all uncommon for a bunny to not want to eat after a spay, so you often have to syringe some CC, esp if the bunny is a little bit older. A heating pad is great. I’m assuming your vet gave you pain-meds to give Roza the next couple of days – your vet seems like a real find!

                  As for rabbit syphilis, it’s not super-uncommon in bunnies and it’s treated with pen-G shots. I guess you’ve already googled it, but here’s the Medirabbit info-page about the disease (in case someone else reading this is interested!) http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Bacterial/Syph_gen.html


                • Tia
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                    I am super lucky to have the vet I have. She is very caring, knowledgeable, and keeps up to date on everything. She sent me home with a snuggle pad to use for Roza, so she’s covered there. She’s on metacam for the next 5 days and the vet did say to increase it because she thinks she’s not eating because of the pain. So, I did increase it and I will give that dose again this evening. I syringe fed her CC twice today and I am getting ready to do feeding #3. I did see that she started nibbling on her greens and drinking water, but not nearly enough so I’m going to supplement and see where we are for feeding #4 tonight. If she’s still not eating tomorrow I will have to bring her back in so the doctor can give her some heavier meds and get her eating. 

                    We are waiting the two weeks to address the blisters because the doctor wants to make sure it is not hormonal or something else that will stop due to the spay. I can’t check it myself because we are still not on good enough terms for me to see/feel her belly yet. The feedings are bound to bond us for sure though    She is still being a complete love bug even between syringes, so I think she gets I’m not trying to hurt her.

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