Aushi
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Ok so! I have two unspayed female rabbits that have been together since birth. All their lives they have been a good pair, obviously because they weren't hormonal. They are now 4 months old (5 on Sept 13th).
Before getting them, I had decided on a vet to be "my vet" and he had told me he does the spaying/neuter at 4 months old. But now that he has seen them, he refuses to do it until they are around 6-9 months old, because they are way too small for his comfort and in fact, if they remain small, he won't do it at all, he's afraid of the effect of the anesthesia on them, most doses require at least a pound and though Elsa weighs 2lbs, Anna doesn't get to the pound (and he says she isn't underweight or anything, she is healthy just not big).
Recently I took Elsa alone to the vet because she had an abscess. She got a surgery and came home the same day, I kept them separate for two days because the vet suggest I keep Elsa VERY still, so she was basically in a carrier.
They are now together for three days and today I noticed Anna has been chasing Elsa and mounting her. I have also noticed a bit of fur in random places, I don't know if Elsa's shedding or getting bit. But I checked her and she doesn't seem to have bites anywhere. In the days they were separate they were stressed out, and though this chasing and mounting only happened once in these three days (and didn't even last 5 minutes), I'm curious if I should take it as a bad sign and separate them or wait to see if they were just showing off dominance and let it go. Whenever they are apart, they get stressed, so I have no idea what to do x.x;
What would you do?
(Edit: And I'm pretty sure they are starting to get hormonal because they are have turned from nice rabbits to feral creatures who won't dare let me get anywhere NEAR them, mind you, I was away for two months so they could have also just forgotten me :\, they only saw me when I cleaned their cage and fed them daily, but were mostly alone in their cage outside for those two months.)
OH And only one is doing the chasing.mounting, the other one is very submissing and just ignores her o-o
Before getting them, I had decided on a vet to be "my vet" and he had told me he does the spaying/neuter at 4 months old. But now that he has seen them, he refuses to do it until they are around 6-9 months old, because they are way too small for his comfort and in fact, if they remain small, he won't do it at all, he's afraid of the effect of the anesthesia on them, most doses require at least a pound and though Elsa weighs 2lbs, Anna doesn't get to the pound (and he says she isn't underweight or anything, she is healthy just not big).
Recently I took Elsa alone to the vet because she had an abscess. She got a surgery and came home the same day, I kept them separate for two days because the vet suggest I keep Elsa VERY still, so she was basically in a carrier.
They are now together for three days and today I noticed Anna has been chasing Elsa and mounting her. I have also noticed a bit of fur in random places, I don't know if Elsa's shedding or getting bit. But I checked her and she doesn't seem to have bites anywhere. In the days they were separate they were stressed out, and though this chasing and mounting only happened once in these three days (and didn't even last 5 minutes), I'm curious if I should take it as a bad sign and separate them or wait to see if they were just showing off dominance and let it go. Whenever they are apart, they get stressed, so I have no idea what to do x.x;
What would you do?
(Edit: And I'm pretty sure they are starting to get hormonal because they are have turned from nice rabbits to feral creatures who won't dare let me get anywhere NEAR them, mind you, I was away for two months so they could have also just forgotten me :\, they only saw me when I cleaned their cage and fed them daily, but were mostly alone in their cage outside for those two months.)
OH And only one is doing the chasing.mounting, the other one is very submissing and just ignores her o-o
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