Hi,
My daughter has two French Lops - Penny and Floppy, they are about a year old. As they became a bit aggressive towards each other we moved them into a hutch where they lived separately but were on top of each other.
We were in two minds whether to have them spayed or not but after researching the internet and speaking to the vet, we had Penny spayed 3 weeks ago. The vet advised it would be in the best interests of the rabbits and encouraged to have them both spayed.
Due to the cost we decided just to have Penny done for starters. Before the surgery we were told that there was a 1.5% chance of her not coming through the operation.
Since having Penny operated on she has been quite poorly and has been deteriorating daily - virtually not eating or drinking. She has been back to the vet 3 times and we were initially told that she has a bladder infection and were prescribed anti biotics. We were also advised that a general anesthetic can lower a rabbit’s immune system - something which we were not originally told.
After a further visit to the vet last night, they decided her teeth had grown hooks and were sticking into her tongue. They were also concerned that her bladder felt really hard and recommended further surgical intervention today.
After her teeth were cut and an x-ray of her bladder showed nothing conclusive, the vet decided to open her up again. He found that Penny had a large lump Pasteurella in her bladder that had also spread to her intestines and other organs. As there was nothing he could do we made the heartbreaking decision to let Penny stay asleep and have her put down. The vet said he had never seen anything as bad before.
As you can imagine my daughter is devastated, she is 12 and has looked after 'her babbies' every single day since we bought them her last September.
As you can appreciate I wish we had not had Penny spayed. Have any other bunny owners had or heard any similar problems to this?
The vet has advised that Floppy is more than likely a carrier but unless she gets ill there is no real threat to her.
Will Floppy realise Penny is not living below her and get lonely? Will it upset her by moving her back into the original hutch (it’s a two storey one that she used to share with her sister).
I would welcome people’s comments or views on the above.
Thanks
Niall
My daughter has two French Lops - Penny and Floppy, they are about a year old. As they became a bit aggressive towards each other we moved them into a hutch where they lived separately but were on top of each other.
We were in two minds whether to have them spayed or not but after researching the internet and speaking to the vet, we had Penny spayed 3 weeks ago. The vet advised it would be in the best interests of the rabbits and encouraged to have them both spayed.
Due to the cost we decided just to have Penny done for starters. Before the surgery we were told that there was a 1.5% chance of her not coming through the operation.
Since having Penny operated on she has been quite poorly and has been deteriorating daily - virtually not eating or drinking. She has been back to the vet 3 times and we were initially told that she has a bladder infection and were prescribed anti biotics. We were also advised that a general anesthetic can lower a rabbit’s immune system - something which we were not originally told.
After a further visit to the vet last night, they decided her teeth had grown hooks and were sticking into her tongue. They were also concerned that her bladder felt really hard and recommended further surgical intervention today.
After her teeth were cut and an x-ray of her bladder showed nothing conclusive, the vet decided to open her up again. He found that Penny had a large lump Pasteurella in her bladder that had also spread to her intestines and other organs. As there was nothing he could do we made the heartbreaking decision to let Penny stay asleep and have her put down. The vet said he had never seen anything as bad before.
As you can imagine my daughter is devastated, she is 12 and has looked after 'her babbies' every single day since we bought them her last September.
As you can appreciate I wish we had not had Penny spayed. Have any other bunny owners had or heard any similar problems to this?
The vet has advised that Floppy is more than likely a carrier but unless she gets ill there is no real threat to her.
Will Floppy realise Penny is not living below her and get lonely? Will it upset her by moving her back into the original hutch (it’s a two storey one that she used to share with her sister).
I would welcome people’s comments or views on the above.
Thanks
Niall
