Red Discharge from Vulva

Question
My wife and I have a just over 5 yr old female Dutch rabbit.  Unfortunately she has not been spayed.  The other day I noticed a pea-sized drip on the carpet and I've been up all night worrying not knowing what to do.  From all my research it seems like we are way to late to spay but if it could save her life I'd like to do it.  Although I've heard it is very risky for rabbits this age. Other than that she shows no signs of pain and hasn't been acting or eating any differently.  Also, we live in Vermont and the rabbit.org/vets page you often link to does not show any vets with experience with rabbits.  What should we do?  Please advise, and thank you for your great forum.  

Answer
Dear Dean,

Don't despair. At the age of five, she's not too old to be spayed.  Our experienced rabbit vets often spay rabbits even older than this with great success.  But you are right: it should be done soon.

It may be necessary for you to make a drive for this, but it would probably be worth it.  The sooner the spay is done, the lower the chances of metastasis or other complications.  The bleeding means it's really time to have this done.

If you can't make a drive, try the local Yellow Pages and find a vet who is well-versed in exotics.  The www.rabbit.org page has a list of questions you can ask the vet to determine if s/he is experienced with rabbits, and you can find that here:

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/vet.html

I'm sending lots of healing vibes, and hope you can quickly find a vet who can screen your bunny with a good wellness exam and get that bad uterus out safely so that your bunny will live a long and happy life with you.

Hope this helps!

Dana