Kara goes in for her spay and I am really worried
I've not had a bunny spayed before. Only a bunny neuter and guinea neuter.

Is there anything I should do with her when she comes back?
I know to feed her as normal in the morning, have fed her as normal tonight.
Do I need to use any particular bedding, I'm assuming as long as it wont stick ot the stitches like woodshavings its ok?
How long do I need to keep her on just hutch rest do you think? Without getting her out to let her have a run and jump?
I know I have to keep an eye on her eating, have got baby food, porridge and all the favourites to hand

Anything anyone can think of?

*Heidi*

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Newspaper is probably the best bedding to use for her for a few days as its so soft for her to lay on and won't stick (even if it does a bit of warm water will take it off). Hay and straw can be a bit pokey if you get what I mean and may be uncomfortable.

I'd keep her on cage rest until the wound has fully scabbed and dried so a few days. Once the wound has scabbed so its one of those dry crusty ones rather than soft and easy to pull apart then she can have her normal exercise. She'll probably want to run around from the minute she's fully awake but make sure she doesn't strain herself too much trying to get out of the cage your using.

It will only take about a week till its almost fully healed if she's a good girl and leaves it alone. Most vets will use disolvable stitches now so theres nothing to go back and have taken out, the internal part of the stitch will disolve and the external bit (the knot that you'll see) will fall off with the scab. Just make sure to check the wound everyday for the week to make sure she doesn't pull at it or open it up. Remember stitches and scabs can get itchy so she may get the temptation to chew but don't let her or she'll take longer to heal and will reopen the wound.

Apart from that treat her as normal and give her food as soon as she's home to make sure she's eating again, she may not want it straight away if she's still sleepy but once fully awake she should behave as normal and want food and water.

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Hey hun, I had Rascal done on Friday. I was a bag of nerves lol

With the bedding you are right just so long as it is nothing that can get stuck in the wound and make sure there is somewhere she can lay that is soft. Rascal was a bit sulky that night but by the next day she was completely back to normal

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Spaying is not a quick recovery I had problems with Miffy and had to take her back where she was kept in for 2 nights because she wasnt eating.

Take all her fave treats and nice hay to the vets with you and her normal food too just incase they want to keep her in. Its also advisable to keep them warmer the first night as the anesthetic lowers their heart rates, just worried with how cold its been at night.

I'm sure she'll be fine

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