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Poor Bunny... ;-;
Jul. 27th, 2006 05:34 pmSo, Phoenix is home and doing well. They called me pretty early in the day to come and pick her up (which kind of surprised me), but whatever.
The nurses at the front desk when I went in to get her and pay (ACK, $240.78 poorer, I might add!) were really enthusiastic because they'd gotten to see a rabbit spay... I guess it doesn't happen very often around here? ^^; They asked out of curiosity why I'd decided to get her spayed, since all my buns are girls, and I explained about the phantom pregnancy thing...
The one nurse didn't even know that rabbits could have phantom pregnancies. O_o;
In any case, she doesn't have any medications, which is good, since I was fretting about having NO IDEA how to give pills to a rabbit, lol. The stitches are the disolving kind, so I don't have to bring her in again unless something goes wrong. I'm sure Phoenix is happy about that, since she's feeling pretty sorry for herself right now.
My poor baby... ;-; *weeps and cuddles her gently*
AHA, when I dropped her off at Ark yesterday, I mentioned to the nurses there about the bald patches on her hips, and explained that there's nothing wrong with her, she just pulled it all out whilst nesting for nonexistent baby bunnies. They were like "oh, okay, thanks for letting us know!"
But then she ended up being transferred to Pine Grove, and so the vet/nurses there didn't know about it. So when I picked her up, there was a note on my discharge instructions about "abnormal alopecia (hair loss)", but that there were no recommendations about it, since they couldn't see anything else wrong. They thought it might just be barberism.
I was like "AHAHA, actually..."
Her hair is growing back really well, by the way. ^^ She'll have a nice full coat again in no time... of course, now her belly is all bald from them shaving her to do the spaying, but you know... >^-^;;
EDIT: Oh also, Phoenix has to be kept sepparate from Pauper for a couple of days. I was like "...great." So for the next two days, Phoenix is living in the kitty carrier, for lack of somewhere else to put her. She doesn't seem to mind. Though tomorrow I need to go to the pet store at the corner and get her a water bottle, since I don't have one right now... she drinks fine out of a dish, but I prefer bottles because the water stays cleaner. Anyway!
The nurses at the front desk when I went in to get her and pay (ACK, $240.78 poorer, I might add!) were really enthusiastic because they'd gotten to see a rabbit spay... I guess it doesn't happen very often around here? ^^; They asked out of curiosity why I'd decided to get her spayed, since all my buns are girls, and I explained about the phantom pregnancy thing...
The one nurse didn't even know that rabbits could have phantom pregnancies. O_o;
In any case, she doesn't have any medications, which is good, since I was fretting about having NO IDEA how to give pills to a rabbit, lol. The stitches are the disolving kind, so I don't have to bring her in again unless something goes wrong. I'm sure Phoenix is happy about that, since she's feeling pretty sorry for herself right now.
My poor baby... ;-; *weeps and cuddles her gently*
AHA, when I dropped her off at Ark yesterday, I mentioned to the nurses there about the bald patches on her hips, and explained that there's nothing wrong with her, she just pulled it all out whilst nesting for nonexistent baby bunnies. They were like "oh, okay, thanks for letting us know!"
But then she ended up being transferred to Pine Grove, and so the vet/nurses there didn't know about it. So when I picked her up, there was a note on my discharge instructions about "abnormal alopecia (hair loss)", but that there were no recommendations about it, since they couldn't see anything else wrong. They thought it might just be barberism.
I was like "AHAHA, actually..."
Her hair is growing back really well, by the way. ^^ She'll have a nice full coat again in no time... of course, now her belly is all bald from them shaving her to do the spaying, but you know... >^-^;;
EDIT: Oh also, Phoenix has to be kept sepparate from Pauper for a couple of days. I was like "...great." So for the next two days, Phoenix is living in the kitty carrier, for lack of somewhere else to put her. She doesn't seem to mind. Though tomorrow I need to go to the pet store at the corner and get her a water bottle, since I don't have one right now... she drinks fine out of a dish, but I prefer bottles because the water stays cleaner. Anyway!
