cannonwoman
Warren Veteran
Hi all,
Tia my little blue mini lop was neutered on tuesday and all is not going well. She didn`t react too well to the aneasthetic so they had to keep her in over night, i got her back yesterday morning but she`s been refusing to eat or drink, so i`ve been syringe feeding her to prevent her stomach going into stasis.
The new problem is that when i picked her up today i discovered she`d pulled all her stitches out! :? Hence she had a big gapping hole in her stomach :shock: So it was then a case of a mad dash to the vets so they could stitch her up again! She`s now back home and i will continue to syringe feed her BUT they`ve done external stitches again! :shock: So she is now, to her dismay sporting a buster collar to prevent her pulling the stitches out again, she is starting to show interest in food but with the collar can`t work out how to get to it or the water bottle, the collar is just too big! Obviously i`m feeding her by hand with the small amount of solids she`s started eating but she`s got to keep the collar on for 10 days til she has the stitches out. I`m concerned that i need to get her eating normally again asap but with this collar can`t see how it`s going to happen??? I`m also worried about her getting stressed........
I`ve thought about trimming the collar back but am not too sure how far back i can trim it so she can get to her food but not her stitches.
Hope this all makes sense, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Su & a not very happy Tia.x
Tia my little blue mini lop was neutered on tuesday and all is not going well. She didn`t react too well to the aneasthetic so they had to keep her in over night, i got her back yesterday morning but she`s been refusing to eat or drink, so i`ve been syringe feeding her to prevent her stomach going into stasis.
The new problem is that when i picked her up today i discovered she`d pulled all her stitches out! :? Hence she had a big gapping hole in her stomach :shock: So it was then a case of a mad dash to the vets so they could stitch her up again! She`s now back home and i will continue to syringe feed her BUT they`ve done external stitches again! :shock: So she is now, to her dismay sporting a buster collar to prevent her pulling the stitches out again, she is starting to show interest in food but with the collar can`t work out how to get to it or the water bottle, the collar is just too big! Obviously i`m feeding her by hand with the small amount of solids she`s started eating but she`s got to keep the collar on for 10 days til she has the stitches out. I`m concerned that i need to get her eating normally again asap but with this collar can`t see how it`s going to happen??? I`m also worried about her getting stressed........
I`ve thought about trimming the collar back but am not too sure how far back i can trim it so she can get to her food but not her stitches.
Hope this all makes sense, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Su & a not very happy Tia.x