Question in regards to post-neuteriing behaviour

[laurwhite]

 i am in absolute love with my one year old bunny, Banana Pancakes, i honestly havn’t had to many problems with him whatsoever. He loves to play and jump around happily. He licks me often and adores being pet, often he will grind his teeth in absolute bliss. The added bonus is how great he is at keeping his cage clean, always using his litter box!

Because i love him so much, I decided to consider neutering him in order to help prevent cancer and prolong his life, as well as possibly bonding him with a spayed female rabbit in the future. I have made an appointment with the best rabbit vet around but not I’m starting to get nervous. I don’t want him to hate me or start rebeling post surgery. 

What are your experiences with bunny behaviour after casteration ?

[misdh]

My bunny mellowed out considerably and didn’t seem to have any hard feelings against me.

[Monkeybun]

My 2 girls mellowed a bit, their general feelings for me didn’t change much a all. My boy Squirrel hasn’t been neutered yet, but he will be visiting the doc soon..

I don’t expect him to be any different, easy going buns before neuter are usually easy going buns after

[laurwhite]

thanks so much to each of the replies.
i feel much better now.
He goes in for his surgery tomorrow!

Thanks again!

[RabbitPam]

Good luck tomorrow!
You made a very wise decision. It will take about a month for his behavior to settle down permanently. The hormones as the receed sometimes seem to flare up, so if he goes from lethargic post-surgery, to normal, to moody 2 weeks later, don’t be alarmed. He will be sweet and mellow in 4.

[LoveChaCha]

My bunny girl peed out of her box a lot before she got spayed.

She is now almost 2 years old and is practically the most laid back (with attitude) rabbit. She likes to flop and lay. Except that changes once I get home from work.. lol.

[TriBun]

 Does that mean there’s still hope for my peeing-out-of-the-box girl?  Lol

Good Luck.  Let us know how he does

[laurwhite]

Thanks again for all the replies It really helped re-asure myself that I was making the right decision in neutering Banana! Since the surgery on friday (two days ago) he seems pretty much normal! Only difference is he’s had a bit more “spunk” lately. I suppose hormones are to blame and I’m expecting him to relax within a few weeks as you all had predicted. He has started using his litter box again which is great (super glad that’s over!). Now that I see that he really doesn’t mind, I feel like I made the ultimate best decision for him.

Thanks a bunch!

[zpipes]

I want to get mine neutered as well. I heard that its actually kinda dangerous on rabbits though? That doing so actually can cause death. A friend of mine used to raise rabbits for show up in Oklahoma, so this is what she said. However she hasnt done it since she was in her teens so she said she forgets some of the specifics, but she was pretty close with feeding and litter training so I wonder if there is truth to this potentially dangerous surgery? She also said that rabbits do tend to die easily.

[Beka27]

Any surgery has risks, but with an experienced rabbit vet and the correct use of rabbit-safe anesthesia, that risk is very minimal. If your friend raised rabbits years ago, chances are she did not alter them so she probably does not have first-hand experience. Also, rabbit medicine has come a long way in the last 10-20 years, so what might have been considered very dangerous back then, is a routine surgery these days. Rabbits who do pass during surgery are more likely to have had a genetic condition that made anesthesia riskier but was unknown to the vet, so it’s possible they would not have lived for very long anyways. If you are very concerned, a vet can do bloodwork to look for some risk factors prior to the surgery.

[zpipes]

Thanks, its definatley going to take me some time to find a vet I’m comfortable with. Seeing as how I didn’t much care for the last vet i went to who tried to sell me a tiny bag of food for $30 for my cat..claiming it would help her lose weight and its prescribed. I said, well couldnt I just feed her less? Answer.. well.. yea you could.. Anyhow, thanks!

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