Neutered rabbit won't eat

[missixis]

My Moonbeam was neutered today. We got him home around 3 PM, it's now 7:15 PM and he still hasn't eaten anything aside from a few strips of paper from his litter tray. He has drank water from his bowl. I've tried his mixed grains, carrot, hay, and his baby pellets, all to no avail. I have some celery in the fridge but he's never had it before and I

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[mystic_13]

He's still probably drowsy from the anestesia.

My vet office actually keeps them overnight after a spay/neuter. They are also an emergency clinic, so there is always someone there to monitor the buns there overnight. At first I thought I would be too worried with him away from home, but now that I'm reading everyones stories about their buns after surgery, I'm kinda glad they stayed overnight to recover at the vets, heh.

If you are worried about him eating though, you can mix pellets with water to make a mush. Mixing them with water makes them very aromatic again, hopefully tempting your buns taste buds.

You could also try picking up some baby food for him, but try to get something that doesn't have a lot of additives. You could also try flavoring his water with a tiny bit of fruit juice.

Even little bits of food are probably a big accomplishment for him right now, right after a surgery. As long as he doesn't have an empty stomach, I wouldn't be fretting too much.

[wuffy_angel]

He drinks, this is already good. After Mira got spayed she did not drink anything for the whole day and night, I had to give her parsley and babyfood so that some liquid would get inside her. tempt him with his favourite treats and if it does not work then force-feed him a bit of babyfood or squishy pellets. he may not want much but it is something that will keep his digestion going :)

[malonwic]

It's good that he's drinking. Tempt him with treats, like bananas or anything that he goes gaga over and is not likely to resist. It's not the healthiest, but it'll probably get him eating. And I'd just stay away from the celery. I don't think buns are supposed to have it because it's stringy.

[october_eve]

It took about that long for the Snick to eat anything, too....he was just laying there, mostly. I finally tempted him with a couple of raisins at around the four hour mark and after that he was willing to eat a bit of hay. Your vet should have an emergency number for if he doesn't start eating, though.