Just home from nuter

[Jinx and Jude]

Hi I just got my rabbit home from being nutered, and he’s just sitting in the corner of his pen with his eyes closed is normal, he ate a blueberrie and did pee

[LBJ10]

How is he now? It’s normal for them to still be out of it for a bit after they get home. He should start eating soon though.

[Jinx and Jude]

Hey yeah so he ate some hay and a blueberry..he also peed but he’s not eating any more veggies since blueberry he also hasn’t pooped

[Bam]

How is he now? It’s excellent that he ate both a blueberry and some hay. Vets often give buprenorphin (or similar opioid) to neutered rabbits, and that tends to have exactly the effect you describe.

Keep keeping track of poop and obviously food intake. He will poop less to begin with, because both anesthesia and burprenorphin slows the gut, and there’s not as much food in him as there normally is.

[Jinx and Jude]

Hey yeah after I wrote the last reply he ate all his veggies and more hay and he used his litre box to pee again and poop..the poops are smaller but other then that they look good, hes more alert and active now

[DanaNM]

Sounds like he’s rounded the corner! Once they start eating hay I always breath a big sigh of relief. 🙂

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[Jinx and Jude]

Yeah I was definitely worried for a while but I had to walk away from him and let him rest a bit then come back.

[DanaNM]

Understandable! It is so hard to see them all groggy from the medications, but it’s true they usually just do need some rest and time to wake up a bit.

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[Bam]

Sounds like he is doing great!

[Jinx and Jude]

Yeah he’s definilty doing awesome..pooping like before and eager for his veggies, now he wants to get out to run around I’ve been away all morning

[Jinx and Jude]

Hey so I let Jinx out yesturday night for a couple hours to run around and today for a couple hours to run around and his nuter site looks good the actual place where the stitches are looks slightly red but not majorly red or sore and it also looks kinda dry where it was shaved..I can get a pic but was wondering if this seems normal, hes acting fine and everything else is normal?

[RabbitMom2020]

That’s how it was with my Mango. From my understanding it is fine but if you are worried Neosporin without pain reliever is safe for use on rabbits.  I read on another site that Manuka Honey Wound Care with sterilized Manuka honey as the only ingredient is also good to use – no antibiotics and safe to consume for bun buns (and other pets)

Mango and Kiwi

[Jinx and Jude]

Thank you…I think if he’s acting Okey otherwise he’s good..I’ll keep an eye on the incision though.

[Bam]

Some slight redness and swelling is normal. Inflammation is the first step in normal wound healing.

Signs to be worried about are excessive swelling and redness and seepage. If one or both of the testicular sac/s swell up, you also want to contact your vet because it could mean there’s internal leaking.

Here’s picture of my girl bun’s scar the day after her spay:

As you can see, the edges of the wound are slightly swollen and there’s a tiny bit of redness. (This is a very good surgical wound, so it’s NOT a warning example!)

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