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Well, here he is. Isn’t he strong?

As soon as I entered the clinic to pick up Ulala after his operation, I could already see the top of his head moving around in the cage. The vet also told me that he ate cabbage as soon as he woke up… hahahahaha. When the vet transferred him into the carry case, he pee’d himself. I’m not sure if he lost control due to the operation, or he was trying to make himself safe by marking territory. But anyway…

When I got him home, I placed him deep inside his cage but he came out right away to drink water. He then ran and circled the living room before going back into the cage and lied down. Every now and again he gets up and looks around and drink lots of water before lying down again. I think he is trying hard to break out of the effects of the anaesthetics. Pain-wise, its kinda suppressed right now via an injection. From tomorrow, I’d have to feed him pain killers.

Ulala ended up having everything mentioned in this post done. The opening for the large tumour is a little under 3cm long and the wound is held together via metal wires (like staples) instead of stitches. Strange thing is, the vet didn’t shave the area surrounding the tumours before operating on it. This is kinda weird because fur can carry all kinds and will cause infection to the wound. The explanation I got from the vet was, “Usually, shaving is neccessary for other animals but because rabbit skin is very thin and delicate, shaving will damage his skin”. Hmmmmmm…….

But anyway, we’ll let him rest and see how he gets on for the next day or two. Right now, I can already hear the sound of newspaper tearing…

WARNING! The pics below are not for the squeamish therefore do not click on them if you are one of these individuals.

For rabbit owners in Tokyo who need to know, the operation cost me ¥48,000 (includes medication, sending the extracted tumours to a lab for diagnosis, etc.)