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› FORUM › HOUSE RABBIT Q & A › Good Bunny thoughts – spay today
Bun Bun has been at the vet for an hour now. Her checkup was good so they will spay her in a couple hours. So nervous. Any advice for when I bring her home this afternoon? He said to keep her confine for at least 3 days so she can’t do much binking.
(((((Bun Bun)))))
Make sure she keeps warm when she gets home. A hot water bottle or handwarmers are good to have. Rabbits can get hypothermic post surgery, so it’s important that they keep warm.
Server her water in a bowl if you normally use a bottle. A newly spayed rabbit wont want to bother with a bottle.
Have some of her favorite greens on hand for when she gets back. Fragrant herbs like cilantro, parsley, mint or dill is often enticing. It’s important you get her to start eating before you go to bed tonight, if she refuses to eat by herself, you’ll need to syringe feed her Critical Care or pellets soaked in water.
She’ll likely be pretty out of it for the next couple of days. make sure you get a prescription for pain meds (metacam) so you can give her pain meds for about 5 days. Some vets still don’t prescribe pain meds after a spay, but they really should because its a big surgery.
Keep us posted on how she does.
Thank you! I would not have thought about keeping her warm, though I planned to add a comfy bed for her. I will get some fresh greens today as well. I took her hay and pellets as they were going to make sure she ate right after. It is an hour drive so I hope she does ok.
{{{Bun Bun}}} I hope she faired okay!
Sending good vibes! Recover quickly little one!
(((Good spay and a swift and full and easy recovery, Bun Bun)))
Bun Bun is home. She is groggy but in her cage. Hoping she eats as I do worry. They said she may be groggy the rest of the day but if she doesn’t eat by the morning, to call.
I did get meds for her.
All the best Bun Bun! (((Bun Bun)))
Glad it went well and she is home
(((Bun Bun)))
Give her space but at the same time try to tempt her with her favourite treats (or even not so good treats lol). The point is to get her eating no matter what to kickstart her gut again after the sedation and pain meds (which tend to slow down the tract a bit).
(((((Bun Bun)))))
Eat now, girl!
Thanks for the hugs for Bun Bun. She isn’t eating as much as she usually does; she is a piglet, but she is eating some. However, she mainly eats when I put it in my hand and hold it for her. She will take her treat sticks and eat them but the hay or pellets has to be from my hand. She snubbed the lettuce, like literally pushed my hand away. She has ate a little fruit, again from my hand. Keep the good thoughts coming. She did take her meds like a champ and is moving more.
Oh and she pooped several times yesterday after coming home, but I don’t think she has peed. But she is trying to get out of her confined area so she is getting her feisty personality back.
Feisty is a good sign ![]()
Good thoughts for your Bun Bun that she has a speedy and easy healing! ![]()
The vet said to keep her confined for 7 days! She has been in her smaller cage for 2 days. This morning she was rearranging the cage so I know she wants out. I have an exercise pen that isn’t huge but bigger than her cage, would it be ok to let her in that even though today is the 3rd day? I don’t want to rush her but I also know she can’t stay confined for 7 days. What I can see of her incision looks good, no redness or swelling.
From what I know, moving on a flat surface is ok. It’s vigurous hopping and jumping and stretching that should be avoided. So if the pen is not really big, I’d go for it.
Ok, she is definitely back to her old self. I let her out into the pen, she quickly uses my leg to jump over the pen to the chair, then off she goes. She did hop to each room before heading to her litter box and using it, so points for that, but no more pen time until the week is up. Gah! I had a mini heart attack. And she isn’t happy about being back in her cage. Sigh!
Pfff… buns. So typical.
Well it has been 2 weeks since Bun Bun’s spay. She has done very well. On Monday night, I did notice a little blood around a staple; I think she either pulled at it or pulled it when she jumped. Tuesday morning, it was a little swollen still so since we were a day passed the recommended removal date of the staples, I took her to the vet to get them removed. The spot went down quickly and is healing great. She is full of herself and is so glad to be able to roam more now that she is staple free. She is jumping and binky all over the house. Thanks so much for the hugs and good thoughts!!
So good to hear it!
Happy binkying, Bun Bun. ![]()
Glad to hear she recovered well
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