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spaying both together

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Radish

Mama Doe
hi

in mid April my two rex sisters will be going to the vets to be spayed at the same time.

Having had Maisie spayed and her pulling her stitches out and being stapled and having to wear a buster collar,we took the option of having our buck fitted with a buster collar when he was done.....now my question is this......

when Moo and Blackberry are spayed will it be ok if they both have buster collars for a few days to prevent them removing stitches or will it cause problems because they are sharing a cage and they freak each other out by having the collars on?

i really don't want to risk removed stitches like with Maisie.

thanks.
 
Can you not take them to a Vet who is able to do internal sutures?

This is one Christobel made earlier!!

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Pic taken 2 hours after spay. There really should be no need for either Bun to wear a Buster Collar if internal sutures are used and adequate analgesia given.

Janex
 
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When our boys were neutered the vet said that collars cause more distress that good so they went without. They had internal stitches though. Ask for that.
 
my rabbit pulled her stiches out too but i didnt have problems my vet used surgical glue maybe that might help in case they pull out stiches.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Can you not take them to a Vet who is able to do internal sutures?

This is one Christobel made earlier!!

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Pic taken 2 hours after spay. There really should be no need for either Bun to wear a Buster Collar if internal sutures are used and adequate analgesia given.

Janex
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The vet who did Maisie did internal sutures and very neat it was too, you couldn't see a single stitch, he also glued it but she still managed to get the top of the wound open....now whether she actually chewed at the wound or flung herself about and got it open i can't say for sure but James is an extremely competent vet and he did a perfect job....he just wasn't ready for Maisie.:lol:

she didn't get the wound open until five days after surgery,lulling me into a false sense of security....i was shocked she had got it open at all.

buster collars were great for my two single buns and they didn't seem at all phased by them i just wondered whether it would be an issue with two buns in the same cage.

I guess i can try without and see whether they touch their wounds or not and take it from there.
 
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