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- 01/04/2012 at 5:44 PM
  CocoVermont802
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  So Coco is 6 months now, ( so is my friends rabbit) we are wondering if we should get them spayed.
  
  1- Any Idea how much the normal cost is?
  
  2- How do the vets do the procedure? Length of recovery time?
  
  3- Is it true it Calms the buns down???
  
  I know its healthy for them so i want to get it done
  
  Thanks!
- 01/04/2012 at 5:50 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  Spaying is a great idea! It will help hormonal behavior and reduce the risk of cancer by a LOT.
  Normal costs varies, I pay about 100 for the spay and then 100 for the exam and pain medications. Thats with a spay certificate I get for having a house bunny, otherwise its about 300-400 for the spay.
  
  I don’t know how vets do the procedure, but the recovery time is about a week to 2 weeks.
  
  Generally it will calm your bunny down, yes. It’ll help litter box training and stop aggressive behavior.
- 01/04/2012 at 8:34 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  If you are really interested in the procedure you can often find surgery videos on youtube-and your vet would likely let you observe. Not sure if you are that interested. If you just mean generally-they put the rabbit under, usually on a heated pad and with some monitoring, and then remove the whole bit-the ovaries, tubes and uterus. Then they stitch them back up and usually they observed as they wake up.
  Recovery from a spay is a couple of days. You want to ensure you go home with metacam or a type of pain medication. It’s very important females get pain medication as they recover quicker and eat sooner.
  You don’t fast before or after surgery, so eating is a good sign they are doing well afterwards.
  
  It definitely calms them
- 01/04/2012 at 8:39 PM
  bunnyfriend
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  Have you picked a vet yet? Here’s a list of questions to ask the vet and key things to know before having your rabbit spayed/neutered: http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-neuter.html
  
  In my experience I got my girl spayed just in the nick of time, right before her hormones started kicking in, she peed a couple times outside the box when she normally had perfect habits and she started becoming a little aggressive, after she was healed I got my normal sweet bunny back
  
  What I paid for the spay was somewhere around $400. The vet should break down the cost for you, showing what costs what. I know that some rescues and shelters offer really good deals on spays.
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