Neuter question

[LittlePuffyTail]

Bindi Loo is going in tommorow to get neutered (?). I’m 99% sure it’s a boy but who knows. Anyhow, I forget since last time I got my other bun spayed but I know they are supposed to eat before surgery. This is my quesiton:

They said to drop him off at 8:00 and then I guess they just do the surgery when they get to him. So if I feed him his normal breakfast about 7:00 should that be okay? And then offer him some food when he gets home in the afternoon?

I’m so nervous. I hate dropping my baby off

[Sarita]

Yes, feed him as you normally would.

You might even take some hay for them to offer him after the surgery.

Once he gets home you will want to offer him some greens and hay and anything else you want to keep his gut moving. The males generally bounce back pretty quickly after the surgery too.

Let us know how his neuter goes.

[Beka27]

when i took Meadow in, i had my husband (who leaves for work at 5am !!!) give her her breakfast greens early, instead of the usual 7 or 8am.  she will spend the whole morning picking at her breakfast here and there, so i wanted to give her more time to eat so she’d have a full meal before the surgery.  it worked out pretty well.  by the time my lazy butt  rolled outta bed at about 7:30, she had already eaten most of her food.  she continued to nibble on pellets and hay until we left.  i was glad i did that b/c she didn’t eat again for almost 24 hours (if i remember correctly…)

[JK]

I would ask the vet that question.  With cats and dogs, they need to fast before any kind of surgery.

[Sarita]

You don’t fast rabbits like cats and dogs.

[JK]

I didn’t mean that he should fast I just wanted to make sure that she checked with the vet.  That is weird though.  Why don’t rabbits need to fast before surgery?  I guess because of their very different digestion system?

[Beka27]

rabbits cannot vomit, so any food in their stomach at the time of surgery will stay there safely.  the reason dogs and cats are fasted is because they can vomit while they’re under anesthesia (and i guess aspirate it into their lungs?)

[JK]

Thanks, I did not know that!

[Gravehearted]

actually “should a rabbit fast before surgery” is a good trick question to find out if a vet’s office sees a lot of rabbits.
If they say yes, then you know it’s not the right office to be seeing.

As Beka mentioned bunnies can’t vomit, and one of the most important things for them post surgery is to get them eating again.

[LittlePuffyTail]

Okay thanks. I will let you know how we make out…*fingers crossed*. I sure hope he won’t need to wear a cone for 2 weeks like Stormy did. I don’t know how the heck I would manage that with his ginormous floppers!

[LittlePuffyTail]

I forgot to ask: What about water?

[Gravehearted]

yes – he should have water too it’s VERY unusual for boys to need to wear a cone, they often bounce back pretty quickly. You might want to get ready, but changing his litterbox, adding something very soft for him to lay on.

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