Hello everyone :wave:. My elderly black mini lop, Pearl, is in the vet's overnight tonight after an operation today to drain an abscess (I'm finding it difficult to switch off and sleep). She's the last of my Greenfields buns (does anyone remember Greenfields in Bracknell?) and we've been through so much together. Towards the end of last week she started to find it very difficult to eat and by last night she could only take syringed yoghurt, despite wanting to feed. She was approaching the food bowl and then realising she couldn't open her mouth. I have been administering metacam orally and injecting 2ml saline solution two to three times a day while waiting for today's operation to drain the abscess.
She had the op today and the vet phoned to say that she was showing signs of recovery but was finding it difficult to move her hind legs. Since her legs were fine this morning I hope this is simply a temporary response to the anaesthetic. Towards the end of the afternoon they phoned again to say that her legs seemed a bit better but that they would prefer to keep her in overnight for observation. I was happy to agree with this, although I am now worrying about her being alone overnight, and worrying too about her husbun, the lovely Windwhistle, who is lost without her .
I'm hoping for some advice really about how best to take care of her when I get her home. I'm assuming I will need to syringe feed for a while as her mouth heals. Is there anything I can give her or do for her that might particularly facilitate the healing process? She's a few weeks short of her tenth birthday but until now has been fitting fit and game for anything so I have not had to think about how to nurse an elderly bunny before.
Many thanks everyone.
She had the op today and the vet phoned to say that she was showing signs of recovery but was finding it difficult to move her hind legs. Since her legs were fine this morning I hope this is simply a temporary response to the anaesthetic. Towards the end of the afternoon they phoned again to say that her legs seemed a bit better but that they would prefer to keep her in overnight for observation. I was happy to agree with this, although I am now worrying about her being alone overnight, and worrying too about her husbun, the lovely Windwhistle, who is lost without her .
I'm hoping for some advice really about how best to take care of her when I get her home. I'm assuming I will need to syringe feed for a while as her mouth heals. Is there anything I can give her or do for her that might particularly facilitate the healing process? She's a few weeks short of her tenth birthday but until now has been fitting fit and game for anything so I have not had to think about how to nurse an elderly bunny before.
Many thanks everyone.