You’re right to be concerned because it is very important to get her pooping. If I were you, I would try to syringe feed her some pellet mash. It’s good that she will nibble, but at this point she really needs to get on producing some poop and keeping that GI tract in motion to avoid stasis. Can you give her more veggies if she will eat that? My female didn’t want to eat ANYTHING besides romaine lettuce after her spay. I just gave her several servings of it so that she would eat, and by the next day she was starting to eat other things too.

It’s great that she’s eating the mash, and the amount you estimate she’s taken should be enough to get her to poop soon.

She probably doesn’t need to drink extra water because she gets water in the mash and the vegs.

It’s important that you keep her warm, sometimes buns get cold post surgery. Feel her ears, if they’re very cold she could need warming up with hand warmers or a hot water bottle in a towel.

I do agree you should go back to the vet if she doesn’t start pooping soon. The poops can be small and misshapen, but that’s normal after a gut slowdown. The important thing is that there is poop. Is she moving around at all?

I think it’s a little difficult to give a quantifiable amount of what she needs to eat.

Have you tried adding smushed bananas in the mash? Bunnies usually can’t resist some yummy banana I think you can try feeding apple sauce too. Obviously you don’t want to just overload her on sugar, but try adding something sweet to the mash to entice her to eat it.

As for drinking, Ophelia didn’t seem to drink like anything for two days. She was eating a lot of lettuce though so I know she was getting water. But since rabbits don’t really drink all that much anyway, I’d be more concerned with the eating/pooping. Does she have a bowl or a water bottle? If she has a bottle I suggest offering her a bowl too. It’s easier than a bottle and she will get more out of it with less work.

Good luck with her, hope she starts to poop!

Has she begun pooping yet? If not, it’s definitely time to get back to the vet!

Hmm, what dosage of pain relief is she on? She could possibly need more?

I was instructed to give pain meds for only 3 days but I had enough doses for 5 so I gave it for 5 just to make sure she was comfortable. But that’s great news- glad to hear she is on her way to recovery!

Personally, I would just ask for a few more doses and give it to her for a full 5 days. A spay is a really big surgery and, in my opinion, 5 days of pain management ensures that she stays comfortable during the toughest of it all!

Yay for poop and yay for eating!

Signs of pain in a bunny are for example lack of appetite, a (marked) tendency to withdraw from social interaction, loss of litterbox habits (can for example sit or lie down in their own pee) and weirdly, the fur can look less glossy and neat, perhaps because stress (and pain is a form of stress) induces some shedding. But rabbits are expert at hiding pain and illness and will do their utmost to appear normal and healthy, so it’s very difficult for us humans to know how they really feel. Nowadays many vets prescribe 5-7 days of Metacam after a spay.

It sounds like Fiddle is doing great!

Glad to hear Fiddle is doing better!