Spaying Advice

[Bunnymad111]

Im getting my female Rabbit named Babe Spayed in 2 days and im going to Seperate her from my male rabbit Toby because i heard it helps them for not being pestered by especcialy males and they need to be alone and recover in a quite place but i was wondering :

When she has had her operation how long will it take for her to recover?

How long will it be until i can put her back in the hutch with my Male rabbit toby?

Will she accept him again?

 

 

Many thanks binkybunniers

[Sarita]

You don’t necessarily have to separate them – it really depends on if Toby does bother her or not. You just have to see how Toby reacts when she comes back from her surgery.

It can take a full 3 or 4 days for her to fully recover from the surgery. Most likely she will not eat the first 24 hours after the procedure. Make sure you get pain medications. You definitely want to entice her to try to eat with some fresh greens but don’t expect her to start eating right after you get her home, any interest in anything may not be until the next morning because they give her heavy duty pain medications.

[Beka27]

If you can try to keep them together, there’s a chance they’ll be able to just smoothly continue on. Be prepared with a second space for her just in case, but try to watch them and see if he isn’t bothering her. If you have to separate, you will most likely need to do additional bonding sessions before they can cohabitate again.

(((Vibes for Babe!)))

[BinkyBunny]

Keep us updated with how it goes. Sometimes bunnies can come back from the vet smelling not like their normal self (especially if they have been through surgery). Other people’s’ scents and the scent from surgery can sometimes make the bunny back at home not recognize the returning bunny. My vet recommends bringing the bunny with when you take your bunny home and let them ride home together. However, I would make sure you have someone in the care with you just in case Toby does try to pick on Babe. You could also try and get your scent and Toby’s scent on Babe as soon as you are able. You just have to pet her all over to get your scent on her and bring Toby’s hair (from a recent combing/brushing) and rub that over her as well.

It is also possible for a healthy bunny to pick on a bunny that is healing, but in all of the cases when I have brought a bunny home from surgery, this has not happened. But the “scent thing” has caused curiosity and a little reaffirmation of dominance at times. So that is why I always try to get a familiar scent back on the fur. Soon enough Babe’s own scent will come through of course when it’s not masked with strange vet scents. But in the mean time you can try and erase/cover up the vet scents with yours and Toby’s.

Oh, and i just realized you said hutch — is this inside or outside.  IF it is outside and for whatever reason you are unable to bring them in (which I highly recommend during recovery at the very least), then I would not leave her out there unsupervised with Toby.   As Sarita and Beka pointed out you will have to really watch and see how Toby reacts. (and this is througout her recovery)

[Lintini]

When I had my female spayed of my male/female pair, I kept Bumble away from him for the first night, she was too groggy to care but he really wanted to be back with her. 24 hours later she was back to herself and wanted OUT of that cage badly. (they are free range in my bedroom). I just made sure he didn’t chase her and that they were okay even though she smelled like the vets office and that was that.

I actually have a photo still of when I brought her home. Poor Bumbles was soooo Zzzzzzzzz and Indybun wanted to know why she wasn’t playing with him!

[Bunnymad111]

Thanks for all the advise guys!

[angie-la]

I was also worried about my pair de-bonding once I got them fixed! haha. but I kept them separated for about a week or two after the procedure, however [like lindsey’s photo above] I let them still see eachother so they wouldn’t forget or anything. once they were reunited they were totally back to normal.

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