lucyeleanor
New Kit
Hi all!
Some of you may have read in my last thread about Daphne and Max, my bonded rescues. We weren't 100% sure that Daphne had been spayed due to urine marking, mating rituals and generally grumpy behaviour. P@H weren't too convincing either when they couldn't actually confirm for us that they had both been neutered.
We saw the vet at Companion Care yesterday. He had a very thorough feel of Max, who is definitely a boy minus some parts, and Daphne, who was as far as he could tell was unspayed. The surgeon was very reassuring - managing to sex them immediately, weighed them and gave them a very thorough health check each. He demonstrated plenty of knowledge about rabbits/neutering/weight/behaviours. Before Daphne even came out of the carrier he commented that she was acting like an unneutered female - stomping her feet and grunting. Max had his first vaccinations and but stayed with Daphne for moral support for the day. The vet was very understanding of this. Both of them climbed up my front as if to say 'Don't leave me!' which was sweet as until now they haven't shown an awful lot of affection towards us.
Daphne had to be spayed. We brought them both home that evening and had a very scary 4 hours watching her to make sure she didn't chew her stitches, but she wasn't eating or drinking either. All she did was sit in her tray and shake. After those first 4 hours she started to nibble at some apple and banana and drank a few teaspoons of cooled camomile tea and water. We put a collar on her overnight and my OH nursed her today. By the time I was home from work she was hopping around, nibbling hay and wolfing down pellets like nothing had happened.
She is going back for her post-op tomorrow evening and, if the vet feels she's healthy enough, her first vaccinations.
They both seem closer and more relaxed than ever. They seem to like us a bit more too - you'd think they'd be holding a grudge!
Some of you may have read in my last thread about Daphne and Max, my bonded rescues. We weren't 100% sure that Daphne had been spayed due to urine marking, mating rituals and generally grumpy behaviour. P@H weren't too convincing either when they couldn't actually confirm for us that they had both been neutered.
We saw the vet at Companion Care yesterday. He had a very thorough feel of Max, who is definitely a boy minus some parts, and Daphne, who was as far as he could tell was unspayed. The surgeon was very reassuring - managing to sex them immediately, weighed them and gave them a very thorough health check each. He demonstrated plenty of knowledge about rabbits/neutering/weight/behaviours. Before Daphne even came out of the carrier he commented that she was acting like an unneutered female - stomping her feet and grunting. Max had his first vaccinations and but stayed with Daphne for moral support for the day. The vet was very understanding of this. Both of them climbed up my front as if to say 'Don't leave me!' which was sweet as until now they haven't shown an awful lot of affection towards us.
Daphne had to be spayed. We brought them both home that evening and had a very scary 4 hours watching her to make sure she didn't chew her stitches, but she wasn't eating or drinking either. All she did was sit in her tray and shake. After those first 4 hours she started to nibble at some apple and banana and drank a few teaspoons of cooled camomile tea and water. We put a collar on her overnight and my OH nursed her today. By the time I was home from work she was hopping around, nibbling hay and wolfing down pellets like nothing had happened.
She is going back for her post-op tomorrow evening and, if the vet feels she's healthy enough, her first vaccinations.
They both seem closer and more relaxed than ever. They seem to like us a bit more too - you'd think they'd be holding a grudge!