Neuter logistics

[Loki_Bunny]

I’m making an appointment on Monday to get our rabbit neutered.  My fiance and I have been debating on it and have ultimately decided it’s for the best.  He never used to mark, but since taking in my cat [she had been living with my mother & stepfather, but my mother recently died and my stepfather wanted her gone, so I took her home with us ] he’s been a terror. haha. He’s marking evvvvverything.  Nothing is sacred! The toilet, the stove, the cat’s liter-box, the cat (poor cat, if she isn’t getting sprayed he’s trying to mount her all.day.long), me, fiance, clothes, cabinets, food, just everything.  And the poor little guy has nothing on his mind but mating with the cat.  So, for our sanity, the poor cat’s sanity, and his own, it’s not even up for debate any longer. 

Now, my question is, once he has the surgery and we bring him home, we’ve heard that we should keep him in his cage for a couple of days.  But he doesn’t have a cage. He just has run of the house.  I was thinking we could confine him to our bathroom that way there’s no run-ins with the cat, he already has a liter-box in there and likes to hang out toilet-side anyway (I figured the tile flood in there is super cool), we could put an extra fan on osculating in there so it isn’t stuff, plus his freezer-tile (just a ceramic slab we throw in the freezer he likes to lay on when it’s hot), and he’ll be by himself and can relax and heal up. Does this sound okay or does he need to be in a small space?

Also, the liter-boxes he has are all high-side or covered since he tends to pee outside them.  Should we go ahead and buy him a really low sided one for post-surgery so he doesn’t have to hop/stretch/plomp over the sides and end up hurting himself?

Goodness, sorry this is so long!  But while I’m posting…depending on how much it’s going to cost, we may have to save up a bit more cash before we can go ahead with scheduling the appointment.  In the meantime, is there anything we can do that can reduce the cat-chasing? They get on pretty well – she’s only lived with us since April.  At first they were terrrrrrified of one another. We did the entire behind close doors, then behind baby gates, then supervised watching, and now they’re together 24/7 and have no qualms with one another (aside from the bunny’s humping issue). She’s been declawed front and back before we adopted her, so when she does get fed up with his advanced and swats him he looks at her like “That’s all you’ve got?” haha. He’s verrrry persistent (with everything lol).  A friend suggested squirting him with a water bottle.  He’s not phased by that, though.  He looks at us, then hops over, inspects the water bottle and tries to get more water from it.  I think we’re rewarding him by doing that, haha. 

[bullrider76543]

The seperating for a few days is ok, but it’ll be about a month before his hormones come down. the litterbox should be fine, My boys didn’t have any issues with that. wish you the best of luck with the cat lol but bunnies rule the house and look at everyting as thiers, including us bunny slaves lol.

[Loki_Bunny]

Too true. And, yea, I figured it would take some time before his hormones get all settled. As long as I know there’s hope. I was so excited when, instead of running away from the cat like she was about to nom him, he started grooming her. And fiance and I were like, “Awwwwh. Look at tha- holy crap, is he trying to hump her FACE? Oh goddd.” haha! Thanks for the reply!

[bullrider76543]

lol Nibbles was doing that to Mr Hopper when he hit that age lol. Poor Mr hopper just layed there and took it. he got umm yellowish fur stains, yuck. but after we got him fixed he calmed down and stopped almost imediately.

[Chesters Mommy]

Hi Loki, so sorry to hear about your mothers passing. 

Keeping your bun in a small room would be fine, just make sure that he is can’t jump up on anything. also, he will need to be kept warm. I assume it’s summer over where you live? Keep feeling his ears to see if he’s warm enough after surgery. When I got my bunny back from the vets on Friday after his neuter, his ears started to get cold very quickly (it’s winter here, but it was a warm, sunny day). The vet told me to keep him warm, and keep checking his ears on a regular basis to ensure his warm enough.

With the litter box, it might be best to get a lower sided one. Some bunnies are completely fine to hop about after surgery, my bunny didn’t want to move much at all. 

Not sure about how to minimize the cat chasing. Maybe just try to keep them separated as much as possible until the surgery. That way the cat can have some peace lol 

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