Sterilisation

Misty was sent for sterilisation yesterday. It was a tough decision to make. On one hand, there was the possibility that she could react negatively to the anesthetic. On the other, she might carry the possible genes that lead to cancer. It's a 80% possibility in adult rabbits. Ovarian, uterine cancer just to name a few. When such diseases happen, there is no return and will result in death.

Does (female rabbits) might also experience false pregnancies. This results in them thinking that they are pregnant and they need to prepare a nest for their babies. They will then pull fur from their own body and collect hay and whatever they can find to create that nest.

After she came back, she kept to minimum movement and stood in the cage looking rather dazed. Her face and body also looked saggy. Perhaps it was due to the anesthetic that acted as some form of muscle relaxant and her body was also weak after the surgery. Afterall, it was no small surgery that her womb was removed. Sigh. This morning, I noticed that she did not eat or drink much at all. When I offered her a leaf of veg, she took a few bites of that. At least she is eating. She also started moving about compared to last night where she simply can stay at one position for more than 30 minutes.

By evening, she was up and running like before. All the food from the morning especially the vegetables were eaten up and there were some soft stools in a couple of places. There were healthy looking poos in her litterpan. Phew. So glad that she's back to her eating habits again. Hope that she will recover well, meanwhile I will leave her alone to rest for a couple more days.

Misty - the brave and strong bunny