Spay

[lionheadbunny21]

I just made the appointment to spay my baby (Fluffy) (I call my kids and pets my babies).. she's 5 months now. She's getting nippy (I don't know exactly if she's being protective of the littler one or territorial) with her buddy. We were contemplating moving her to her own cage and getting a buddy Happy's age (she's 2 and a half months). But with much reading and talking over with my husband, they (two youngerand same age)are going to grow up and eventually nip at each other and have to get spayed anyways. So, we decided we are going to spay Fluffy, which I would eventually do. And once Happy is the right age we'll bring her in as well. Being a new Bunny Mom, I wasn't sure what to do at first. But as we've come along, they are our babies and shouldn't have to be seperated and alone in their own cage. Unless she was out of control and being super mean to the younger and A LOT smaller bunny. THat was our worry, Happy is WAAAY smaller. They are in the same cage and supervised all the time. Me and my husband have been having "sleep overs" in the living room LOL.. For a week now too. And also with the upper levels, Happy has that space to go to as well. I hope all goes well for my bunnies. I really wanted a third but I think we have enough. I seen a little grey one I feel inlove with.. I'm ok with my two, I'm ok with my two :wink

 

[kirbyultra]

Good luck with the spay! Sounds like you're making a good decision getting them both spayed eventually.

Make sure your vet sends your bunny home with at least 3 days worth of painkiller meds, like metacam is very common. Without pain meds post-op, the bunny could be in a great deal of pain for several days.

 

[lionheadbunny21]

Oh ok, thank you so much. I'll remember that. I'm worried about her, but I'm sure in the long run, it's all for the better.

 

[kirbyultra]

lionheadbunny21 wrote:

Oh ok, thank you so much. I'll remember that. I'm worried about her, but I'm sure in the long run, it's all for the better.

It's true, it's for her long term health's benefit Plus you'll probably have an easier-to-deal-with bun after her hormones work themselves out about a month after she's spayed.

BTW, your vet is a rabbit vet right?

 

[lionheadbunny21]

Yes. He only deals with rabbits. How do I be sure??? They said he is only in on certain days..

 

[kirbyultra]

Wow a vet who only deals with rabbits? That's new. I guess you can't really be sure how good he is unless you knew some rabbit people locally to ask. But, you'd have to take their word for it. You could ask the receptionist questions like how many rabbits the vet treats per day, how rabbits they see per week, and sort of gauge their familiarity that way.
Being in only certain days is common of any doctor. Some docs have to split their time between different offices and they have various days they need to work at a larger facility like a hospital.

 

[lionheadbunny21]

Well, no sorry, excuse my wording. I meant that he's the only one in the office that deals with rabbits. Sorry.
Now I'm a little worried. I've only had bunnies for 4 weeks now. Very new to all of this.
I will call and ask some questions. I'm going to bring the younger one in for an exam before the older one goes in for spay. Maybe I can ask then. Thank you for your help. I wouldn't want to bring them in where they are not experienced with rabbits and I was weary about that. I was going to go with the flow when I brought her in and see how I felt about the place when I brought her in. I brought my cat there when I had her but that's a different story and animal all together of course. The vet is kind of the well known one in town so I thought this one was the best first bet. I'll call on Tuesday and ask questions.