Potholer
Active Member
Our rabbit has had a very bad day and it has resulted in much panicking and worry for me and my friend Emilie, his co-owner.
First of, we booked him in for neutering this morning and we took him in. But there was a kerfuffle keeping him in his cage and as he tried to jump back out again he managed to basically tear off 2 of his claws. Blood everywhere. Worry. Em tried to bandage him until we could get him to the vet but blood went everywhere and it didn't work really so we got him there and Em is all covered in blood and they're like "Oh, you haven't fed him? He's meant to have a full stomach, only cats and dogs have to fast. But that's ok we'll give him some food before he goes in" and we were all "*facepalm* stupid receptionist".
There was also annoyingness trying to get the car cos I share a car with my sister and it just so happens she was going to Oamaru for the morning (hours drive away or so?) and was like "Nah, you can't have the car, I'm going to Oamaru" so it took some coaxing and arguing to get her to pick us up on the way to getting a trailer (and from the trailer fetching she'd be leaving Dunedin straight away) and dropping us off at the vet on the way to said trailer and she gets to ours and me and Em are all worried cos he's leaking blood left right and centre.
But anyways, left him for the day, then get a call saying they want to hold on to him for an extra hour - why??? On the way home from the vet, the bandage that is meant to be left on for 24 hours ("though don't worry if it comes off sooner") comes off and we can see some sort of bulge under his belly and he's leaking thick thick blood all over the place AGAIN. We get him home, take him out and give him all his favourite foods which he doesn't eat. He sort of hobbles about every so often, sometimes licks himself and then sits in the licking position but still as a statue for several seconds and hours later he's stil leaving blood spots around the place and really not moving. So we rang the vet but they were closed and it gave us another number which gave us ANOTHER number and the woman says "hmmm sounds like his guts are hanging out, he'll be fine for the night, bring him in tomorrow"
Em: "But will the vet be open on saturday?"
Woman: "Ah, they should be *blatant trying to get off the phone*"
So we tracked down another after hours vet who said he CAN'T last the night and really needs surgery so we tracked down ANOTHER car cos our car is sick right now and so Lucius is currently in surgery. Well, actually, he was meant to be finished half an hour ago and the vet call us but he hasn't but we've been in my room with the door closed so maybe we haven't heard it ring? But I gave my cellphone too....
We'll be picking him up tomorrow morning. Scary though cos he's been under anesthetic twice today and apparently 1 in 100 rabbits don't wake up from anesthetic, compared to 1 in 1000 cats....
First of, we booked him in for neutering this morning and we took him in. But there was a kerfuffle keeping him in his cage and as he tried to jump back out again he managed to basically tear off 2 of his claws. Blood everywhere. Worry. Em tried to bandage him until we could get him to the vet but blood went everywhere and it didn't work really so we got him there and Em is all covered in blood and they're like "Oh, you haven't fed him? He's meant to have a full stomach, only cats and dogs have to fast. But that's ok we'll give him some food before he goes in" and we were all "*facepalm* stupid receptionist".
There was also annoyingness trying to get the car cos I share a car with my sister and it just so happens she was going to Oamaru for the morning (hours drive away or so?) and was like "Nah, you can't have the car, I'm going to Oamaru" so it took some coaxing and arguing to get her to pick us up on the way to getting a trailer (and from the trailer fetching she'd be leaving Dunedin straight away) and dropping us off at the vet on the way to said trailer and she gets to ours and me and Em are all worried cos he's leaking blood left right and centre.
But anyways, left him for the day, then get a call saying they want to hold on to him for an extra hour - why??? On the way home from the vet, the bandage that is meant to be left on for 24 hours ("though don't worry if it comes off sooner") comes off and we can see some sort of bulge under his belly and he's leaking thick thick blood all over the place AGAIN. We get him home, take him out and give him all his favourite foods which he doesn't eat. He sort of hobbles about every so often, sometimes licks himself and then sits in the licking position but still as a statue for several seconds and hours later he's stil leaving blood spots around the place and really not moving. So we rang the vet but they were closed and it gave us another number which gave us ANOTHER number and the woman says "hmmm sounds like his guts are hanging out, he'll be fine for the night, bring him in tomorrow"
Em: "But will the vet be open on saturday?"
Woman: "Ah, they should be *blatant trying to get off the phone*"
So we tracked down another after hours vet who said he CAN'T last the night and really needs surgery so we tracked down ANOTHER car cos our car is sick right now and so Lucius is currently in surgery. Well, actually, he was meant to be finished half an hour ago and the vet call us but he hasn't but we've been in my room with the door closed so maybe we haven't heard it ring? But I gave my cellphone too....
We'll be picking him up tomorrow morning. Scary though cos he's been under anesthetic twice today and apparently 1 in 100 rabbits don't wake up from anesthetic, compared to 1 in 1000 cats....
