My bun is getting neutered today, and I’ve been wondering what is the best bedding to use after his surgery? He’s not a chewer so I’ve considered putting towels down but I’m not sure if they are safe to keep in his cage over night. Does anyone have any suggestions? I need it to be able to keep him warm, since it’s forecast to be a bit colder tonight than what it has been recently.
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Best bedding for after neutering
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InspectorMorse
Wise Old Thumper
If he is an outdoor Rabbit he will need to be kept indoors tonight. Rabbits can struggle to maintain their body temperature after a GA, hypothermia is a real risk.
Towels as bedding will be fine as long as he does not chew them.
He’s six and a half months old
Liz47
Wise Old Thumper
I agree with above, also a shame the vets would.put him under G/A to then look and find one testicle is not descended. He should have both descended by now, most do by 14 weeks, so looks like one may be stuck inside which a rabbit savvy vet would neuter he would have a more invasive op were the vets would have to make an incision to find the other testicle. Hope he feels more himself soon, keep an eye to make sure he is going to the toilet and eating.
InspectorMorse
Wise Old Thumper
Thank you for the replies, the vets called earlier this afternoon and told us he wasn’t “fully developed” and needed to wait another 2-3 months for the other one to drop. He still went under anaesthesia, and is now back home but is feeling very sorry for himself
It sounds as though Bunny is Cryptorchid (his testicles have not descended )and this may mean that if he is neutered it will have to be an abdominal castration. Is he a Giant Breed ? If so they do mature more slowly than smaller breeds. That said, it is unusual for both testicles not to have descended by 6 months. Rabbits can retract their testicles back into the abdominal cavity. But a Rabbit Savvy Vet should be able to get them back down again once Bunny is under GA.
As tonibun mentioned, you may want to consider trying to find a Bunny Savvy Vet if you have any doubts about the competence of your current Vet
The Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund have some advice about Rabbit Savvy Vets
https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rabbit-welfare-association-fund/our-work/rabbit-friendly-vets/
https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rabbit-...abbit-friendly-vets/rabbit-friendly-vet-list/
I’m frustrated that they didn’t check beforehand especially because I mentioned that I could only see one! He’s eating and drinking etc absolutely fine and is almost completely back to his usual self
I’ll look into finding another vetThank you, he’s a mini lion lop cross, so he’s definitely on the smaller side (weighs about 1.6kg) our vet seems to be quite rabbit friendly, at least more than other vets we have been to in the past with our dogs (our currents ones have small animal equipment in the consult rooms and none of the vets I have been to have ever had anything similar)
