As I said in the other post - both my buns were neutered yesterday.
The boy is doing fine - I'd like if he drank a little more water, but he's left his wounds alone, he's eating, drinking (a little), cleaning, pooing, weeing, and I've not seen any uneaten caecals.
The girl on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. Her wound is all internal dissolvable stitches, and external glue. She ate all the glue and ripped the wound open yesterday about half an hour after being discharged from the vets. She's now got an e-collar and is under constant surveillance.
Upon advice from someone from here, I tried to give her 30 mins collar-free time and it took her 5 mins to start chewing at the glue holding her together. So I had to abandon collar-free time and put the collar back on. The wound was nibbled, but okay.
When we booked them in for the neuter, we arranged so that someone would be with them all day for the next 2 days. I'm with them today and mr is with them tomorrow.
But... I'm not overly worried about the Buck. He seems okay. Fairly chilled. Not bothered. Leaving his stitches alone etc etc. I think he'd be okay left alone while we went out/were at work. In fact, he slept downstairs in the kitchen last night (they're outdoor buns, and we've only got one cage, and we can't get their hutch past the kitchen - so he was in the hutch in the kitchen). We checked on him every 2 hours. He seemed/was fine.
I am worried about leaving the doe. She's currently not left for more than 10mins at a time. Can you leave a bunny with a collar on? We've found ways to lodge her food around the indoor cage so that she can get to it. She gets a bit frustrated, and she can't eat dry food pellets. But she is eating fresh stuff and hay and drinking water and the occasional treat (she had the corner from my toast - which is a very rare treat for the buns)...
Should a rabbit be left with an e-collar? I honestly don't know what to do. For how long should she be supervised 24/7?
I have to go back to work, but I obviiously don't want her to hurt herself further. Can bunnies in collars be left?
The boy is doing fine - I'd like if he drank a little more water, but he's left his wounds alone, he's eating, drinking (a little), cleaning, pooing, weeing, and I've not seen any uneaten caecals.
The girl on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. Her wound is all internal dissolvable stitches, and external glue. She ate all the glue and ripped the wound open yesterday about half an hour after being discharged from the vets. She's now got an e-collar and is under constant surveillance.
Upon advice from someone from here, I tried to give her 30 mins collar-free time and it took her 5 mins to start chewing at the glue holding her together. So I had to abandon collar-free time and put the collar back on. The wound was nibbled, but okay.
When we booked them in for the neuter, we arranged so that someone would be with them all day for the next 2 days. I'm with them today and mr is with them tomorrow.
But... I'm not overly worried about the Buck. He seems okay. Fairly chilled. Not bothered. Leaving his stitches alone etc etc. I think he'd be okay left alone while we went out/were at work. In fact, he slept downstairs in the kitchen last night (they're outdoor buns, and we've only got one cage, and we can't get their hutch past the kitchen - so he was in the hutch in the kitchen). We checked on him every 2 hours. He seemed/was fine.
I am worried about leaving the doe. She's currently not left for more than 10mins at a time. Can you leave a bunny with a collar on? We've found ways to lodge her food around the indoor cage so that she can get to it. She gets a bit frustrated, and she can't eat dry food pellets. But she is eating fresh stuff and hay and drinking water and the occasional treat (she had the corner from my toast - which is a very rare treat for the buns)...
Should a rabbit be left with an e-collar? I honestly don't know what to do. For how long should she be supervised 24/7?
I have to go back to work, but I obviiously don't want her to hurt herself further. Can bunnies in collars be left?
