spaying and 'edwardian collars'

marvy

Warren Scout

• Oct 11, 2008

• #1

Hi, just to inform that the collars given when your bunny has been spayed - ( so they can't get to the stiches) even when the vet uses glue over the stiches! Your bunny can't get to the water bottle/bowl and eat/drink her water/food.

 

Snowy

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #2

Never use them, we have bunnies speyed and castrated every week and I have never ever used a collar and I have never had a bunny undo their stitches, I should imagine that those collars are very uncomfortable for a bunny, poor thing

 

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Jack's-Jane

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #3

My Vet never uses them and she neuters hundreds of Rabbits.
If internal sutures and glue are used to close the wound and adequate pain relief administered post op then a 'collar' really is not necessary.

I hope your Bunny recovers well

 

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donnamt

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #4

i didnt get given a collar and i never intend to get a rabbit spayed again i cant bear the stress (the op or a teen bunny :lol

i shall be adopting them ready spayed when the time comes.

 

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bluebunny

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #5

Claude had one cause he pulled his stiches out he had 2 wear it for 2 weeks:shock:
All my others had internal stiches so no problems

 

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kayj

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #6

marvy said:

Hi, just to inform that the collars given when your bunny has been spayed - ( so they can't get to the stiches) even when the vet uses glue over the stiches! Your bunny can't get to the water bottle/bowl and eat/drink her water/food.

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I have only ever had one bun that as had to use one (male castrate, but thats another story) It didn't affect him as he realised he could use the collar to scoop food up with :roll:. My vets don't use them for a rabbits normally

 

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Indiechic

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #7

when moo and lilly were spayed i didn't have one xx

 

SarahP

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #8

I ended up with one for Clover as she was ripped out her stitches (there were internal ones too so it wasn't a huge deal in reality), but she found it incredibly distressing, and got the thing off in about 10 minutes anyway. We gave up in the end.

 

Bunny Buddy

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 11, 2008

• #9

The link below shows another alternative to the collar:

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=148634

If they need to be kept away from the stitches a jumper sounds a lot less distressing for them.