LuvMyRabbits
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This morning she looks wide eyed and alert..I saw poops in her cage and they look normal..She was eating hay last night and drinking from her water in her cage..She has already eaten Kale this morning rinsed in cold water..and takenher pain meds..now she is resting
I dont trust anyone either when it comes to them..this vetHAS proved herself to be competent but after that first one couldnt even tell the difference in their sexes that has made me very leary on just assuming they are correct with what they are telling me..and I'm so glad I can double check everything here with all you guys..I didnt like the dosing on the Metacam either..I worked for 8years as a medical assistant and its almost instinct for me to check and double check dosages with meds, and with this I just have to go by a pound mark..which tells me nothing about how much I'm actually giving her..but I'm sure she will be ok =)
Thought of a few questions last night and wanted to check with you guys..
1. Is it ok for me to use the care fresh litter in her cage now or should I use a blanket or a towel for her to lay on?? Was just thinking that the little fibers might stick to the sutures and pull on them or something??
2. How long should I wait before I let her and Shadow be back around each other??
3. How long before I let her have normal free run of my room?? The vet tech who went over the papers with me before I left told me to keep her in the cage for up to 2 weeks? That seems kinda long espically for her..I have no nic cubes and honestly I cant afford them right now..so I wasgoing to corner off one part of the room for her so she doesnt have to be in the cage all the time and at least have a little place to walk around in.
4. This question was already partly answered and that was about checking the surgery area for infection..Shes not to bad with being picked up as long as I use a towel..shes getting more and more used toit and she didnt even struggle yesterday at the vets when they weighed her so it shouldnt be a problem checking..I probally wontcheck it until tomorrow later in the day just to make sure I give her a good while to heal up first before I go flippin her over to look..but was wondering would it be ok to use neosporin or something like that on the suture area just as a precaution??
5. Will her peeing in the cage make her more likely to get an infection?? I know the2 areas are close to each other and I wouldnt want urine to touch her wound in any way..I'm not sure how I would even solve that problem except for doing like I said and cornering her off an area to be in with a litterbox..they have2 in my room so Shadow could always use the other one until she can be back out per usual.
Thats all I can think of for now..but I'm sure I will think of more things later..I always have been one who liked asking questions so please bear with me..I figure you can never learn to much and learning will always be benificial =) One of my favorite sayings has always been " Live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn asif you were to live forever" Thanks again everyone!
I dont trust anyone either when it comes to them..this vetHAS proved herself to be competent but after that first one couldnt even tell the difference in their sexes that has made me very leary on just assuming they are correct with what they are telling me..and I'm so glad I can double check everything here with all you guys..I didnt like the dosing on the Metacam either..I worked for 8years as a medical assistant and its almost instinct for me to check and double check dosages with meds, and with this I just have to go by a pound mark..which tells me nothing about how much I'm actually giving her..but I'm sure she will be ok =)
Thought of a few questions last night and wanted to check with you guys..
1. Is it ok for me to use the care fresh litter in her cage now or should I use a blanket or a towel for her to lay on?? Was just thinking that the little fibers might stick to the sutures and pull on them or something??
2. How long should I wait before I let her and Shadow be back around each other??
3. How long before I let her have normal free run of my room?? The vet tech who went over the papers with me before I left told me to keep her in the cage for up to 2 weeks? That seems kinda long espically for her..I have no nic cubes and honestly I cant afford them right now..so I wasgoing to corner off one part of the room for her so she doesnt have to be in the cage all the time and at least have a little place to walk around in.
4. This question was already partly answered and that was about checking the surgery area for infection..Shes not to bad with being picked up as long as I use a towel..shes getting more and more used toit and she didnt even struggle yesterday at the vets when they weighed her so it shouldnt be a problem checking..I probally wontcheck it until tomorrow later in the day just to make sure I give her a good while to heal up first before I go flippin her over to look..but was wondering would it be ok to use neosporin or something like that on the suture area just as a precaution??
5. Will her peeing in the cage make her more likely to get an infection?? I know the2 areas are close to each other and I wouldnt want urine to touch her wound in any way..I'm not sure how I would even solve that problem except for doing like I said and cornering her off an area to be in with a litterbox..they have2 in my room so Shadow could always use the other one until she can be back out per usual.
Thats all I can think of for now..but I'm sure I will think of more things later..I always have been one who liked asking questions so please bear with me..I figure you can never learn to much and learning will always be benificial =) One of my favorite sayings has always been " Live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn asif you were to live forever" Thanks again everyone!