Nibbling after spaying

So, I know some rabbits can react differently to spaying and my bunny Roxy, is not very happy with hers.

She tugged some of her stitches out the other day and so I took her to vets and they snipped off the long bit she'd pulled out and said it didn't feel like she'd got anything loose. But, then I went to check on her wound before her other post op and it had obviously come open and tried to start healing up again but she had a gaping hole in her stomach.

I took her back to the vets and they said she'd obviously been either tugging at it or it was hurting her a bit so she'd inspected it and made it worse. They said it felt really hard and this skin might be dead for it but they gave me pure manuka honey to put on it 4 times a day and see if that helped and to take her back in two days and she might be ok.

So I took her back and they said that it had closed up, there was no longer any hole and it wasn't red or inflamed so might be ok. I have to go back in 5 days and still apply the manuka honey 4 times a day. But, I only had time to do it twice yesterday and when I went to put it on this morning it was very pink and she'd obviously been playing with it.

I don't know if this is because she's got a taste for the honey and now wants to inspect it or if she's getting frustrated that she's locked in her cage. The vets said to keep her in her cage because too much exercise could irritate the wound. Now, for a free range house bunny, this isn't very good and she's getting increasingly annoyed when she sees her bunny friends running about and coming up to her cage and she's just sat there.

I was wondering if you'd recommend maybe putting a cone on her, or maybe something on her stomach to stop her getting to the wound? My vet nurse recommended maybe cutting out some leggings or something like that. She's a feisty one and so I can't see her being happy with that.

I could really do with some advice. I don't want her to hurt herself anymore, but I also don't want her to be locked away either. She doesn't have a small cage, it's a converted puppy playpen so it's plenty big enough for her to run around it but it's still not the same of having the house to herself.

Thanks!

Hi there. When exactly was she spayed? From what you are saying I would think she is over the worrying stage and if the wound is pink, not red, then that is fine. If she was spayed 4 days ago or over then I see no reason why she shouldn't be allowed out but jumping must be restrained for another week. But just normal hopping should be ok. Most rabbits pull most of their stitches out, I had one rabbit who had to be stapled, she even managed to get a couple of those out and I never found them! Good luck.