We had him neutered on Tuesday and where castrated rabbit bits usually resemble deflated balloons his look like over inflated ones. I have started him on anti-biotics and painkillers as it looks like an infection....but it could be internal bleeding :(

This has been such a s*** week.

Fingers crossed for him Sooz

hope everything goes ok

Thanks. I am so upset that he is now in pain. I nearly cancelled the op cuz of Harley being ill but Codey really needed his done so I took them together.

I cant lose both my special bunnies this week :(

Have you got any calpol? you can give bunnies and piggies 0.5ml of that for pain

I have metacam and baytril at home at all times. He's on 4 drops once daily metacam (pain relief) and 0.4ml twice daily baytril (anti-biotic).

ohh no, poor bunny and poor you.

Loads n loads of best wishes and healing blessings to him

Hugs
Litha xx

Thanks Litha :)

Maybe they will change his anti biotics might not be strong enough

We had him neutered on Tuesday and where castrated rabbit bits usually resemble deflated balloons his look like over inflated ones. I have started him on anti-biotics and painkillers as it looks like an infection....but it could be internal bleeding :(

This has been such a s*** week.

Are both his bits swollen?

Poor Marley :sad: Liquorice's bits were a bit swollen after he was neutered as well, one more than the other, the vet said it does happen sometimes with them, he didn't have anti biotics or anything but they did keep an eye on him and the swelling went down ok like they said it would.
It does sound like Marley is worse though, i hope he is soon feeling a lot better i know what a worry it is when things don't go just as they should :sad:

Poor bunny. Hope hes feeling better soon.

any news on Marley? I hope he's ok :(

Any news? I hope the little bun is ok

Sorry I havent been around much, but I really hope Marley is ok Sooz -hugs-

Hope Marley is OK Sooz and no news is good news.

Hi

Sorry i havnt been back on. He has got an infection and Anita said i did the right thing by starting him on antibiotics and pain killers. The sweling is starting to subside a little and apparently part f the problem was that his plumbs were disproportional to the size of his body! He was the largest of all the rabbits they neutered that day and that included a French Lop! Hes just a dinky Dutch!

However he is only eating greens meaning I cant get any fibre into him and its a real concern that e may go into stasis so im keeping a very close eye on him.

GB-Yes it was both testicals

Glad he's ok Sooz, =]

Good that he is on the way to recovery.

Regards the eating, fibre isn't an issue where GI stasis is concerned... the fact that you are keeping his gut moving is more important than him getting big quantities of crude fibre. Try sprinkling some cheap dried mixed herbs on his normal hay, may just entice him to try some.

Must point out that complications with both spaying and castrating healthy animals are quite rare. People who are thinking about getting an animal neutered should not be put off because of this unfortunate incident.

Must point out that complications with both spaying and castrating healthy animals are quite rare. People who are thinking about getting an animal neutered should not be put off because of this unfortunate incident.

Grinder, its weird you said that because I was just thinking and starting to have a little moment about getting Peanut neutered - he's booked in next Friday and he's a dutch like Marley aswell! :|

I know that complications are rare and its not a common thing for something like this to happen (Sooz is just unlucky :( -big hugs to Sooz and headrubs to Marley- ) but it still kinda scares me, if you know what I mean?

I know what you mean BB, when I got my first little boy castrated way back in 1995/6 (memory failing :( ) I had a little tussle with the vet, I wanted to take Oscar home intact, even at the point that he was being taken away by the vet.

All these years later and I would never consider having an entire rabbit in the house, we do not breed so our rabbits are going to be far more relaxed and healthy.

A friend is a vet and he has performed well over a thousand rabbit neuters over the years, generally (never say always) problems occur due to the owner of the rabbit not telling the vet about existing health problems.

My friend was brought up with older anaesthetics, newer aesthetics are much easier to administer and control, thus reducing the risk of rabbits dying during anaesthesia, rather than the actual surgery.

No GA comes without risk, even in us humans, but I always weigh up the risk vs the benefit for the animal.

Sorry to go on.

I know what you mean BB, when I got my first little boy castrated way back in 1995/6 (memory failing :( ) I had a little tussle with the vet, I wanted to take Oscar home intact, even at the point that he was being taken away by the vet.

All these years later and I would never consider having an entire rabbit in the house, we do not breed so our rabbits are going to be far more relaxed and healthy.

A friend is a vet and he has performed well over a thousand rabbit neuters over the years, generally (never say always) problems occur due to the owner of the rabbit not telling the vet about existing health problems.

My friend was brought up with older anaesthetics, newer aesthetics are much easier to administer and control, thus reducing the risk of rabbits dying during anaesthesia, rather than the actual surgery.

No GA comes without risk, even in us humans, but I always weigh up the risk vs the benefit for the animal.

Sorry to go on.

Don't worry about going on, its nice to have someone with experience to talk to. The benefits outweigh the risks totally when it comes to getting him spayed. I am frightened but not at the same time.. But anyway, now its me thats rambling :hihi:

This is the first complication I have ever had and I in no way regret having him done but the timing is just terrible.

I know a lady who lost her 7 month old doe to peritonitus from her spay and then her buck had the same as Marley, she was terrified! Unfortunatley the first incident was down to the poor response of her vets to the infection and for the second she had a new bunny savvy vet who was excellent.

Much like with bonding you always hear about the problems rather than the successes and it can be daunting to new owners. Codey is thankfully fine and Ben is in next week.

I've been working on someone for the last year, she has a female house rabbit and is petrified of loosing her during the operation, so far I've not managed to convince this lady that the risk of having a healthy young rabbit spayed far out weighs the risks of removing the womb from a rabbit already suffering with cancer.

So far no luck :(

Having seen a 1.3lb tumour which had been removed from an apparently healthy 5lb rabbit I want everyone who doesn't breed to get their pet rabbits neutered.

Hmm the longer she leaves it the worse the risk too.

Its 80% of does over 5 years old that get uterine cancer isnt it?

Hmm the longer she leaves it the worse the risk too.

Its 80% of does over 5 years old that get uterine cancer isnt it?

Thats the figure quoted.

In nature rabbits are not genetically designed for a long life so a five year old doe is very old.

I keep reminding her... I even offered to take her rabbit to my very experienced rabbit vet but still she resists. :(

Althoug many now live longer due to advances in rabbit medicine, indoor living, routine vaccinations (and worming) and neutering.

Marley is soooo much better today, he is eating properly and his bits are starting to look nice and wrinkly! Im so relieved. :)

Good to hear Marley is on the mend :)

;) Thats great news and Im glad his plums are shrinking

Me too :D.....