No Food or Water After Midnight

[maherwoman]

Also, I put in that thread the threads on Fiver's neuter...so those might help, too.

 

[Pipp]

Darfi wrote:

... the vet I spoke to on the phone (in great length cuz I wanna be SURE about it) said she was extremely hesitant to do it. She hadn't done a female rabbit spay ever and she read up the anatomy of a female rabbit. She told me they have 2 cervixes, not just one and that rabbits are very unstable under anesthesia. She also read me a list of rabbits who statistically get reproductive cancers and luckily Holland Lops weren't on the list. So I decided against it until it appears that she has that condition.

Here's a question though come to think of it. Does spaying a female change their disposition? Prince didn't change much after his surgery except that he no longer mates with all dwarf sized objects in the house!

Hey Darfi!So glad to see you posting again! :hug2:

I had a vet tell me the same thing about Pipp, and after much research, I came to the conclusion it was just her lack of experience and confidence. My vet says he doens't find rabbits any more unstable as long as the anesthetic is right.

Never heard the breed stats before, tho... I'll be checking that out.

AndPipp turned into an unholy terror at six months --she was aggresive, her litter habits went out the window..A month or two after the spay she was back to being her sweet little litter trained self. (Except when she's not).

Your 'dwarf sized objects line is too funny!



sas :biggrin2:

 

[Ivory]

Just wanted to add, sometimes a vet will ask you to withhold food for about two hours before the surgery. This isn't a bad thing. It's mostly so there aren't feces and god-only-knows what else getting into the surgery site. Before any of my females are spayed I take their yums away for about...oh...an hour and a half or so. It also helps with drooling or related issues.