Help Spaying recovery

[Jack]

Hello I am new to this site. Today I took Chloe to the vet to get her spay. She is a English Spot. She’s coming home tomorrow and I was wondering how should I handle her. I know it takes time to train them to litter. I bought her off craigslist from a horrible owner on the 29th of January and went to clean her and got all her medication and spay cost around $280, but it was worth it because I love animals specifically rabbits. Before her spay she was aggressive but I played with her 2 hrs a day and she got used to me petting her. She bites others who go near her,but not me. I taught her how to poop in the litter box but 2 or 3 hr later she would aggressively just dig the bedding and poop all over her cage. I know it takes a while for rabbits to recover after spay. But what should I do? should i give her alone time to recover? I love Chloe and she has my attention. I even forget what time it is because im so busy playing with her and grooming her.

[tobyluv]

Chloe will probably be quiet and may not have a good appetite yet, but it is important that she eats. The vet will give you pain medication that she will need for a few days. Don’t let her do any jumping or strenuous activity – she probably won’t feel like that anyway. It’s best to keep her confined to her pen, but make sure that she has comfortable blankets to lay on. Check her incision site daily to make sure there is no inflammation. Some vets use glue on surgery sites, others use stitches. Make sure that she isn’t chewing on her stitches if she has them, or that she isn’t over grooming her incision site.

Rabbits love to dig, some people have digging boxes for them, filled with shredded paper. Hopefully after Chloe recovers from her surgery, she will start pooping only in her litter box, although some rabbits are better at using litter boxes than others.

[Azerane]

I would just be letting her rest for now, she will be feeling overwhelmed and in pain and it’s best just to let her be aside from making sure she’s eating and drinking.

Unspayed rabbits can be difficult to litter train, so getting her spayed will help with the poop problem, however the main reason unspayed rabbits poop is because of hormones and territory marking. It can take up to a month for the hormones to leave her system after a spay. This means that behavioural changes relating to hormones can take anywhere from a few days to a month to change. Give her time to recover, keep petting her to reassure her and continue to build your bond. As the weeks progress you will probably find that she gets better and better at using her litter tray and may show less frustrated behaviours.

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