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My rabbit is almost 2 and he is very sweet for the most part. He will occasionally threaten to bite me, but has never actually bit me. He doesn't like being held, but I have read that male rex rabbits are not a huge fan of being held and he is a mini rex.

I feel like he gets really bad when I have been gone for vacation. The other day, I left for vacation and when I got back he threatened to bite me three times. Though he never did bite me it got me thinking that I should probably get him neutered. I am really wanting a friend for him (i'm wanting a girl), and if I ended up getting one for him, I would get both of them neutered/spayed to reduce fighting and babies.

I don't feel completely safe getting him neutered. I love him to much to lose him!
 
I have a neutered male and an unspayed femlae who have been living together very happily and peacefully since I put them together over 9 months ago.

No problems whatsoever. No aggression toward me or her mate.

She is 1 and a half years old.

She will pull her fur out and make a nest sometimes when she thinks she is pregnant but doesn't fuss about me cleaning it out afterward when she realizes she's not pregnant.
 
ChloeBunny, rescues see the "too late" progression of cancer frequently. Rescues also know about the hundreds of rabbits abandoned outside on a continual basis. Totally understand the differences with veterinarians in certain rural/or less-knowledgeable areas. i.e. DVMs who are not rabbit-savvy, and anesthesia always carries risks even if the pre-op CBC/BMP panels are done. Our sanctuary home of multiple genders and ages truly benefits by having our girls spayed and boys neutered. Rescues frequently are intuned to the amount of confiscations and excess breeding.
 
Our most recent rescue came from an individual who no longer wanted the male buns. She got too busy to take care of them and family matters involving a relationship break-up required her to seek a different home for the 7 m.o. Flemish Giant brothers. The urine spraying was ! horrendous ! when they entered our indoor environment living in proximity of our 13 y.o. boy, 5 year old female, 5-6 y.o. male. The two brothers began dominance fighting. - I've seen that occur with a litter of siblings withdrawn from the shelter that came from a horse farm... The females started fighting as they matured, and also aggravated or dominance mounted their mom. The boy in the batch of four littermates was separated to prevent pregnancies. Medical treatment and attentive care does cost money: we know from having pets who live in our homes. -- I was hesitant about having enucleation done on our boy whose eye had turned cancerous. I sought out the best DVM with expertise! Surgery carries risks, and we do our best to live as many years as possible - in good health without cardiovascular disease, lung disease, breast cancer, stroke, et al.
 
I have 2 unfixed rabbits they are perfectly fine. My buck is very mellow loves to cuddle and is just amazing with kids. My doe on the other hand is super run run run, maybe because she is only 4 months old but she is still a big cuddle bug. She loves attention as well I haven't had her around kids to much but we have a 4h meeting at our house soon so I guess we will see how she is with kids when the time comes. But they both love attention and are just the cuddliest things ever. I could cuddle them all day if I had the time. I can't wit until I can breed them that would make the cutest babies. My doe is a Sable Holland Lop, and my buck is a broken tort Holland. And the babies personalities I hope are just like their parents (mainly their dad). I would barely have to try to sell them. (Who said I'm gonna sell them I probably won't have the heart to sell them unless it's to people I know) The buck is my profile picture I don't have a picture of my doe right now.
 
My rabbit Lola is not spayed and she is so sweet! She only marked her territory once on my bed (that was by it smelled like my friend and not me). But I'm looking into getting her spayed for her own health.
 
Theo said:
My rabbit is almost 2 and he is very sweet for the most part. He will occasionally threaten to bite me, but has never actually bit me. He doesn't like being held, but I have read that male rex rabbits are not a huge fan of being held and he is a mini rex.

I feel like he gets really bad when I have been gone for vacation. The other day, I left for vacation and when I got back he threatened to bite me three times. Though he never did bite me it got me thinking that I should probably get him neutered. I am really wanting a friend for him (i'm wanting a girl), and if I ended up getting one for him, I would get both of them neutered/spayed to reduce fighting and babies.

I don't feel completely safe getting him neutered. I love him to much to lose him!
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I have a Standard Rex male. He isn't neutered. I haven't had any problems with spraying , humping or pooping all over the place and he free roams. He use to growl and air box at me when I would add more hay in his cage. Now he understand I'm adding more and he doesn't behavior anymore.

I went away for 5 weeks, I came back he turned his back totally ignored me. He bottled it up for about 1 1/2 to 2 months and wouldn't listen to me at all. Finally he let it all out by having a bunny temper-tantrum. He was throwing things around and stomping his back foot. Right after his tantrum, he started to listen to me and paid attention to me. Rabbits do get attached to their owners and he was showing his disapproval.
 
ILikeBigBuns said:
For those of you with unspayed females, how old are your bunnies?
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Bernie is 13 months Smokey 8 months Leo 8 months and Fred's age is unknown.
I am planning on neutering my males Leo first probably this month and for females Bernie is fine I don't want to spay her and Smokey is so much better now she was very defensive and I've lost lots of my blood with her since she was about 4 months but now she's still territorial but we keep working on it, she stopped biting but panicking when I put my hand into her cage we'll see if it will improve with time and effort. Fred is fine as well he's a very good rabbit just I want to have them all bonded and he must be neutered. Smokey is 50/50 at the moment but will see maybe it is better to get her spayed.
 
Jasminebunny said:
Yeah , they are doing good , they're about 3 weeks old now
And i mean my male rabbit , cookie not the babies mother jasmine
So cute!
View attachment 41836 Picture of them !
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At least five harleys I see so very pretty! I didn't know you had another rabbit are you going to neuter him?
 
OakRidgeRabbits said:
Our pet rabbits have not been spayed or neutered. With the price being so high, few area vets being savvy and no concrete evidence of health benefit (other than behavioral), it was just never a big concern.

Two of ours are does. One just passed this summer at the age of 10 1/2 from unrelated health problems. She was a pet store bunny, so it was great that she was with us for so long. She was a little territorial when she was young but by 2 years old, she settled down and was very friendly. At one time, she was litter trained, but due to progressive arthritis in her later years, she had been in a regular, bedded, solid floor cage for awhile.

Another is 9 and still going strong! She is the sweetest thing ever, actively seeks out attention, follows us around. No territorial or aggressive behavior, and she is littertrained.

Our other one is an 8 1/2 year old buck. Again, very sweet and friendly. He does have a toy girlfriend, but is littertrained and never sprays or anything.
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Hi! Aren’t you worried about like ovarian cancer? I’m only asking because I’m really nervous about putting my bunny in such an invasive procedure.
 
gmas rabbit said:
My daughter has an intact female mini lop. She is incredibly good natured and gentle. My concern is that she is 3, no longer going to have any litters, and the fear of her getting uterine cancer as she gets older is now a major health issue. I would like to she her neutered for her own protection, not because of behavior problems.
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I ditto all of that for my 2 year old lop. Just considering spay for cancer prevention, everything is perfect otherwise.
 
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