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Lola is terrified :( UD/ Pics & lodging a complaint!

Aly&Poppy<3

Wise Old Thumper
She can't see :( she's floppy eared and she has a STUPID collar on :cry: My bf is fixing a babygro to fit her still, it's been awkward because she is so small, but hopefully she'll be in it soon. Just need to get that horrible thing off, she starts making this horrible squeaking noise when I touch it so I'm going to have to do it slowly :( Once it's off she'll be able to eat and drink and calm down properly :(

I'm going to email the vets tomorrow about finding other things to use rather than the collar and using glue instead of external stitching. It's not the stitching that bothers me at all, just the collar, as with both Poppy and now Lola, they were/are stressed out. Poppy even started flipping herself around, onto her back and crashing into everything :( (she was in it for about 2 minutes) I'm sure it's not everyone but I know that one woman who goes into the vets sometimes with her rabbit, if she was spayed she would stay in the collar and would probably become very distressed, whereas I want to get them out of it asap. It's just been harder with Lola because she can't see, her ears are covering her eyes as well as the collar :cry: Going to try and get it off now.

Any ideas on what I can say in the email to them?
 
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Oh dear, poor Lola. :( It sounds very distressing for both her and you.

I hope someone with experience comes along soon to advise you.
 
Is there any chance you could just sit up with her and watch her closely so that she can relax tonight and hopefully start to eat? if she is that stressed she isn't going to eat. Sky had external stitches for his undescended testicle and I sat up with him for three nights straight to ensure that he didn't chew them. He never had a collar and recovered very well.

Is that feasible? Keep the collar off when you can watch her?

As for your vet, they don't sound the best, to be honest. Is it worth appealing on the forum to see if anyone knows of a better vet in your area?
 
Did she come home with the collar on or was it given because she was puling at her stitches? I have never had a bun with external stitches after a spay but my instinct would be to take the collar off and keep a close eye on her to make sure she leaves the stitches alone. If she is worrying at them then she will need another form of protection but she may well just leave them alone. Hope she settles and calms down soon.
 
Poor Lola. I hope you can get her into the babygro and decollared soon. I know how horrible it is watching a rabbit who's distressed by a collar.
Hopefully the babygro by itself will do the trick of covering the area and / or distracting her from chewing the stitches, as the bandage did with Ada.
 
Is there any chance you could just sit up with her and watch her closely so that she can relax tonight and hopefully start to eat? if she is that stressed she isn't going to eat. Sky had external stitches for his undescended testicle and I sat up with him for three nights straight to ensure that he didn't chew them. He never had a collar and recovered very well.

Is that feasible? Keep the collar off when you can watch her?

As for your vet, they don't sound the best, to be honest. Is it worth appealing on the forum to see if anyone knows of a better vet in your area?

Me and my bf are going to stay up with her. I just want her to eat and poop.
Our vets are small animal specialists, all but one. It's literally the only issue there, the fact they have collars. My bf said about the collar this morning when we dropped her off and the receptionist said if we have any more rabbits for spaying we might not need the collar as it's under review. So if others are complaining or something to them then I'm sure my email would help sway it in the direction of getting rid of them. The other 2 vets we had used previously were over expensive and handled the rabbits by picking them up by the scruff or the belly, and we had 3 misdiagnosis :?
 
ive only ever had one bun that came home wth collar on and that was rosie, because she was chewing at her stitches as soon as came round, she was crafty though, she worked out if she put her head under the drawer and riggled she got it off, so i had to keep getting up every 15-50mns during nght checking on her, near the end of a week i took it off though, as when she learnt to get it off, being an uppy earred bun she often got one ear stuck underneath the rim of collar and for a few years after seemed to get what would call a cramp in her little ears bless her, the collar didn;t stress her though she managed to eat, it was me who worred as she kept taking t of herself and trying to undo her stitches

since then though things have changed, the use disolvable nternal stitching and glue now, so no need for the dreaded collar
 
Did she come home with the collar on or was it given because she was puling at her stitches? I have never had a bun with external stitches after a spay but my instinct would be to take the collar off and keep a close eye on her to make sure she leaves the stitches alone. If she is worrying at them then she will need another form of protection but she may well just leave them alone. Hope she settles and calms down soon.

It's the one Poppy had, I knew they would put Lola in one so I took it with me to save another £7. I didn't want to leave her in it this long but we wanted her to calm down and settle slightly as she is an outdoor bun and never actually been indoors, so her room is pretty cold. She is flopping though, so she must be getting comfortable sometimes. It's when we open the door, she can't really see where we are so freaks out a little.

Poor Lola. I hope you can get her into the babygro and decollared soon. I know how horrible it is watching a rabbit who's distressed by a collar.
Hopefully the babygro by itself will do the trick of covering the area and / or distracting her from chewing the stitches, as the bandage did with Ada.

They said they had bandages but didn't have any in stock :evil: trust that to happen lol :roll: The babygro is done, going to try now :?
 
No wonder she was heavy breathing and squeaking! The collar was so tight we had to cut it off and give her a hair cut at the same time :evil: my bf couldn't get even a finger under! I checked but obviously didn't check well enough :cry: If I left it longer she might have got damaged or something :cry:

As soon as it was off she ate, had a little drink, weed (no poop yet) and she flopping and rolling (rolling in her wee which is gross but at least she's happy now!)

Not happy at all! I'm lodging a complaint to get these collars off their stock list! :evil:

This is the rope she was essentially strangled with!

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And one now happy Lola eating;

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A floppy Lola;

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poor girl defo complain she looks soo relieved to have it removed, our vets didn;t tie rosies on like that she had padding made with plasters around the rm to not hurt her, but luckily now they have moved on from this
 
She looks so comfy and happy to rest which is just what she needs. Thank goodness you got that horrible thing off her.
 
Aww poor lola, when i had my girls done they didnt have collars given at all and i didnt put a baby grow on maybe i was just lucky though as they didnt touch their stitches, hopefully lola will be so relieved shes got the collar off she'l behave and leave her stitches alone :lol:
 
Oh no! Poor Lola :(

She is such a cutie!

Hope she gets better, the poor little thing. You should definitely bring this up with your Vet!

Best of luck! x
 
My vets have never ever put collars on my buns - even when they have had massive operations. it stresses them out so much - and stops them eating their caecal pellets
 
Glad she's eating and flopping now :)

I just wanted to say for a bit of balance. My male mini rex had to have a collar after his castration, the second he woke up he went straight to the area, ripped the glue up and generally shredded his own tissues in the area, so he had to go under a GA a second time and be tidied up.
He came home with a collar and wore it for three days, he was a tiny bit down but otherwise pretty unphased, he was eating, pooing, trying his best to hoover up his caecotrophs (I was handfeeding them to him and it made our bond very strong indeed!) he coped with wearing it completely fine.

What material was the neck tie made of? It should be slightly springy/stretchable bandage and to be fair to the vets, it needs to be suprisingly tight to keep it on AND most importantly prevent them from getting a foot trapped (and potentially being injured) through it if they try to "dig" it off.
 
That must have been so distressing for you and her. You have done the right thing by removing it. They obviously didn`t think of her poor ears getting in the way. At least she is more comfy now, if she is anything like mine now that collar is no longer a distraction she will get back to doing what buns do best, eating.:D Really hope she and you have a better day today.
 
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