False pregnancy in spayed bun?

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AshAndMaple

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Hi,

My bunny Maple has recently had GI stasis and is still only nibbling at her hay, but she's begun to gather clumps of it and carry it around in her mouth - I'm wondering if she's nesting? She's 8½ months old and was spayed 5 months ago but I don't know if it's still possible for her to have a false pregnancy?
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It's not going to be the typical false pregnancy behavior that can happen with unspayed does year round, but most likely 'spring fever' type behavior. This is a common behavior for rabbits with the coming of spring, even spayed and neutered ones. I had a spayed doe that this happened with occassionally as well.

https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/hormonal-behaviour-in-neutered-rabbits/
 
It's not going to be the typical false pregnancy behavior that can happen with unspayed does year round, but most likely 'spring fever' type behavior. This is a common behavior for rabbits with the coming of spring, even spayed and neutered ones. I had a spayed doe that this happened with occassionally as well.

https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/hormonal-behaviour-in-neutered-rabbits/
Ahhh okay, I did think it could be because it's spring but I thought it was weird behaviour seeing as she's spayed. At least she's not the only little oddball 😅
 

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