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    • Nicolle
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        So Zorro got neutered yesterday and I brought him home last night and he basically stayed in the same spot for a couple of hours while I hand fed him some soft greens (he wasn’t interested in anything too effortful like green beans). After a while he did a bit of hopping around but generally stayed in or near his cage. I basically left him alone but when I went over he wanted a gentle rub for a while so i did.

        My main question is that today when my dad is near or goes to stroke him, he moves away or goes in the hidey bit of his cage. I went over and he comes over this hand. This may not seem strange but it is as my dad is by far Zorros favourite person and he’s always seeking him out and getting excited if he comes in. Does anyone know a reason as I can’t think of one?

        Could it be the pain meds?


      • Bam
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          He may be sore. The pain meds can make them a little bit confused. Also having their sex-glands removed causes a bit of chaos in their heads and bodies. They may behave aggressively, territorially and/or like sex-maniacs for a little while before the hormones finally die down.

          As long as he’s eating, drinking, peeing and pooping and the wound looks good, I think you just have to bear with him for the next few (ca 2) weeks.


        • Nicolle
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            Now he has turned into the crazy binky bunny 500. He runs around and binkies nearly all the time! way more than he has ever done for the last two days.


          • LittlePuffyTail
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              Sounds like he’s feeling pretty good


            • Nicolle
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                I’ve kind of realised he doesn’t drink much water now since the neuter. Do you guys think this is normal?


              • Bam
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                  Water-consumption depends on how much fresh greens the bunny eats. Mine barely drink at all when they get lots of fresh greens. Is the amount of pee normal? (Not that you’d measure pee but you can perhaps estimate it by checking the litterbox.)


                • Nicolle
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                    I guess the pee is normal and he’d eat greens all day long if he could, plus I accidently put his greens in the water bit of his two part bowl so I guess he got more then. I suppose there’s nothing to worry about then, I’ll just keep and eye on him. Thanks


                  • Nicolle
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                      My bun seems to have changed now he seems to stay alone in his cage more often, when he is out, he constantly is chewing and ripping up the carpet so I’m having to spray him or move him but he still obsessed with ripping things apart (carpet, wallpaper etc) I don’t know what to do as he never did anything like this before he was neutered. Probably because I’m telling him off for ripping the carpet up he hates me now and runs away a lot of the time. Why would this start after neuter? I understand they still have hormones for a month after neuter so will this behaviour go?

                      I’m so frustrated with him!


                    • Bam
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                        It’s not possible to tell what he’ll be like once the hormones have died down, but it’s very likely that this new behaviour is transitional. Don’t worry, it’s early days yet. At least two weeks of weird behaviour can be expected, for some bunnies it may even be up to 8 weeks before they mellow after a neuter. Just bear with him, be kind to him and consider him a “convalescent” of sorts.


                      • hportland
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                          How old is he? It could also be attributed to his age. Teenage rabbits are known to do things like be more mischievous than normal, randomly sprint away from people who they are normally comfortable with, and be more destructive. It is just a phase! It will usually mellow when they are about a year old.


                        • Jordain
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                            We just got Murray neutered last week too! I felt so bad when we took him home from the spay/neuter clinic. I definitely noticed similar behavior. Our vet told us to keep him in a small space so he won’t exercise too much and rip his stitches so we closed him off in his 48in dog pen with a xpen secured 2×3 around him. For the first night he was huddled and grumpy but eating hay and drinking water. The funniest thing was in the morning, Murray was super happy, back to normal and really wanted out of the enclosure. When my boyfriend went to check his incisions (vet said this should be done twice a day) Murray cooperated and allowed him to pick him up, and check him out. Right when he put Murray back into the cage, Murray started going crazy flipping his bowls and his litter box and digging ferociously. It was almost as if he forgot that he got neutered when he woke up in the morning and then once we examined him he remembered and went back to being a grumpy bun.

                            The first few days your bun will be grumpy but in my recent experience it wears off after a week or two! Its just all those hormones getting out for the last time.


                          • Nicolle
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                              Hormones are so crazy! I hope he calms down a bit. I have limited his time in the living room (where carpet is) and when he is in I follow him around with a spray of water. When he bites the carpet (so hard to tell as he sniffs and licks so I basically have to wait until I see the carpet coming up), I spray him. At first he didn’t know what it’s all about but now he hates the sight of the bottle. Not enough to stop doing it but if it’s in view and I wave it around when I think he’s going to bite he lifts his head from the ground so I think he knows why he gets sprayed. Now I just need him to know not to do it even if I’m not paying 100% attention to him constantly….


                            • kirstyol
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                                Bramble’s behaviour was odd for a few weeks after his neuter too, he was never a digger except in those few weeks. he does still dig very occasionally but for the most part it has settled down, he was neutered in September. Bramble also did not appreciate the cage rest, he had a poor recovery so the vet had him on cage rest for around a week, then he went to his pen, then small amounts of time out and we just built that back up till he was back to normal. He hated it and to be honest I think that was what the digging was all about, I think he was trying to dig his way out!


                              • Jordain
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                                  a dig box really helps too! i just get a big cardboard box (usually carefresh from amazon comes in long and short boxes) and some butcher paper to divert Murray’s attention from digging. We don’t have carpet but he used to try to dig at the walls. Diverting his attention definitely helped. I’ve also heard of people letting their bunny shred up phone books, Murray hasn’t shown interest in those though.


                                • Nicolle
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                                    I have tried that but he looks at me like I’m crazy. He has a cardboard castle which he spends hours ‘renovating’ each day. He’s calmed down a bit but I still have to stalk him with the spray bottle sometimes.

                                    Thanks everyone.

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