Thumperina
Well-Known Member
do you talk about spayed females, right? hormones are being removed during spay procedure, so nothing is left to tell them that they need to find a mate and reproduce.It doesn't matter if they can't mother a litter.... She will be fine if she hasn't and plus most rabbits are happy without mothering litters! Some of my does have been happy all their life and haven't mothered a litter!
If they haven't been spayed, hormone level and reproductive instinct are very high (keep in mind, in the wild the average life span is only 18 months, so yes, they need to hurry), This is what I see in my unspayed females, so I say yes - inability to mate leaves them unhappy. It doesn't matter if she had a litter long ago - she still wants another one.
If you say that you have unspayed females who are fine without mating or having babies, I probably won't believe this (sorry)
