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Should I get my bunny neutered? Does it make a difference? She is giving me a little trouble-being aggressive-not cuddling at all, keeping me up all night even when she was out all day, and biting me and my clothes when she wants to get down when I'm holding her. People say neutering will help. Is it true?

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:

If your rabbit is a female the surgery isn't the neuter surgery, but the spay surgery.

Unspayed female rabbits have an 85% chance of getting cancer! By spaying her you virtually eliminate the chances that she'll get cancer. That alone is reason enough to get her spayed! But many times spaying a rabbit will reduce aggressive behavior.

It's too bad that if you wanted a rabbit to cuddle with you didn't adopt one from a shelter or rescue group. There are many, many adult and older rabbits with great temperaments that love to cuddle waiting for the right home. You're starting with a baby, and now you're going through adolescence. Adolescence in ANY animal comes with behavior problems that you'll need to learn how to resolve and just wait out.

It sounds as though you don't know as much about rabbits as a rabbit owner should. I strongly urge you to go the the House Rabbits Society website and read the entire thing. You should also get a copy of their book -- which is an excellent resource for rabbit owners. http://www.rabbit.org

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:50 am Post subject:

Thanks. I'll go out and get a copy later.

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject:

I had trouble with my rescued male rabbit, Fang, marking the house and being an all around grump (he growled and bit!) and neutering him resolved that. As for being cuddly, he wasn't at first but I gained his trust through hand feeding him treats and sitting on the floor with him. He ignored me the first few times but gradually became curious and had to investigate. I stayed perfectly still while he sniffed me and hopped on me, then gave him a fresh piece of carrot. This helped him learn to trust people.

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:

Neutering/Spaying your bun will most definitely save you a lot of grief. Another great book to get is "Rabbit Health in the 21st Century". Along with House Rabbit, you will find these two resources to be your basic "Bunny Bible". Rabbit Health in the 21st century actually says that after more research, the percentage has increased to over 90% of female unspayed bunnies coming down with reproductive cancers.

With boys, neutering generally quiets aggresive behavior and marking. Once your bun starts peeing all over...you will get aggrivated with him. You also won't love when he's chasing you and attaching himself to your leg. He also won't feel as "destructive".

Best of luck! Choose a bunny savvy vet (don't be afraid to ask lots of questions before his surgery). Ask how many buns they fix each year etc. A good bunny vet is hard to find but their is a list of vets on Houserabbit.org.

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject:

My rabbit recently retired from showing, and he's scheduled to get neutered next week. I can't wait- I'm anticipating living without all the "joys of boys". Laughing

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:

With the biting,as someone once mentioned on here,its not that they're trying to be mean,its them grooming,and in this case they are trying to groom you and dont realize how sharp their teeth can be.

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