When debating the complex topic of spaying and neutering your bunny, its important to look clearly at both the pros and cons!
Spaying & Neutering your rabbit has many benefits, and we do typically recommend the procedure. Not only can it increase their quality of life, their ability to be paired with a bun of the opposite sex without creating babies, it also actually can prolong their life span as well. Fixing your rabbit can prevent reproductive health complications, such as pregnancy, or different types of cancer. Secondly, fixing your bun helps them have an easier time bonding with another bun. Even if you are bonding an already fixed male with an unaltered females, or two females, fixing will increase bonding success by improving the temperament of your bun, and decreasing any dominance urges or territorial aggression. Fixing your bun will also improve their temperament when bonding with you or your children. Territorial or cage aggression, inconsistent moodiness, and even nipping can all be generally curved by getting your bun spayed or neutered. Although it is easy to recognize the large "pros" for fixing your bun, there are some factors to consider. Fixing your bun, especially spaying a female, is a complicated procedure, and at times can result in the loss of your rabbit. Local vets that do not work often with rabbits, or are not specialized with rabbits may have an even higher rate of losing your bun. Spaying and neutering your bun can also be expensive. Although we hope that when you are researching and saving for your bun, you factor in the cost of spaying and neutering in your local area, we also know it sometimes isn't always realistic for every family! Different areas, and different countries have a wide variety of cost in spaying. We have been quoted as low as $90 to neuter a rabbit, and as high as $450. So for that reason, we also suggest you shop around and call local vets near your area for some quotes! Vets do not typically spay/neuter a bun until 6 months of age. This is important to keep in consideration if you have purchased a Male and female bunny that you plan to bond after fixing. You will need to house them in separate cages before they hit 4 months old, until they are spayed/neutered. After the spaying/neutering, buns have to be kept apart while they heal. Males can also be fertile for up to 6 weeks after being neutered! If you do purchase a male/female unaltered pair and plan to fix them and bond them, you can expect to house them separate for 3-4 months at least. We hope this was helpful for deciding on and preparing to spay/neuter your bun! As always, email us with questions! We love to hear from families preparing to take home buns!
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