OK....DO NOT PLAY WITH DRUGS! Metacam is a great anti-inflammatory drug (but totally insufficient for post op pain management) but it is not without side effects. It is essential that it be dosed precisely since it can have some undesired effects on the liver and kidneys in higher dosing, long term dosing or use in dehydrated animals ( and most rabbits are dehydrated to some degree after anesthesia). I don't normally do this....but based on a 500g rabbit at standard dosing and a 1.5mg drug, the appropriate dosing would be .03cc once a day. It is much easier to dose the .5mg concentration for smaller animals. I would ask for a narcotic aspect such as Buprenex (Buprenorphine) or a narcotic like drug such as Tramadol. And your buns are in pain, as I mentioned, due to Metacam being insufficient pain control post-op. Maybe one day vets will get with the program. My question would be....if I removed some of their internal organs, would they be happy with Tylenol?...and that is basically what Metacam is. Most people look for narcotics for a moderate head ache...and we are talking major invasive surgery. I would be very firm in my request for additional narcotic type pain management.
Randy