I have 2 questions

Question
First, We had a female bunny for about 1 and 1/2 yrs before we took her to the vet, she had a check up and everything came out fine, we scheduled a spay for her a few weeks later. 2 days before her spaying appointment she started acting weird, didn't want to play, just wanted to stay in her cage, and hardly ate a thing.  Also, so wasn't pooping, and if she did, it was tiny.  I took her in the morning of her scheduled surgery, and they opted not to do it that day, but kept her at the office all day, and told me to call back the next day if she was still acting sick. They told me they thought it was a hairball and it should pass, to feed her pineapples. That night she didn't leave he cage at all, didn't eat, didn't urinate, and didn't poop. I called the next morning, and they wanted to see her again. She spent another day at the vet. The gave her a sub-q injecting of water, some metaclopramide, and sent her home with food to force feed her.  She seemed to be taking the food as we force fed her, so i called the doctor to let her know the next morning. She said that was great, to bring her in that afternoon so she could show me how to give her sub-q injections of water to keep her from dehydrating over the weekend....her appointment was at 3pm...she died at 12pm...Any thoughts on what she could have had?

Second, I now have 2 bunnies, Sophie and Lucy, they are sisters, and we've come to notice that one of them has an incontinence issue. They both use the litterbox, except its like one of them 'leaks' on the carpet, there's never a puddle or anything, just drips.  The girls are both about 7 months old, and we have all intentions of spaying them soon, would that help this issue? Thanks for your time

Answer
Hi,

sorry to hear about your little bunny gal.

First thing I'd probably do is find a better rabbit vet.  I would suggest starting here:  www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html

Did they suggest an x-ray to confirm she actually had a hairball?  Did they ever suggest giving her some metacam for pain?  I guess from their attitude about it they didn't seem to realize the severity of what she had.  Not eating and drinking that long is extremely serious and life-threatening to rabbits.  She was probably much weaker than normal, not eating and drinking during this time and probably did not have enough energy reserves to pull through it.  Her gut shut down, and the forced food and water was too little, too late.  Just my armchair qb opinion.

As for your other rabbit you need to get her examined by a good rabbit vet.  She may have a defect that can/needs to  be repaired.  It may be able to be done during the spay.  A good rabbit vet can tell you more once they have a chance to take a look at her.

Lee