Important Question

[creepycrepes]

My Flemish giant just got spayed yesterday, and I just got her back. I was told that she would be super sleepy and stressed, and needs to relax. So I got her pen set up, I put her favorite pillow that she loves to lay on. When I got her home she acted like the surgery never happened, and she was able to make a hole into the pillow and got threw into the foam part. This is something that she has never done before, shes never eaten foam before. I feel like i’m going to have a panic attack, i’m so nervous. She could of eaten like 1/3 cups of small foam pieces. Can someone please give me guidance and reassure me that she’s going to be ok. 

[sarahthegemini]

If she’s eaten that much foam, I would call a vet. That sounds like A LOT of foam.

[deadneonflies]

I’m no expert, but I think the digging behavior is because your bun is in pain and uncomfortable from surgery.  Did the vet give you any metacam or pain killers for your bun post op?

[creepycrepes]

Yes they gave me some pain killers for her.

[creepycrepes]

I called the emergency vet and they told me to keep giving her hay and water, and hopefully all the foam will be out of her body in seven days. She’s still eating and pooping, but not a lot of poop. I still haven’t seen any foam yet.

[creepycrepes]

I know it’s freaking me out so much. I’m hoping that because she is a flemish it will make a difference in whats going to happen next.

[Azerane]

How is she doing now? Sometimes they can shred something like that and it may seem like they’ve eaten a lot but sometimes they’ve barely eaten any of it at all. I’m hoping that is the case and that she is bouncing back well from surgery

[creepycrepes]

She is still eating, but I don’t know if she was eating any hay last night when I was sleeping. I do see new poop in her pen, but not a lot.She’s also been chewing on her hay knotted toys, and I gave her some of her favorite things that she likes to eat, a banana and some pellets to see if she was still willing to eat something. She’s been eating it slowly in moderation. What worries me is that when I touch under her, her chest area is hard, and her belly area is squishy. I sill also haven’t been able to see any foam pieces. * I also have been giving her water by hand with a syringe, she hasn’t been wanting to use her water bowl.

[Bam]

You can give her simethicone baby gas drops. It won’t interfere with any drugs because it’s not taken up by the body. It stays in the GI canal, then it comes out with the poop. It helps with gas pain and it’s often effective when a bun has a tummy ache.

The chest is supposed to be hard (rib cage) and the belly is supposed to be squishy. If there’s a hard “” lump under her rib cage (be very, very gentle of you feel there) it can mean the stomach (ventricle) is very full.

Hopefully she hasn’t eaten all the foam, my bun once shredded a new bunny bed so there was foam sticking out from like 50 holes, but I don’t think he actually ate any.

It is normal for a newly spayed bun to not have much of an appetite for the first few days. They can also drink less, partly because they got fluids at the vet, and partly because they don’t get thirsty when they eat less dry food. If she eats the banana etc, she can have that. Fresh herbs can also be enticing (parsley, cilantro, dill for example). It is excellent that you’ve seen new poop.

Make sure she keeps warm. A bun can get cold post surgery. The pain killer also reduces body temp as a side effect, so she might like a warm water bottle. There must be enough space so she can move away from the heat source though.

This is a waiting game, and I know it’s really stressful. Hopefully she’ll get her appetite back slowly but steadily. Poop can be weird for two weeks after a spay even for buns that haven’t eaten foam.

You’re not likely to see chunks of foam in her poop. Unlike cats and dogs, rabbits chew what they swallow. That is a great advantage.

Keep us posted.

[creepycrepes]

Today i’ve just been touching all around her chest, belly, sides, etc. And there are parts where it just feels just really tight and full. I gave her some gas relief medicine, and this is the most gas I have ever seen come out of her. She’s literally tootin so hard her body moves from the toot. This is a very weird and uncomfortable situation right now. 

I hope that’s whats supposed to happen.

I haven’t seen her poop in a while, so hopefully she’s pooped in the morning. She’s such a stubborn rabbit, this is the first surgery she ever had and she acts like nothing had happened. She’s trying to jump on top of her cage and rip up the carpet, she even did a flop. 

I’m worrying that i’m going to hurt her while trying to keep her still and calm.

[Wick & Fable]

In my experience with Wick’s worst gas episode, tootin’ was a positive sign — it meant things were moving and getting out of the way. I found he would poop every time he’d move, so in addition to force-feeding simethicone (which I never needed to do because he loves it; that time he hated it due to discomfort) and critical care and water (since he hadn’t eaten in 5 hours), I sort of nudged him occasionally to get him moving in order to keep tootin’ and keep pooping.

On one hand, it’s good for her to move, but the vertical jumping motions are not good for her surgical site healing, so try to eliminate levels by putting ceilings maybe, or putting stuff on top of things she would usually jump on?

I wish you and your rabbit the best.

The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.

[creepycrepes]

Yeah I tried my best to stop her from moving around too much.

[creepycrepes]

Cadbury has been getting better and better over the past few days, she’s being as stubborn as always (which is a good thing I guess lmao )

She pooed and peed so much, I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s pooed out all of the foam she ate already. She’s such a stubborn bunny, she was trying to act like her normal self a bit too quickly from what the vet told me what was going to happen. I was told that she was going to be super groggy and sleepy the first few days, but nope. It was almost like she was fighting off the medicine I gave her. I tried my best to keep her as still as possible. I probably missed a few nights of sleep from her yanking on her dog cage . She would get angry when I didn’t give her usual amount of food, but she would still eat it ver~y slowly. She’s also been drinking out of her water dish, so I’ve stopped hand feeding her.  I’m letting her walk and jump on my bed if she wants to, but i’m trying to be as careful as possible. I’m trying to stop her from running on the carpet, I’ve been putting all of my fleece blankets in as many spots of my room as I possibly can. She’s been snuggling and licking me almost constantly (I feel bad that she’s in pain and wants to snuggle with me so much, but I secretly love it ). I’m also seeing the spaying working out the way I wanted to, she’s not trying to destroy everything in her path. I gave her back the litter box so that she wouldn’t stop pooping in it. I was finally able to give her this kid tunnel that I bought her a while ago and she really loves it, But she still has been doing her extreme circling and jumping on my face when I lay in bed, so hopefully she’ll stop (or at least) do it fewer and fewer over time. I make sure she doesn’t do that anymore so she doesn’t pull out those stitches.

Sorry for all of my typing errors and bad sentences, I haven’t typed anything for so long lol.

Thank you all for the info and support, This was a very stressful thing that happened and I hope Cadbury doesn’t give me a stroke soon from all the stress she gives me on the daily .

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