Spayed bun worth it in Eastern Ontario

[SweetPeasMom]

I have a (single) bun who is very frisky theses days, but I find that $400 to have surgery a lot of money. :?

Anyone here NOT getting it done and how do you live with your rabbit trying to make out with your hand.

Do you hold them or leave them alone?
How do you calm them down?

Please help

 

[SweetPeasMom]

No one...really... you all got your buns "fixed"?

 

[ZRabbits]

I have one Male, Willard, that's not fixed. He's very sweet and doesn't spray or mark so I think he will stay intacted. And he's not in love with my hand so I don't have worry about that. Plus no aggression towards me or my husband.

Is your bunny male or female? If you have a female, I would consider the surgery. Females do tend to get cancer of the reproductive organs so spaying is really good healthwise. If you have a male, and spraying or marking is occurring, you can keep them intacted. Just learn to live with the "making out". Eventually as they get older, they do calm down a bit. Sounds like you are in the teenage months. Boy do those hormones come one like gang busters!

K

 

[SweetPeasMom]

Yes she is female, she is a very clam, super affectionate bun, but right now; its only me she tends to love bite and try things to my hand.:confused2:

I thought she was trying at first to dominate me, until I saw here tail twitch which made me believe she was twitterpated.

she is a very healthy happy rabbit except for this or maybe I should overlook this.

 

[ZRabbits]

SweetPeasMom wrote:

Yes she is female, she is a very clam, super affectionate bun, but right now; its only me she tends to love bite and try things to my hand.:confused2:

I thought she was trying at first to dominate me, until I saw here tail twitch which made me believe she was twitterpated.

she is a very healthy happy rabbit except for this or maybe I should overlook this.

If you don't want to spay her, then I would overlook this. It's part of a female's life and she showing her affection in the only way she knows how, which with an intacted female is mating. Sounds like she's a pleasure other than that way of affection. How old is she now? Hitting those teenage months (in my world 4 to 10 months)? If it's the teenage months, her hormones are just coming in. If you can deal with it, and she doesn't start getting aggressive, I would overlook.

K

 

[SweetPeasMom]

Yea she is about 10 mths give or take

 

[Nancy McClelland]

All of ours are neutered. The cost of neutering can vary--in the town we lived, $400--a twenty minute drive = $125. Shop around and ask other people and rescue groups in your area for a recommendation. Neutering made all of ours better citizens.

 

[ZRabbits]

Nancy McClelland wrote:

All of ours are neutered. The cost of neutering can vary--in the town we lived, $400--a twenty minute drive = $125. Shop around and ask other people and rescue groups in your area for a recommendation. Neutering made all of ours better citizens.

lol, better citizens. I think Willard missed that memo, because he's still intacted and definitely deserves the "Better Citizen" award. Truly a Gem.

Neutering and spaying does help calm a lot of the hardwiring down, but to each their own. A bunny can still be a "good citizen" intacted. It just takes a little more patience and understanding from us Humans.

K

 

[LakeCondo]

With a male, I probably wouldn't neuter if there were no behavioral issues, at least after I made sure that people are right when they say that the surgery risk & the risk of male-related cancer balance each other out.

With a female, it's clear that intact females tend to die sooner than spayed females. Therefore I wouldn't want to take the chance that an animal I loved had a shorter life because of my decision to save money.

 

[ZRabbits]

LakeCondo wrote:

With a male, I probably wouldn't neuter if there were no behavioral issues, at least after I made sure that people are right when they say that the surgery risk & the risk of male-related cancer balance each other out.

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Already checked with a Rabbit Savvy Vet, if those "dirty habits" aren't showing up, there really isn't a health reason to neuter.

K

 

[MagPie]

Well neutering certainly made Harvey a better citizen. He was a bit of a hornbun. haha. And he was an adult when I got him. And it only got worse. So it was either get neutered so the cats wouldn't hurt him or keep him in his cage all day, which I didn't want to do. I like him out and part of the family. He is much better behaved now. So I can leave him out most of the day and he is much nicer to the cats now haha.