If so why?
If not why?
I have a little girl of 9 weeks old, I know she cant be done till 6 months but is it ideal to get her done? they say neutered rabbits live longer etc
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dont neuter your rabbit ever -reason =high sex drive and your rabbit will suffer depression as for them living longer if neutered ,rubbish ,i have had over 5000 rabbits in the past 25 years not one was neutered and the oldest one lived was 15 years--rabbit breeder for 25 years
YES; we got our Flemish Giant neutered.
Why should rabbits be neutered?
Prevent pregnancy
Reduce the risk of diseases of the reproductive system: uterine cancer, ovarian disease, mammary disease, endometrial hyperplasia and uterine polyps, pyometra and endometritis, false pregnancy, orchitis/epididymitis
Prevent or control behavior problems: urine spraying and problems with litter box training, aggression and fighting, chewing
Provide opportunity to have multiple rabbits
Reduce odor
Rabbits are generally spayed or castrated when they are 4-6 months of age. Neutering should be performed before the rabbit is 2 years old to get the benefit of prevention of disease.
Yes, you should get her neuterd. Rabbits have a lot of babies at one time. So unless you are up to the job of taking care of 20 rabbits then i would. Also if they get out of their cage then it will be SOOOOOOOOO freakin' hard to find them!
no we do not have another rabbit for her to breed with
if you have other rabbits and you don't know their sex you should definitely get your rabbit neutered. The rabbits don't really like it though because my friend has a rabbit and it's not as nice now after he neutered it than before he neutered it.
I've had 14 rabbits in the past and none of them got fixed and they were perfectly fine. I can't spend $100 on fixing my bunny. I belong to a rabbit club, and none of the members have there bunny fix ethier. I just really don't see the benifits. :) (And no they don't live longer if you decided to fix her..)
at first no, because we had it on authority that even though they were both young they were males. BUT nature proved otherwise and soon we had 7 bunnies..then we had 12....after that we got all the boys neutered, and we had a happy little bunny colony...but my how they breed. it is easier to neuter a male as with a female the operation involves invasive surgery...but it can prevent the formation of things like reproductive tract cancers and false pregnancies...have a chat with your vet or someone who breeds rabbits..and make your decision from there.
no i dont really think so, i had several rabits and they were fine. but i do belive that neutering will help with them with the spraying urine and chewing- but i never tried. if you are planning for the just one bunny then i would neuter her.
My vet wouldn't recommend neutering rabbits unless:
- there are medical reasons;
- they had aggressive tendencies (the bunny not the vet); or,
- to prevent pregnancy.
Bunnies are notoriously dodgy with anaesthetic. There's a high percentage that don't wake up again!
My advice would be 'not unless you have to'.
No, we try giving him what he gets in the wild.
I got mine neutered because it was two boys living together. It depends on your rabbits personality really if she is a softy leave her if she starts to get territorial get her neutered. Don't leave it too late though. Personally I'd get her done and consider getting another rabbit from an rspca place that specializes in pairing rabbits.
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