doodlebugger
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Our bunny Brie, a mini rex, about 3-3 1/2 years old, was not spayed when she was younger. We got her originally for a FFA project, before we really knew anything about rabbits. Her purpose was for us to breed her, but she never became pregnant after being bred a few times with our other mini rex. She has been relatively healthy, but overweight for most of her life with us. We tried everything to help her lose the weight, and even more recently switched her food and cut way back on her treats (which she was not happy about), but she couldn't lose the weight. And, we couldn't get her spayed without getting the weight off. Fast forward to this week, and she was going in and out of stasis....so we took her to the vet. The vet did the exam and some tests and said that she had a mass, that was likely uterine cancer. She told us that Brie was possibly not losing weight because of the growth of the mass in her stomach. She said it would be a very high risk surgery because of her size, and also she anticipated that cancer would be spread on the inside. So, the next day, we took her to the vet, said our goodbyes (because we thought it would be the last time we would see her), and we waited for the phone call. Instead, I ended up calling them and finding out that not only did she make it through the surgery, but she didn't have signs of cancer outside her uterus. It's unknown if she had cancer cells in her uterus, and we will have to wait for the histopath results to come back. She said that Brie had something called a Pyometra. Here's the link to Medirabbit about it: http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Uro_gen_diseases/Bacterial_diseases/Endo_en.htm
She stayed (for her very first time) away from home last night, at the vet's office. She came home today, and she is taking Sulfa Trimeth for the infection and Metacam for the pain. We had to remove her litter box from her cage because she can't jump for the next 10-14 days due to her incision. She has dissolvable stitches. Here's the issue - we have found her several times, just urinating where she is laying or in the close vicinity of where she lays - no where near the potty box area we set up in her cage. I'm not sure if she is confused, or still kind of in a daze from the Metacam, or if she is just sort of having accidents......should I be worried??? She also has been trying to lick her self occasionally. This is the first spay we have dealt with from start to finish....the other female bun we got as a foster that we adopted and she is very young and energetic, and was about three days out from the spay when she came home with us. I just want to know if we should expect our Brie to just be kind of lethargic, low appetite (eats a lot of greens, and some pellets and hay, but less than she did before), and of course the peeing thing. I know she has to feel awful not just because of the spay but also because of the infection. So, please reassure me, or give me information so I don't worry so much!!! Our vet said we won't be out of the woods until she is fully recovered, but we are so thankful that Brie is still with us!!!! :rabbithop:inlove:
She stayed (for her very first time) away from home last night, at the vet's office. She came home today, and she is taking Sulfa Trimeth for the infection and Metacam for the pain. We had to remove her litter box from her cage because she can't jump for the next 10-14 days due to her incision. She has dissolvable stitches. Here's the issue - we have found her several times, just urinating where she is laying or in the close vicinity of where she lays - no where near the potty box area we set up in her cage. I'm not sure if she is confused, or still kind of in a daze from the Metacam, or if she is just sort of having accidents......should I be worried??? She also has been trying to lick her self occasionally. This is the first spay we have dealt with from start to finish....the other female bun we got as a foster that we adopted and she is very young and energetic, and was about three days out from the spay when she came home with us. I just want to know if we should expect our Brie to just be kind of lethargic, low appetite (eats a lot of greens, and some pellets and hay, but less than she did before), and of course the peeing thing. I know she has to feel awful not just because of the spay but also because of the infection. So, please reassure me, or give me information so I don't worry so much!!! Our vet said we won't be out of the woods until she is fully recovered, but we are so thankful that Brie is still with us!!!! :rabbithop:inlove: