Hi. 

I have a 3 year old Netherland Dwarf called Fudge – she’s beautiful!

2 days ago (Wednesday 1st of June) I noticed quite a large lump on the right side of her face. I immediately called the vet who wanted to see me immediately. When I went in, she did a quick examination and told me it was a tooth abscess. Luckily, she was able to perform the surgery immediately. 

The vet told me that she had 2 abscesses – one of her top right molars was loose and rotten at the base. The more concerning one was the lower right molar, where the abscess extending down to her lymph node – the vet told me that she removed as much as she could, even part of the lymph node…….. She said she wasn’t sure if she got it all though. Fudge was knocked out for over an hour while this all took place, which is a long time for bunnies, as the vet stressed. We weren’t sure if she would wake up at all. Luckily, Fudge has also been a stubborn little thing – she woke up and started hopping about the surgery room, as my vet said. She was so shaken up when I came to get her. 

Since the surgery, Fudge has been not eating as much as she usually does – she used to inhale the hay I gave her. I’ve been giving her more soft, strong smelling vegetables just to get something moving through her gut. She also hasn’t been drinking as much water as she used to… She still eats some hay and drinks every now and again. I’m hoping that her appetite comes back.

She has been flopping a lot – I think out of pain/lack of energy than happy resting flop…

I’ve been given 3 things to give her via syringes:-

2 anti-biotics – Sulfatrim, Baytril.

1 pain-killer Metacam.

So my questions:

Can anyone tell me how long Fudge will take to get back to her previous healthy shape?

Any advice on how to give her her medicine? At the moment, it’s a real battle to get her to sit still and take the medicine – the Sulfatrim tastes awful.

Can anyone share some good stories about post-op bunnies! I need some good stuff

By the way, I brought her back to the vets yesterday, and the vet said that it’s healing a lot better than she thought it would be. At the moment, Fudge is doing really well.