Dink
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Hello fellow bunny parents. Question of the day, have you ever had to spread honey on your bunny? No im not joking 
My house bunny Binky was castrated back just before christmas, the surgery went well according to the vet and Binky came home the same day.
He seemeed fine the day after but then on Christmas eve morning, the second day of recovery Binky didnt want to come out of his cage, he looked really depressed, hadn't really eaten and let me pick him up which he never lets anyone do. Uh oh i thought. After giving him a cuddle, i had to check out his under carriage. Unfortunately one side of his empty scrotum had swelled up to the size of a grape with bruise fluid, this can happen so I was told, as that area doesn't like being empty. Anyways off to the vet we went...when the nurse turned bunny over the swelling was now the size of a plum and the same colour!!
So it was 3 injections there and then, pain relief, antibiotics and something to make him eat. What a brave bun indeed. Antibiotics and pain meds were given to me to use at home, and a repeat visit in 2 days.
A similar thing happened on our second visit....3jabs. The swelling hadn't gotten any bigger, but it was weeping a little. Was told to leave it alone and let bunny rest in his cage. Visit again In 2 days.
Two more injections this time, Binky was eating a little now so didn't need that jab. The swelling had now hardened, and the vet had a close look and said it was dead tissue, it had no blood supply and would just drop off. It was looking all good.
See us again in 5days just keep giving him the meds by mouth.
....oh hehe I didn't tell you about that fun bit. Binky is a very stubborn bunny and as we found out, unless poorly he won't do anything he doesn't want too ;-) so getting him to take meds in a syringe after a few days just wasn't going to happen. Was told to hide it in pineapple juice because bunnies love it, umm nope mine doesn't. So I just ended up putting it onto his dry food, in a very heavy dish so he couldn't flip it over. This seemed to work, and for the first time in over a week, Binky 'asked' to come out of his cage.
So yeah getting back to the vet visit...we went in and the swelling had dropped off as promised, but on moving his fur it hadn't healed as expected. It had kind of ulcerated, like a flat abscess, or wet scab. Yummy. The nurse cleaned it up and the vet prescribed different antibiotics. See us again new years day.
Bunny was getting most tired of being man handled by now, he has never bitten so I was never worried about that but I did warn the nurses he didn't much like being picked up or on his back and was a kicker. So new years day arrived and off to the vets we went yet again! Today we saw the surgeon who did the op...he was most upset at what had happened, and said it may of been an allergic reaction to the glue they use to stick the wound together. Shame he had only been working at that practice for a week.
Mr vet prescribed Herbiscrub and said I should wash the wound twice a day, dry it and then spread a bit of manuka honey onto it. I did think he was mad but when you hear about it you see sense. He was surprised when I told him Binky didn't much care to be turned over, so said he would show me how to do it and how he should be washed. Mr vet soon found out how stubborn my bunny was hehe.
Well I managed 5 successful rump washings and honey spreadings and its looking a bit better. But this morning binky bunny was like nope, ive had enough im going to squirm and wriggle and kick. I thought best leave it till later rather than stress the poor thing. Vets tomorrow for another check up....keep your fingers crossed for us.
Thanks for reading! Has anyone else used honey? Did it speed healing? And how did you stop bunny from licking it off??
Look forward to hearing your stories, Dink.
My house bunny Binky was castrated back just before christmas, the surgery went well according to the vet and Binky came home the same day.
He seemeed fine the day after but then on Christmas eve morning, the second day of recovery Binky didnt want to come out of his cage, he looked really depressed, hadn't really eaten and let me pick him up which he never lets anyone do. Uh oh i thought. After giving him a cuddle, i had to check out his under carriage. Unfortunately one side of his empty scrotum had swelled up to the size of a grape with bruise fluid, this can happen so I was told, as that area doesn't like being empty. Anyways off to the vet we went...when the nurse turned bunny over the swelling was now the size of a plum and the same colour!!
So it was 3 injections there and then, pain relief, antibiotics and something to make him eat. What a brave bun indeed. Antibiotics and pain meds were given to me to use at home, and a repeat visit in 2 days.
A similar thing happened on our second visit....3jabs. The swelling hadn't gotten any bigger, but it was weeping a little. Was told to leave it alone and let bunny rest in his cage. Visit again In 2 days.
Two more injections this time, Binky was eating a little now so didn't need that jab. The swelling had now hardened, and the vet had a close look and said it was dead tissue, it had no blood supply and would just drop off. It was looking all good.
See us again in 5days just keep giving him the meds by mouth.
....oh hehe I didn't tell you about that fun bit. Binky is a very stubborn bunny and as we found out, unless poorly he won't do anything he doesn't want too ;-) so getting him to take meds in a syringe after a few days just wasn't going to happen. Was told to hide it in pineapple juice because bunnies love it, umm nope mine doesn't. So I just ended up putting it onto his dry food, in a very heavy dish so he couldn't flip it over. This seemed to work, and for the first time in over a week, Binky 'asked' to come out of his cage.
So yeah getting back to the vet visit...we went in and the swelling had dropped off as promised, but on moving his fur it hadn't healed as expected. It had kind of ulcerated, like a flat abscess, or wet scab. Yummy. The nurse cleaned it up and the vet prescribed different antibiotics. See us again new years day.
Bunny was getting most tired of being man handled by now, he has never bitten so I was never worried about that but I did warn the nurses he didn't much like being picked up or on his back and was a kicker. So new years day arrived and off to the vets we went yet again! Today we saw the surgeon who did the op...he was most upset at what had happened, and said it may of been an allergic reaction to the glue they use to stick the wound together. Shame he had only been working at that practice for a week.
Mr vet prescribed Herbiscrub and said I should wash the wound twice a day, dry it and then spread a bit of manuka honey onto it. I did think he was mad but when you hear about it you see sense. He was surprised when I told him Binky didn't much care to be turned over, so said he would show me how to do it and how he should be washed. Mr vet soon found out how stubborn my bunny was hehe.
Well I managed 5 successful rump washings and honey spreadings and its looking a bit better. But this morning binky bunny was like nope, ive had enough im going to squirm and wriggle and kick. I thought best leave it till later rather than stress the poor thing. Vets tomorrow for another check up....keep your fingers crossed for us.
Thanks for reading! Has anyone else used honey? Did it speed healing? And how did you stop bunny from licking it off??
Look forward to hearing your stories, Dink.
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