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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Spay experience

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    • SansaHotot
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        I decided to get my bunny spayed, so she went in for initial vet visit and got bloodwork taken.  Then we scheduled her spay so I took her in and they performed that.  When I took her home I noticed her front leg’s shoulder/chest area was super swollen!  Like a big sack of fluid was pooling.  When I called the emergency vet she told me it was from the subcutaneous fluid they administer, and my bunny just happened to react that way to it but it was normal.  The next day she wasn’t eating, no poops and grinding her teeth.  Even though I gave her Meloxicam (pain/anti-inflammatory med) she still seemed to be in a lot of pain or discomfort.  The vet suggested that I bring her back in. They started feeding her Oxbow Critical Care with a syringe and gave her a medication to help her bowls and hopefully get things moving.  After the day at the vet they said she was more alert and eating some greens on her own so I could take her home.  Now she has been eating greens on her own (no pellets yet, not too much hay either).  But I’m just glad she is not in pain anymore!  All this is $850.00 (Canadian) later but she is my baby so it was worth it!


      • Bam
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          So glad she’s eating on her own now! Pellets is often the least popular food with a bun that’s had surgery.

          A spay is a big procedure and it’s not very rare for girl buns to need to go back in.

          Many vibes for her continued recovery!


        • SansaHotot
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            Thanks! She seems very alert and almost her normal self now. She is even eating her pellets!


          • LittlePuffyTail
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              Continued (((Recovery Vibes)))))


            • SansaHotot
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                Sansa is doing great now a couple weeks after surgery. She is still not super interested in her pellets but she does eat them by the end of the day.
                I also want to mention that about a month before her surgery she started pooping territorially (previously she was completely litter trained and would only go in her box, then she started pooping all over the living room when out playing around, and even peed once). In the week after the surgery that behaviour stopped completely! She roams around the living room and all over the couch with not one dropping, its great!
                So even though it was a stressful experience for us both I’m glad we did it!


              • Luna
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                  Congrats to you and Sansa on a successful spay/recovery .


                • LittlePuffyTail
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                    Glad to hear it


                  • Bam
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                      Yay! Thanks for the update!

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