Thanks everyone, I mixed about 1tsp of the powder with 3tbsp of water and managed to feed around 20mL to her. Some of it dripped onto the floor and she also got some on her fur around her mouth. I hope that’ll be enough, I’ll be feeding her again in another 5 hours.

Quick update, she started eating her pellets and treats about 5 hours ago. When I opened the cage to put in more, she stood at the entrance and poked her head through in her usual manner of “checking” before she exits the cage but I closed the door on her She’s still more unresponsive than usual (eg. she usually moves her ears flat against her body when I show her my hand in preparation for a pat but now she doesn’t move her ears when I show her my hand) and I haven’t heard her make any sound since getting back from the vet. Previously, she grunted when she was touched, when she was getting food, when we changed her litterbox etc.

Posted By bam on 9/07/2017 2:13 AM

Great that she’s eating!!!

It’s to be expected that she’s not 100% back to her true self yet. She has after all been under full anesthesia and gone though big surgery. So whats important now is that she eats, drinks, poops and pees and leaves her incision area alone. It takes 2 whole weeks for a girl bun to fully heal physically after a spay, but she should be able to have playtime on flat surfaces after about a week. As a consequence of the spay she might experience hormonal surges for some time now- this is known as a “post-spay craze” and it’s very common in newly de-sexed rabbits. It can make them moody and sometimes even aggressive. It’s still perfectly normal though, and will go away.

I haven’t seen her messing with the incision area but I also haven’t checked it yet because I don’t want to handle her too much She has pooped and her poops look quite normal but she’s back to not eating again. I just syringe-fed her again followed by a dose of the painkiller given by the clinic. Hoping the painkiller will let her regain her appetite.

Another update, there’s been some improvements. She’s been munching on some food from time to time but it’s still a lot less than what she usually eats. The amount of water she has drank is really little too, the water level in her bowl barely dipped She has regained some of her personality though, I was sooo happy when she grunted again for the first time! She’s been wanting to leave the cage like usual too. I tried checking the incision area but I just see a large pink, bald patch of skin with some nipples? Not sure what I should be looking for.

Sadly, I’ll be going overseas for work attachment later tonight (I agreed to this before I got her) and she’ll be left under the care of my parents. Initially the spay was supposed to be a week earlier which would have allowed me to monitor her recovery for longer but an emergency case turned up at the clinic and they re-scheduled my appointment… I’ve set up a camera pointed at her cage so that I can see her even while I’m overseas though I’ve told my dad about the 24-hour emergency clinic’s number in case anything happens but I’m hopeful that she won’t need it. I’m really grateful for all the support you guys are sending her!