chiefofsages
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I am wondering if I should have my rabbit neutered. He is about a little over a year old. I was only supposed to be watching him for a while as my sister was getting her new house, but somehow two weeks turned into a few months, and then he stayed with me permanently.
He is a single rabbit- I don't have any others living with him, meaning reproduction is not an issue. However, he is still very hyper and skiddish. He does not like being held and I can barely get him to come to me. He loves having his head and neck rubbed, but when you stop for more than a second he jumps and takes off running.
Didn't know if neutering him might calm him down. I don't want to subject him to surgery or waste the money if it will have no beneficial effect, but if it will help, I'd rather spend the time and money to have it done. He's at the point where it's more of a maintenance thing than a pet. He's not social at all with people, and though he loves my cats, they're not a huge fan.
I'm kind of reaching a point where I'm considering giving him away. Not because I feel he owes me love or anything, but because it doesn't really seem like much of a life for him. He spends a fair amount of time in his cage (a modified dog cage with two floors), and even when he is let out, he's confined to my office. I try to give him love, but he either wants very little or none at all. He's always bolting at the slightest shift in movement.
I don't know what to do.
He is a single rabbit- I don't have any others living with him, meaning reproduction is not an issue. However, he is still very hyper and skiddish. He does not like being held and I can barely get him to come to me. He loves having his head and neck rubbed, but when you stop for more than a second he jumps and takes off running.
Didn't know if neutering him might calm him down. I don't want to subject him to surgery or waste the money if it will have no beneficial effect, but if it will help, I'd rather spend the time and money to have it done. He's at the point where it's more of a maintenance thing than a pet. He's not social at all with people, and though he loves my cats, they're not a huge fan.
I'm kind of reaching a point where I'm considering giving him away. Not because I feel he owes me love or anything, but because it doesn't really seem like much of a life for him. He spends a fair amount of time in his cage (a modified dog cage with two floors), and even when he is let out, he's confined to my office. I try to give him love, but he either wants very little or none at all. He's always bolting at the slightest shift in movement.
I don't know what to do.