Continue with pain med after spay?

[equalsign]

 Hey there. So I just had my rabbit spayed on Thursday. Luckily she started eating right when she got home. It was pretty easy to give her the pain meds the first time, but each time after its gotten significantly harder. Last time we gave her the medicine there was an unbelieveable amount of resistance. I had never seen her fight against anything so hard in her life. She seriously could not be held down. It was almost frightening how hard she fought against it. I cannot remember what the pain medicine is (I could go check), but it smells really bad.

She’s been hopping around the room sometimes over the past few days and doesn’t seem to be in a ton of pain (though I know rabbits are fairly good at hiding things like that). I’m leary about stopping the medicine, but it seems much more likely to me that she’ll severely injure herself fighting to get away from it. Any advice?

[Stickerbunny]

I would give them as the vet prescribed. If she is struggling so much, try the bunny burrito way of holding her? Or maybe put them on a tiny piece of banana or other treat she loves? (the one our vet gave us was banana flavored for such use)

My vet gave us long lasting pain meds and gave her one dose before sending her home, then we were to give her another dose the next day and if she was eating we were supposed to not give her the 3rd dose, so we didn’t. Different vets use different medications though.

[Monkeybun]

My vet told me to give the pain meds “as needed” so if she is resisting, and hopping and moving around and eating and pooping fine, should be okay to stop. With her resisting, it could actually hinder the healing process to give them to her, as she will struggle. best to do what the bun says at this point

[KatnipCrzy]

What meds are they?
I would have to agree- if she is active and eating and it is a possibility that she could hurt herself struggling agaist you- then stop giving the meds. A spay involves an incision thru layers of muscle and tissue and it is important not to stress those sutured layers during the healing process. I would have to imagine that straining to get away is putting pressures on her abdomen as she struggles.

this might be something to work on when she is well- try giving something tasty- but from a syringe to get her used to the idea in case she ever needs meds in the future.

[equalsign]

 Thanks for the advice guys. I’ll check what the pain med is tomorrow. I forgot, it’s late, and she lives at my girlfriend’s house. We decided to not continue with the pain meds. Today would have been the last day anyways. She seems to be doing pretty well. How much she was fighting before was just frightening. Either we were hurting her or she was hurting herself in the struggle. I don’t think there’s much of a chance it was doing more good than harm.

I’ll take that advice about syringe feeding something good.

[Beka27]

Antibiotics need to be given as prescribed, pain meds are always “as needed”. It’s okay for her to experience a little bit of discomfort, but if the pain interferes with her moving, eating, or using the litterbox, give some more.

Healing vibes for your bunny!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I can only ditto-if it’s a gong show to give them and she’s doing well then no need

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