Teddy got through his neuter safely!!

Teddy had his neuter 3 days ago and did wonderful! The sweet ladies at his veterinarian's office said he was a total sweetheart the whole time, and woke up after surgery to get plenty of pets. He's been in a large pen we moved into the living room for him to recover for the next days (doctors orders). I let him out this evening since he was back to his old self. His incision site looks wonderful and he's been enjoying some cuddles and lots of binkies! Litterbox habits are steadily improving too!

Ivermectin Question

Long shot, but thought I'd ask because my vets are absolutely clueless. My bunny Paddington has Cheyletiella mites. Got some topical Ivermectin from the vet. Put it on the back of his neck, and between his shoulder blades. It's dripped / run down his neck pretty far (you can see in the photo). Now I understand the reason you are supposed to put it on the back of their neck / between their shoulders is so that can't lick it off. But now that it's run down the side of his neck, he is able to (and has) scratched it with his back foot and licked it off there (I stopped him immediately when I seen him do this, but he was still able to lick some of it off). He's also able to clean it with his front paws, which I've caught him doing several times now, and have been trying to stop him from that, too - but he's pretty insistent on keeping doing it. I've been watching him very closely the last 3 hours since I administered the medicine, but I'm supposed to go to bed here in roughly 4-ish hours, and I'm concerned that he's going to keep ingesting the medicine. I've tried washing it off the side of his neck with a lightly damp cloth, and drying it, but he's very frustrated with me and the whole situation right now and keeps running from me / trying to hide. Which is not usual. He's about 11 to 12 years old with a heart condition and arthritis, and I'm trying to do my very best not to stress him out more than I absolutely have to. My question is, does anyone here have a similar experience? With their buns ingesting topical Ivermectin? I've tried looking it up online and I'm not getting very many helpful answers, unfortunately. One case I read about on a forum post over 12 years ago with 2 buns that did that and one of them passed away (but they didn't know if it was something entirely unrelated to ingesting the drug; like an allergic reaction, or an intolerance to the medication in general, etc). My vet said they weren't sure if it was harmful and to just monitor his behavior for the next 24 hours. Super helpful, right? (insert eye roll) They are not incredibly rabbit savvy, and we live in such a crappy area for rabbit health care, the closest available knowledgeable rabbit vet is at WSU on the other side of the state. I've gone there for emergencies with my buns in the past, but with this bun, due to his existing medical conditions, I'm not looking to stress him out unless I absolutely have to. I'm going to continue to monitor his general health and behavior throughout the evening. If it comes to it, I'll just stay up with him all night just to be sure. I won't risk it. But I think I'm just looking for a little reassurance. Thank you. ♡

Me at six a.m. when a weird noise woke me up and I rushed downstairs half asleep and convinced my rabbits were in mortal peril, only to find them safe and adorable, but knowing they plotted mischief regardless.

Safe to say I need to get them another bed

Hi mum! just staring nothing weird

my fat bunbun 🫶

Chill Bun

Needs a friend ?

Found rabbit on the beach

Love

Lost his arms in the great war…

Why are they doing this?

Basically every day and night they are kicking absolutely everything out of their litter box. They've been with us about 4 weeks, from a sanctuary. Female 2 and 1 years old both desexed. Changes : - new litter trays.. they are bigger. - slightly different hay on top of litter, with best quality hay put in the hay bags for eating. - food / hay basket by trays. Put there for hay and beggies to encourage pooing in tray whilst eating. Are they digging around for dropped bits of veggies?? Any advice would be 👍