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Did they send you home with pain meds? Females usually need something for the pain to help them eat. Males are mostly fine without, but a spay is much more invasive than a neuter.

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It is very good that she has had a few nibbles, but if that is all she has eaten in 12 hours, you should syringe feed her. If you don’t have Critical Care, you can soak pellets in water and feed the mush in a syringe.

It is very important that she keeps warm, buns can get hypothermia post surgery. You can give her a warm waterbottle or…[Read more]

Oh 🙁 she is just 5 months old. I wrote to my vet I hope she will reply soon. I hope it’s not something very serious 😔

Well, if it is in fact one of her nipples, then it could be an infection or a cyst. She’s young, correct? If it’s an infection, it can be treated with antibiotics. If it’s a cyst, a vet can drain it.

I don’t know, I really don’t know. But why it could be inflamed?

What do I do?

Thanks, Wick and DanaNM, good point. I heard an argument against using a table, because they don’t like to be too far away from the ground. The ironic part is I didn’t get a single hair out of him during grooming yesterday, so maybe he didn’t even need it. Anyway, I’ll let the vet do it next time. For now I’m more worried about how to regain his trust.

Sounds like a good plan!

I agree that tables are the best (or some other high surface). Don’t worry about trying again for a couple days.

It helps to put a hand over their eyes when they are on the table to settle them down.