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Rabbit castration...

tanya_306

tanya_306

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I have booked my new bunny, Otis, in for a castration. He is being 'done' on Monday 13th December. :)

I have to drop him off Monday morning and then am not allowed to pick him up until the next day. However, due to work, I will be unable to pick him up until Tuesday evening. :(

Due to lack of care (and death) at my last vets, we have changed vets. I have been recommended this vet by Alice and Sal at Wind Whistle Warren - so I know it is good! :D

However, I was just wondering why he has to stay in for a full night after the op?? They said that a vet nurse goes in at night and checks on them but my baby will be alone. I thought castration was a very straighforward op. :?

I'm scared .... :oops::(
 
tanya_306 said:
I have booked my new bunny, Otis, in for a castration. He is being 'done' on Monday 13th December. :)

I have to drop him off Monday morning and then am not allowed to pick him up until the next day. However, due to work, I will be unable to pick him up until Tuesday evening. :(

Due to lack of care (and death) at my last vets, we have changed vets. I have been recommended this vet by Alice and Sal at Wind Whistle Warren - so I know it is good! :D

However, I was just wondering why he has to stay in for a full night after the op?? They said that a vet nurse goes in at night and checks on them but my baby will be alone. I thought castration was a very straighforward op. :?

I'm scared .... :oops::(
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My vets always do this as a matter of course - I don't think all do, but some seem to. I said to my vet before that I would be up several times in the night:oops: but he said that they like to keep them in and check on pooping and temperature, etc.
 
Ive never had to leave mine over night but I can understand why :wave:

The operation itself is very straightforward, it is the recovery as rabbits often stop eating and pooing. My vets have always sent them home because they think they'll come around better at home but often they need syringe feeding
 
With my first bun Kismo I was at the OP, and I could take him straight after he was fully out of his narcosis.
I brought my other bun to another vet. He had to be there in the morning and I could pick him up at the end of the day. They wanted to make sure he was fully out of his narcosis and made sure he was eating, pooping and acting normal.
But he was still a bit wibbly-wobbly.

Castration is a routine procedure, but it's always a risk to put an animal (or human for that matter) under narcosis.
I think it's a sort service your vet has, he wants to make sure your bun is allright before he wants to send him home. Because if there's any complication, he's at the right place.

But I'm sure your bun will be OK, your vet seems to know what he's doing.
 
Otis is home. He is still quiet but is eating, pooping and weeing. His poops are smaller than usual but the vet did say that he started eating at 4pm yesterday.

He enjoyed cuddles and nose rubs earlier. :)
 
I know that both of our buns were having smaller poops after their ops and the vet said that the metacam(pain meds) could impact the size/color of the poops. They quickly returned to normal after they were healed up.
 
thebuz said:
I know that both of our buns were having smaller poops after their ops and the vet said that the metacam(pain meds) could impact the size/color of the poops. They quickly returned to normal after they were healed up.
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Thank you! He is on pain killers - once a day! I have to remember to medicate him in the morning. ;)
 
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