Cecotropes On Floor

[JackWabbit13]

Hey y’all! Me again

So Jumping Jack just got spayed. She is wearing the cone, which has been difficult but manageable. Up until the cecotropes

We were having difficulties going in the litterbox. I took the top off, and now she’ll go in there for the 2nd cycle turds, but with cecotropes, she just plops them out on the floor. And since she has the cone, she can’t eat them. She tries, but it dirties up the cone and makes it so the poop is smeared all over the floor. And we have hard wood floors, so it gets smeared in the grain as well

So, first off, is there a way to get her to start pooping in her box again when it comes to cecotropes? Or is this just something I’ll need to deal with for the next 9 days?

Second, what’s the easiest way to clean the cecotropes off floors? And she does it at night, so I never notice them until they’re hard, so I need a way to clean up hard, smeared rabbit poop

[DanaNM]

Usually cones are not used for rabbits for this reason. They can be really stressful for the bun as well. Did your vet explicitly tell you to use one for her? Was she bothering her sutures? You could try taking it off periodically for her to eat the cecals, and then put it back on when she’s unsupervised?

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[JackWabbit13]

The vet did tell us to use a cone, and they gave us one as well. And when she did have it off, she would try to pull stitches, so I had to sit next to her and push her head away from the stitches a little tiny bit when she did it. And putting it on was worse. She don’t want to cooperate, and she just squirms and scratches and bites. All the motion she uses to fight it, that’s what worries me, makes me worry that she’ll pull a stitch

[LBJ10]

Yes, e-collars are not recommended for rabbits. They are used when there is no other alternative and the rabbit won’t leave the sutures alone. I agree with Dana, see how she does without it. An alternative to the e-collar is to make a vest that covers the affected area out of an old sock.

[DanaNM]

Did the vet give you pain meds? Often buns will mess with their sutures more when they don’t have pain meds.

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[Cinnamon Bun]

Buns will mess with their stitches if they are uncomfortable and in pain/don’t have pain meds. Also an alternative for the collar is either a homemade vest or a recovery suit, which will keep the stitches covered while also keeping her warm. E-collars cause more stress for buns. Apparently most bunnies don’t need recovery suits but some do if they’re constantly messing with the stitches. Anyway, I hope this is helpful! ♡

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[Bam]

My vet recommends you make an E-collar out of a small paper plate if the bun absolutely needs one. Its less bothersome for the rabbit, it barely weighs anything and its easy to put on.

As the orhers have said, messing with stitches indicates pain. What pain meds is she on and how much?

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