agnesthelion
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YAy!:bunny24 so glad the surgery is over for her. I know, it's weird without them at home, Huh? I hope tomorrow comes fast for you to see her!
Monty, my [big] baby bunny 2012
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YAy!:bunny24 so glad the surgery is over for her. I know, it's weird without them at home, Huh? I hope tomorrow comes fast for you to see her!
whitelop
Morgan
Hooray for the spay! You have no idea how happy i was to read that earlier, i just got a chance to comment. So glad she made it through and now she'll be your [big] perfect baby again!
My husband thinks she's awesome, he has bunny envy.
My husband thinks she's awesome, he has bunny envy.
whitelop
Morgan
I just watched Monty's first video and she was SO small compared to now. I kind of can't believe it! I also watched the one with her and the jingle ball, i thought she ate the tag and i was like "holy ****e, she ate the tag! Oh, wait, there it is." As she laid down on it. Haha, sometimes i am a bit slow.
I can't wait for you to get her back in the morning. Let us know how she's feeling! I'm so happy she did so well. Such a big strong girl!
I can't wait for you to get her back in the morning. Let us know how she's feeling! I'm so happy she did so well. Such a big strong girl!
BinkyBunny
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I hope she bounces back quickly and is back to her GIGANTIC binkies of joy
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
She's home! :bunnydance:
Vet said she's been eating, and is pretty feisty so that's good. The tech showed me how to make a bunny burrito (as Monty wiggled and tried to hop away) and how to nudge the syringe of metacam into her mouth. She's already had her dose for today, so I'll get to try that tomorrow. She hopped into her crate right away when I opened the door to her carrier. She's laying on her NEW fleece square, munching on a pile of timothy seed heads I set in front of her. She didn't show much interest in a banana end like usual, just nipped it once and went back to trying to clean the goo off her eyes (I'm assuming they lubricated her eyes while she was under anesthesia). BUT she ate a little pinch of the actual banana when I offered it to her. She also ate a couple of pellets that I handed her. I tried to wipe some stuff off her eyes to help her out, and now I'm gonna leave her alone for an hour or so (while I can see her from the other room) and then offer some greens. I'm so happy she's home!
Just add bunny: all clean, waiting for Monty
She's home!
Vet said she's been eating, and is pretty feisty so that's good. The tech showed me how to make a bunny burrito (as Monty wiggled and tried to hop away) and how to nudge the syringe of metacam into her mouth. She's already had her dose for today, so I'll get to try that tomorrow. She hopped into her crate right away when I opened the door to her carrier. She's laying on her NEW fleece square, munching on a pile of timothy seed heads I set in front of her. She didn't show much interest in a banana end like usual, just nipped it once and went back to trying to clean the goo off her eyes (I'm assuming they lubricated her eyes while she was under anesthesia). BUT she ate a little pinch of the actual banana when I offered it to her. She also ate a couple of pellets that I handed her. I tried to wipe some stuff off her eyes to help her out, and now I'm gonna leave her alone for an hour or so (while I can see her from the other room) and then offer some greens. I'm so happy she's home!
Just add bunny: all clean, waiting for Monty
She's home!
It´s so good to see her back again and great that it all went so well. she´ll be sore for a few days so probably won´t feel like much but it´ll be nice to have some treats for him to see you can tempt her. Her cage looks great, so nice and clean, I love it when it looks like that but never stays that way for long. Looks even better with Monty in it.
Keep us posted on how she´s doing and lots of nose rubs and tickles and cuddles and anything she wants lol.
Keep us posted on how she´s doing and lots of nose rubs and tickles and cuddles and anything she wants lol.
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
She's eating pellets from her bowl on her own! Yay. My little [big] girl is so good I SO don't want to go to work at 2, but I can't get out of it. Someone else already became unavailable and they haven't been able to find anyone to cover, so I definitely have to work I'm having my boyfriend stay with Monty and keep an eye on her while I'm gone, but it's just not the same. I'm going to try to peek at her tummy before I go to see what it looks like. The vet tech mentioned she needs to be resting for 3-5 days with limited hopping so the internal sutures can heal. Does that mean they wouldn't be visible on the outside? I'll peek later if she comes and snuggles in my lap. She lets me pick up just her front end when she's like that, so I'll be able to see her tummy. My curiosity always gets the best of me.
I SO don't want to go to work at 2, but I can't get out of it. Someone else already became unavailable and they haven't been able to find anyone to cover, so I definitely have to work I'm having my boyfriend stay with Monty and keep an eye on her while I'm gone, but it's just not the same. I'm going to try to peek at her tummy before I go to see what it looks like. The vet tech mentioned she needs to be resting for 3-5 days with limited hopping so the internal sutures can heal. Does that mean they wouldn't be visible on the outside? I'll peek later if she comes and snuggles in my lap. She lets me pick up just her front end when she's like that, so I'll be able to see her tummy. My curiosity always gets the best of me.
qtipthebun
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She doesn't look anywhere near as miserable as the Tipster did. Her face is more "thank goddess, I'm home" whereas Tippy's was "f you all. I hate you. Go away. I hate life. f this." And I love that you gave her monster fleece. You have no idea now how bad I wanna go to the craft store and get some monster fleece and make a monster pillow. Give Monty a nose kiss for me and some oats from Qtip.
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
I still have more of this fleece (and a little bit of the matching flannel) if you want some I made a pillow for myself with this fleece too, to match my jammie pants!
I made a pillow for myself with this fleece too, to match my jammie pants!
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
I found her laying on her side and she let me sneak a pic of her tummy. Goodness, they shaved a lot. Suture is toward the bottom of the bare area because she's on her side. Her head is toward the left side of the pic.
She doesn't seem to have drank any water, but she made a tiny pee spot in her litter right when she got home. I used my finger to dab some water on her nose and lips and she started licking it up, then decided she was interested in the greens I set in front of her. I sprinkled some water on them so she got a little. I told my boyfriend to keep doing that every couple of hours. I hope she pees a little before 6, or else I might have to ask him to try to syringe her a little water. That's going to be hard to explain :/ I don't want to try to demonstrate because I'm trying to leave her alone to relax, and just check on her and push food and pet her every hour or so.
She doesn't seem to have drank any water, but she made a tiny pee spot in her litter right when she got home. I used my finger to dab some water on her nose and lips and she started licking it up, then decided she was interested in the greens I set in front of her. I sprinkled some water on them so she got a little. I told my boyfriend to keep doing that every couple of hours. I hope she pees a little before 6, or else I might have to ask him to try to syringe her a little water. That's going to be hard to explain :/ I don't want to try to demonstrate because I'm trying to leave her alone to relax, and just check on her and push food and pet her every hour or so.
holtzchick
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Awh, I hope she gets back to her old self fairly quickly! I always hate looking at the wound, it just looks so bizzare! Atleast when her hair grows back, you'll know she's FULLY healed lol!
ldoerr
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Glad that she is doing well after her spay. I would not let her out of her cage for a week. The hopping around, even a little is not good for them. She will hate you for it, but will get over it soon enough and forgive you
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
Yay! I'm home! I had my boyfriend check on her at the top of every hour. Right before I left for work, I remembered the idea to add some pineapple juice to the water to entice a bunny to drink and thought I'd offer her a chunk of fresh pineapple at least (my boyfriend likes it on his salads, so he gets and cuts up a fresh pineapple all the time) and found a bunch of juice in the bowl! I diluted it about halfway with water just to see if she'd take it at all, and she went nuts! So I let her drink a couple teaspoons of it from a small bowl, then diluted it some more and gave it back to her. Then I told beardyman to put a chunk of pineapple in a small amount of water to see if that would trick her into drinking more after she finished the juicy water, if she didn't start drinking from her regular bowl while I was gone. He did that a couple times and then when he came back at 8pm he noticed she had drank a substantial amount from her plain water. yay! Then she hopped into her litterbox and peed a nice long, normal pee. Yay! She has been eating pellets and timothy seed heads steadily, and is now munching on a little pile of just hay I set in front of her. Her poops were very small, smelly, and funny shapes right when she got home, but now they are almost up to normal size and not as smelly. Not surprised, since she is recovering and wasn't eating a lot.
I had a good snuggle session with her after I got home from work She's my giant sweetie! I'm touched that she's still trying to come snuggle in my lap and lick my pants even though she's obviously being mindful not to rest her underside on the edge of the cage. She stopped right before the shaven area was near the metal.
Snuggle pics:
Kisses!
She returns kisses!
I f'n love this bunny
I had a good snuggle session with her after I got home from work
She's my giant sweetie! I'm touched that she's still trying to come snuggle in my lap and lick my pants even though she's obviously being mindful not to rest her underside on the edge of the cage. She stopped right before the shaven area was near the metal.Snuggle pics:
Kisses!
She returns kisses!
I f'n love this bunny
qtipthebun
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Tippy and I are planning a trip to Chicago for the sole purpose of Monty-napping (I mean, you could come too, but really we just want the bun). I shoulda had m'lady swing by and Monty-nap when she was working in Chicago a month or two ago. I'm totally obsessed with her giant, snuggly face (Monty's, not m'lady's...)....
What a sweet bun, giving you kisses after you dropped her off at the vet to have surgery. Tippy wouldn't look at us for a solid two days. She was just like "I know you planned this and I'm never ever snuggling you again".
What a sweet bun, giving you kisses after you dropped her off at the vet to have surgery. Tippy wouldn't look at us for a solid two days. She was just like "I know you planned this and I'm never ever snuggling you again".
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
Ha! You can steal me too, I've always wanted to have two mommies! You two would understand me better than my own mommy does in some things...
I hopped on yet again to update YET AGAIN on Monty being awesome. I took a couple funny pics of her laying in a really tight spot in her cage, eating hay at the same time, and then I thought wow, she's eating more hay than I expected her to. I haven't sorted the seed heads out of her new bag of timothy, but then I remembered the goodie I got her on Friday--a little bag of orchard grass hay to try. I went and grabbed it and offered a small bunch to her through the cage bars. I guess she likes it. I mean, she only TORE it out of my hand without so much as a second sniff. I shoved a couple handfuls in her hay holder. Let's see if she devours that by morning. Ha, she just did her usual thing of try to stand up with her front paws on the edge of her bowl, but she ends up getting at least one foot in the water. I think it's safe to say she's feeling fairly well.
How will I be able to tell if she "needs" her Metacam in the morning if she's acting this normal? She's not sitting hunched, not licking the wound, she's washing her face and twisting to lick her back like normal, and I haven't found any cecals so I assume she's eating all of those as well. It's starting to feel like I planned for the worst, but ended up with nearly the best recovery so far
Oh, and she's hopping in and out of her litterbox fine to go pee. Her poops are half in and half out, but she's made a point of hopping in to eat hay and make a little mound Her feet also appear to be completely clean, so I wouldn't reckon she peed on the floor of whatever the vet was holding her in all day Friday after surgery. They said they provide litter boxes with Yesterday's News litter for the bunnies.
I hopped on yet again to update YET AGAIN on Monty being awesome. I took a couple funny pics of her laying in a really tight spot in her cage, eating hay at the same time, and then I thought wow, she's eating more hay than I expected her to. I haven't sorted the seed heads out of her new bag of timothy, but then I remembered the goodie I got her on Friday--a little bag of orchard grass hay to try. I went and grabbed it and offered a small bunch to her through the cage bars. I guess she likes it. I mean, she only TORE it out of my hand without so much as a second sniff. I shoved a couple handfuls in her hay holder. Let's see if she devours that by morning. Ha, she just did her usual thing of try to stand up with her front paws on the edge of her bowl, but she ends up getting at least one foot in the water. I think it's safe to say she's feeling fairly well.
How will I be able to tell if she "needs" her Metacam in the morning if she's acting this normal? She's not sitting hunched, not licking the wound, she's washing her face and twisting to lick her back like normal, and I haven't found any cecals so I assume she's eating all of those as well. It's starting to feel like I planned for the worst, but ended up with nearly the best recovery so far
Oh, and she's hopping in and out of her litterbox fine to go pee. Her poops are half in and half out, but she's made a point of hopping in to eat hay and make a little mound
Her feet also appear to be completely clean, so I wouldn't reckon she peed on the floor of whatever the vet was holding her in all day Friday after surgery. They said they provide litter boxes with Yesterday's News litter for the bunnies.
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I'm glad she's doing so well! It's a relief to get that first day over with, and get them back to eating. I think the biggest thing is keeping an eye on that incision for the first few days, to make sure it's not infected, and that they don't mess with it. Luckily my girls left theirs alone.
I would keep up the metacam for at least the first couple of days. Since it's an anti inflammatory, it will also help with any swelling. I just know after any surgery I've had, I have felt pretty crappy those first few days. I've never had the metacam cause any problems with giving it to my buns. I did have a problem when they gave me tramadol for my buns spays, but I think metacam is more like giving them advil.
I would keep up the metacam for at least the first couple of days. Since it's an anti inflammatory, it will also help with any swelling. I just know after any surgery I've had, I have felt pretty crappy those first few days. I've never had the metacam cause any problems with giving it to my buns. I did have a problem when they gave me tramadol for my buns spays, but I think metacam is more like giving them advil.
Oh what wonderful photos and she does look so much better. It´s great that she´s getting her appetite back and that´s she now seems to be drinking her water. I love the photo where she´s half on you, she must be so glad to be back with you and just wants some cuddles as she´s not feeling so good. Going to her litter box seems like she´s getting back to normality...yippeee.
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
Pics from the hilarity last night:
She reeeeeeeeally doesn't fit there anymore, but seems to like it anyway
nom nom nom
She's doing well this morning. She's hopping in and out of her litterbox, left a nice pile of almost-normal size poo. It's normally speckled with sandy brown and the size of large blueberries, but right now it's mostly dark brown and the size of , well, smaller blueberries
I didn't feel ready or willing to jostle all 9.5 lbs of her into a burrito and then upset her with a syringe. I know, it would be quick enough and she's rather forgiving, but I had an easier idea just for today. Since she's well accustomed to a little over a tsp of fruit a day and certainly weighs plenty, I smeared her daily dose of Metacam on a chunk of pineapple. She took it happily with no medication lost and no wrestling I cannot stress enough how much of a GOOD GIRL she is
She reeeeeeeeally doesn't fit there anymore, but seems to like it anyway
nom nom nom
She's doing well this morning. She's hopping in and out of her litterbox, left a nice pile of almost-normal size poo. It's normally speckled with sandy brown and the size of large blueberries, but right now it's mostly dark brown and the size of , well, smaller blueberries
I didn't feel ready or willing to jostle all 9.5 lbs of her into a burrito and then upset her with a syringe. I know, it would be quick enough and she's rather forgiving, but I had an easier idea just for today. Since she's well accustomed to a little over a tsp of fruit a day and certainly weighs plenty, I smeared her daily dose of Metacam on a chunk of pineapple. She took it happily with no medication lost and no wrestling
I cannot stress enough how much of a GOOD GIRL she is
HolyHandGrenade
Missy
Thank you Jenny! So far I haven't seen her licking the incision more than briefly right before she retrieves some cecals. I smeared her metacam on a chunk of pineapple and she chomped it down. (see above post)
qtipthebun
Well-Known Member
She's so good. I attempted to try metacam on fruit for the Tipster after her spay and she was having none of it. She was like "uh, mom, this isn't a normal strawberry. Why would I eat this?" Monty is such a sweetie. I adore her.
