Spaying?

[Rabbit_Angel]

Hello Bunny Owners!
I'm getting my bunny spayed in 2 months and i'm slightly concerned. Are there any risks? Are there any Pros and Cons about having your bunny spayed? Please and Thank you for your help! :happybunny:

-Allison

 

[Blue eyes]

Here's info for you on spaying-- why, how to prep, post-op care, choosing right vet, etc.

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-neuter.html

 

[Rabbit_Angel]

Here's info for you on spaying-- why, how to prep, post-op care, choosing right vet, etc.

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-neuter.html

Sweet!!! Thank you so much!!! :big kiss:

 

[Imbrium]

you might give this thread a read, too - http://www.rabbitsonline.net/f27/post-op-handling-question-70839/

I had a lot of common questions/concerns after my girls' spay (licking at the incision, not eating, how to check the incisions, etc.) that are discussed in the above thread.

first aid supplies I recommend stocking up on prior to a spay (I put all of them to use with my girls):
~ critical care food (can be bought online, at some feed stores or through vets)... get apple/banana as a lot of bunnies loathe the anise
~ pedialyte, preferably unflavored (in case she's not drinking much)
~ vet wrap (in case she's bothering the incision site)
~ bene-bac or another probiotic (probiotics should be given before and after any surgery; also any time an antibiotic is being given and any time an animal is under stress)
~ fruit flavored baby food
~ any favorite treats she has... banana is super popular with a lot of bunnies and helped entice mine into eating on their own again

 

[Rabbit_Angel]

you might give this thread a read, too - http://www.rabbitsonline.net/f27/post-op-handling-question-70839/

I had a lot of common questions/concerns after my girls' spay (licking at the incision, not eating, how to check the incisions, etc.) that are discussed in the above thread.

first aid supplies I recommend stocking up on prior to a spay (I put all of them to use with my girls):
~ critical care food (can be bought online, at some feed stores or through vets)... get apple/banana as a lot of bunnies loathe the anise
~ pedialyte, preferably unflavored (in case she's not drinking much)
~ vet wrap (in case she's bothering the incision site)
~ bene-bac or another probiotic (probiotics should be given before and after any surgery; also any time an antibiotic is being given and any time an animal is under stress)
~ fruit flavored baby food
~ any favorite treats she has... banana is super popular with a lot of bunnies and helped entice mine into eating on their own again

Whoa! I didn't know bunnies could eat baby food!?
thank you for your help! Your thread helped a lot and so did the link! :hearts

 

[DixieDoodle]

ask for internal sutures only and some pain meds for after. my rabbit opened her insicion 3 times biting at the stiches...i had to make an outfit out of the arm of a sweatshirt so she wouldnt bother it. if you ask for Dermagel as well it helps healing faster.

it is supposed to help with territorial behaviour and makes litter training easier because they arnt marking areas with feces as much.

there are some risks because it is very difficult to intubate a rabbit so i had mine gassed down, but everything went fine!

best of luck and do a lot of research just make sure the vet doing it has done many rabbits.

best of luck and a quick recovery :happybunny:

 

[Imbrium]

Whoa! I didn't know bunnies could eat baby food!?
thank you for your help! Your thread helped a lot and so did the link! :hearts

yup... they shouldn't eat a lot of it because of the sugar, but a lot of times I use a little syringe to feed them baby food (apple/wild blueberry is their favorite) in place of their fresh fruit ration for the day (remember, no more than 1 tsp per 2 lbs body weight per day and if you feed carrots they should be limited to 1 tbsp per 2 lbs body weight and you shouldn't feed fruit on the same day). of course, after a spay, they can have some extra - my vet told me to give them whatever they wanted as long as I got them to eat, kind of like a kid getting to pig out on ice cream because they got their tonsils out.

just make sure to stick to fruit or veggie flavored baby foods - nothing with meat, garlic, onion, potatoes, carbs (rice and such), etc. make sure it's preservative free with no artificial sweeteners (if those even get used in baby food), too.

here are videos of the girls eating baby food... I was trying to re-create the time that they spent like 5 minutes trying to get a jar open, but they wouldn't do it when the camera was on ><

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9o1z4taRs[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INVl7s-K4k[/ame]

oh, and here's Gazzle eating canned pumpkin (plain kind - they can't have the pie filling kind):

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5mgjxon_g[/ame]

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Good luck. We've had it done 27 times and the only problem we had was one removed her stitches and had to get stapled--she's one expensive bunny.

 

[Rabbit_Angel]

ask for internal sutures only and some pain meds for after. my rabbit opened her insicion 3 times biting at the stiches...i had to make an outfit out of the arm of a sweatshirt so she wouldnt bother it. if you ask for Dermagel as well it helps healing faster.

it is supposed to help with territorial behaviour and makes litter training easier because they arnt marking areas with feces as much.

there are some risks because it is very difficult to intubate a rabbit so i had mine gassed down, but everything went fine!

best of luck and do a lot of research just make sure the vet doing it has done many rabbits.

best of luck and a quick recovery :happybunny:

Thank you! Aww your bunny is adorable! :hearts :hearts

 

[Rabbit_Angel]

yup... they shouldn't eat a lot of it because of the sugar, but a lot of times I use a little syringe to feed them baby food (apple/wild blueberry is their favorite) in place of their fresh fruit ration for the day (remember, no more than 1 tsp per 2 lbs body weight per day and if you feed carrots they should be limited to 1 tbsp per 2 lbs body weight and you shouldn't feed fruit on the same day). of course, after a spay, they can have some extra - my vet told me to give them whatever they wanted as long as I got them to eat, kind of like a kid getting to pig out on ice cream because they got their tonsils out.

just make sure to stick to fruit or veggie flavored baby foods - nothing with meat, garlic, onion, potatoes, carbs (rice and such), etc. make sure it's preservative free with no artificial sweeteners (if those even get used in baby food), too.

here are videos of the girls eating baby food... I was trying to re-create the time that they spent like 5 minutes trying to get a jar open, but they wouldn't do it when the camera was on ><

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9o1z4taRs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INVl7s-K4k

oh, and here's Gazzle eating canned pumpkin (plain kind - they can't have the pie filling kind):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU5mgjxon_g

The video is so cute!! Thanks for the help! :hug:

 

[Rabbit_Angel]

Good luck. We've had it done 27 times and the only problem we had was one removed her stitches and had to get stapled--she's one expensive bunny.

WOW! 27 times!? That's amazing! did the staples hurt her?