Victoria
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Hi there is one more question I have - I already posted two topics this week. I have two bunnies who are not desexed. They are male dwarf mix and weigh around 1.9 - 2.1 kg each. They are 2.5 year olds and possibly brothers. We did not desex them for several reasons - where we are exotic and general vet and meds are extremely expensive and although we do take them tothe vet'swhen it is necessary (like head tilt that Black had this year) we avoid going to the vets it can lead to be thousands. Another reason we were not sure if it will be safe as they are quite small and I heard that small animals are not good with anesthetics.
I wanted to find out if anyone also has rabbits that havent been neutered? How does this affect the rabbit's -specifically male rabbit's health and behaviour.
I read about the problems that can happengenerally and would liketo know re personal experiences with this.
My rabbit Black does not do anything apart from getting really badly territorial with Red - so that we had to separate them and they never go out together for fear of death of the Red, last time he tried to kill him -bit him on the cheek prob tried to blind him and would not let goor he would go for his throat.
Red was always more "amourous" and he used to hump Black when they lived in one cage against his will and then after Black got territorial he started to attack Red as well may be humping was also dominance technique.
Also both of them smell around spring time (I think may be autumn as well I cant remember well).
They both live at home (unit) with us.
Red circles legs or sometimes objects, makes buzzing noises, thumps and sometimes tries to hump our hands, arms if we put something into his cage or mount our legs. Black does not circle or hump etc. I usually just leaveRed in the cage when he starts doing this and after the season passes he is back to his usual self within aboutone week.
All of this (apart from aggression in Black to Red) is not a big problem so we think of letting them be but sometimes I still think may be we should desex them.
I wanted to find out if anyone also has rabbits that havent been neutered? How does this affect the rabbit's -specifically male rabbit's health and behaviour.
I read about the problems that can happengenerally and would liketo know re personal experiences with this.
My rabbit Black does not do anything apart from getting really badly territorial with Red - so that we had to separate them and they never go out together for fear of death of the Red, last time he tried to kill him -bit him on the cheek prob tried to blind him and would not let goor he would go for his throat.
Red was always more "amourous" and he used to hump Black when they lived in one cage against his will and then after Black got territorial he started to attack Red as well may be humping was also dominance technique.
Also both of them smell around spring time (I think may be autumn as well I cant remember well).
They both live at home (unit) with us.
Red circles legs or sometimes objects, makes buzzing noises, thumps and sometimes tries to hump our hands, arms if we put something into his cage or mount our legs. Black does not circle or hump etc. I usually just leaveRed in the cage when he starts doing this and after the season passes he is back to his usual self within aboutone week.
All of this (apart from aggression in Black to Red) is not a big problem so we think of letting them be but sometimes I still think may be we should desex them.