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Post by dl on Nov 20, 2014 8:38:05 GMT -5
I'm a little nervous, because the only other bunny that I had that we had to get "fixed" had a bad reaction to the anesthesia and his heart and breathing had stopped when they went to see how he was coming out of it. They were able to revive him, but it still creeps me out. So, a few good thoughts our way would be really appreciated. One more death would just be really hard to bear right now.
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Post by colorless on Nov 20, 2014 9:23:59 GMT -5
Hoping everything goes well. Just had my 4lb dog spayed and I understand the worry.. Thankfully she seems fine but only on day 2 .. WIsh more folks around here would think of taking care of bunnies.. Seems everyone lets them reproduce same as cats... Here's to a worry free healing
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Post by ride4fun on Nov 20, 2014 9:31:43 GMT -5
prayers sent DL
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Post by dl on Nov 20, 2014 11:05:09 GMT -5
The operation will be done this morning and I should be able to call around noon to see how she's doing.  |
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Post by Trailpal on Nov 20, 2014 13:33:13 GMT -5
wow - both she and Jacob have grown a lot!
good jingles for Dorothy!
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Post by dl on Nov 20, 2014 14:25:24 GMT -5
When we took Dorothy in, we held her with her leash on so she could meet the staff. Everyone, of course, said how amazingly nice she was. They said I could call around noon to see how she was doing, but that they don't usually call unless there is a problem. I went into a client's house and realized I didn't have my phone. I went out to the car to get it, and there was a missed call from the vet and no message. Of course I hit redial and then had to pick my way through about six levels of phone options before talking to someone. The lady who answered asked if I were just calling to check on my pet or if someone had called. I told her that someone had called. She uttered an ominous "Oh..." and put me on hold while I aged six years. When the tech who we had left her with answered, I said I was calling to find out about Dorothy. She was immediately upbeat and said she was great and apologized for not leaving a message. She said, "As soon as I hung up I realized I should have left a message so you wouldn't worry." Uh... yeah, that would be nice. But all is well and I will pick her up at 3:30. Yay! Thanks for the thoughts and prayers and jingles!
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Post by Idaho Linda on Nov 20, 2014 22:17:48 GMT -5
Dorothy will be happy to come home!
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Post by snelson on Nov 20, 2014 22:32:29 GMT -5
Yay....glad she didn't have any issues. She is a big bunny!! We have a Netherland Dwarf that we just got at 7 weeks old back in Sept. What are your thoughts on neutering? He is very laid back but I have been worried about when he gets to be an adolescent. When I trim his nails I usually have to do it myself and he will lay on his back on my lap and let me file his nails down. We make a habit of checking his teeth and playing with his ears and generally touching him all over so he is really tolerant but the breeder told me horror stories about when they get to be about 4 to 6 months old. We had rabbits when I was a kid but it seems we always had does and of course I don't remember them being nasty  btw....we do not have any plans of ever having baby bunnies! |
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Post by Idaho Linda on Nov 21, 2014 0:53:40 GMT -5
I had my Netherland Dwarf neutered. I believe the vet said something about them marking territory and having a bad smell if you didn't. Mine lived to be 14 or so.
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Post by Jenni on Nov 21, 2014 9:06:18 GMT -5
When I was a very little kid I had a bunny named Pepper. I think my godparents gave him to me because they raised bunnies. We did not have him fixed and when he got to be adolescent he got mean so my parents gave him to someone else they knew who raised bunnies. Not sure if they really used him for breeding or if he went in a stew pot.
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Post by dl on Nov 21, 2014 9:53:26 GMT -5
All of the bunnies I've had have been fixed. We had a full sized rex rabbit who we probably waited a little long to get neutered and he started spraying and claimed the area under my daughter's bed as HIS and he defended it rather aggressively. That behavior mostly went away after he was neutered. My other bunnies were second-hand and all came neutered already. All of the intact bunnies I have known have been breeders and not very nice at all.
Dorothy was spayed at the humane society. I used to volunteer for vets and I realized that the vets who do the most spays and neuters are the one who do that for the humane society and they get REALLY good at it. I had told the tech that I was nervous because I had a bad experience with a bunny getting neutered. She told me that they had lost bunnies because of the anesthesia and that, because of that, they were very careful and always made sure someone was with them and monitoring them. Later, Rose asked me why on earth would she tell me that they had bunnies DIE??? I told her that if she said that never happened, I wouldn't have believed her and I wouldn't have trusted that they would be the most careful with her.
Last night, she just laid in my lap and looked miserable. They said that one of the important things for bunnies was to keep them eating. Dorothy did NOT want to eat ANYTHING that we had, it seemed like. (We didn't have any Cheetos.) I was using an eye dropper to give her small drinks of water and I was putting small pieces of carrot in her mouth. She seemed to be chewing up the carrot, slowly, and swallowing it. We just sat on the couch and cuddled like that most of the evening. We steamed some frozen tamales for dinner and the kids brought me a plate. Silly rabbit caught a whiff of the tamales and suddenly regained some appetite! She loves the corn outside part. I think she felt a lot better after having eaten something. She cuddled in my lap a while longer and then she started twitching, like a dog does when they are in REM sleep. But I think it was the last of the drugs wearing off because after the twitching, she was up on her feet and looking around and munching on carrots. This morning, you can tell she is in some pain, but she is looking SO MUCH better. She was so pitiful last night.
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Post by Sheryl on Nov 21, 2014 10:56:23 GMT -5
the title of this post concerned me greatly.... till I realized Dorothy is a bunny
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Post by dl on Nov 21, 2014 10:59:14 GMT -5
face palm! I usually try not to do that! People are always talking to me about their pet and only using the pet's name as if I know all the pets of all the people I know, by name and species and breed. I'm lucky to remember the names of my own children.
Sorry!
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Post by snelson on Nov 21, 2014 20:53:49 GMT -5
Well....I am thinking I better start looking for a bunny vet. I will check with the vet we took our guinea pig to. I imagine that he will also take care of bunnies but I should talk to him before scheduling poor Doc a surgery! My girls would be absolutely devastated if something happened to Doc...well me too...he's a good boy (for now!)
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Post by Idaho Linda on Nov 21, 2014 23:37:56 GMT -5
Same issue--trying to get food and liquid down. I was instructed to use yogurt in a syringe. Do you know how quickly a bunny can shred your finger to the bone with those teeth that are so sharp you don't realize what happened until you have blood (yours, not the rabbit's) all over everything. Once I put some sugar in the yogurt, he thought it was pretty good.
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