Marbles had her operation

couchy · May 18, 2012

yep it all went well she have got to go back in monday just for a check up

she have had a drink but im still trying to get her to eat
the vets did tell me about her eating and using a syringe to mulch her food

so here are some pix of her in her cage with all nice and warm bedding

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tonibun · May 18, 2012

Could you tempt her with some grass - this is what they like best of all post op.

couchy · May 18, 2012

yea i have tried her with everything even a buiscut and she still wont eat she is drinking though but im finding it hard now so ill have to mush up her nuggets with water and try and syringe it, how can u do it without her trying to bite

Coineanach · May 19, 2012

couchy said:
yea i have tried her with everything even a buiscut and she still wont eat she is drinking though but im finding it hard now so ill have to mush up her nuggets with water and try and syringe it, how can u do it without her trying to bite

Load up the syringe and poke it into the corner of the mouth, but at a diagonal so that it's facing the back, towards the spine. Marbles should start chomping on the syringe (you may need to wiggle it a bit) and you can slowly press the plunger. The chewing means they should swallow it instead of breathing it in, which is why you also need to do it slowly.

I had a very fiesty bunny who I had to syringe feed. I knelt on the carpet and squished the bunny between my knees - gently obviously! Then you can bend forward over bunny and syringe feed. If you have help someone can hold her instead but I was often on my own and this way worked fine. If you have a bitey bunny you may get a few nips on the thighs to begin with but they soon settle down :wave:

If she continues not eating you need to phone your vet as rabbits who don't eat can get very ill very quickly. Did your vet give her pain relief after her op?

couchy · May 20, 2012

thank you for the tip

marbles is eating and she at at 2:00am that morning she ate a carrot and her hay

the vet did give her pain relief her check up is tomorrow but i have noticed with marbles that she will eat everything else but not her pellet food, she loved it before she had her op and now she wont even touch it but she is eating tho, and because she is in a cage now im my room, she is still very timid and not tame enough and when i went to clean her dropping from by her she bit me on the finger

i didnt bleed and didnt break the skin but it was a hard nip as if to say "GET OFF IM WARNING YOU!" type o well

as far as lexi is concerned she is amazing

she lets me hold her comes up to me when i call her and just is generally a happy rabbit

Marbles had her operation

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