Getting Amy Spayed- Update: The Stitches Saga

[erspearson]

Forgot to mention, the Queen has been up to her impersonation tricks again:

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=423559

 

[SJ_R]

She somehow managed to slip another vest. Twice. In three hours.

I am being outwitted by an animal that eats its own poop.

 

[SJ_R]

I used the sizing guide at the manufacturer's website which says:
XXXS:* * Rabbit 0,6 - 0,8 kg
XXS:** * Rabbit 0,8 - 1,5 kg
XS:** * Rabbit 1,5 - 2,0 kg
S:** * Rabbit 2,0 - 3,5 kg
M:* * Rabbit 3,5 - 4,5 kg
L:* * Rabbit 4,5 - 5,5 kg

They're quite stretchy due to the Lycra content which seems to be what makes them fairly immune to bunny teeth. Sugar wore hers for two weeks and while it was looking a little tatty by the end she'd not managed a single escape from it.

If, heaven forbid, I need to put a bun through a spay again I'll be getting one of these ahead of time and delivering it and the bun together the the vet.

Thank you; that is helpful. Now, if I only actually knew what she weighed...

 

[SJ_R]

Wound is looking much smaller and better today, though she is still escaping her vests.

 

[tashp90]

I am being outwitted by an animal that eats its own poop.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: welcome to the club :thumb:

 

[SJ_R]

Nothing new, although I managed to cut her nails, which was pretty exciting...

 

[tonibun]

Hoping Amy is looking much better underneath

 

[Clare-uk]

Has all that infection over the wound healed more?

 

[SJ_R]

This is what her wound looks like today:

She is now nuzzling and licking a towel for some reason.

 

[Clare-uk]

Well that is looking a lot drier which should hopefully mean the infection is getting better but I'm no expert so hopefully someone else will see this and reply. Still keep a really close eye on her and keep it clean as its still got some healing to do.

How is she in herself?

 

[tonibun]

Hoping Amy is looking much better now.

 

[SJ_R]

Last day of the Baytril. Just cleaned the wound- well, it's just a very small scab now, less than a centimetre. I'll check it tomorrow but I don't think it needs any more.

Amy herself is mostly back to normal; apart from a mixed phase of being surprisingly quiet and rather naughty, and she seems to be eating less hay for some reason (I'll be slowly reducing her pellets), but she's binkying and flopping and licking and playing alright.

So, essentially, apart from her check-up/vaccinations next week, it's done. And I'm so glad it is! Once again, thank you all for the advice, help and support you've given me, I don't know what I would've done without it. I'm very happy to have found this forum; to tell me of the health benefits of spaying, and to help me through my first spay (might not be only, though hopefully will be; I don't want go go through this again for a long time!), and to meet such wonderful people xx

 

[Clare-uk]

As soon as I had my girls done, I said never again! It's so unbelievably stressful but the health benefits are worth it. I also found my girls are a lot cleaner now, as in they only using their litter tray as a toilet - much better than when they were spraying the floor, walls & ceiling of their hutch :shock:

You've done a great job getting her wound all cleaned up & helping her be strong & healthy again