LOL! Making little bunnies with the couch! ;o)

Here is an article from rabbit expert Dana Krempels. She spells everything out very well, pre- and post-operatively. http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/opcare.html

He should bounce back fairly easily, in most cases it’s the females that have a harder time of it since spays are invasive.

Aww – is Little Jimmy really that old already? Hard to believe! Have you got a friend you can take that can translate for you? Then you can ask all the questions you need. Main thing is the vet you have does this procedure on rabbits regularly. He should be fine – for him, he just takes a ride to a strange place, gets put to sleep, wakes up with a few small changes, goes home. Make sure he’s given pain meds post op and restrict his space so he can’t open the stitches. It’s always more nerve racking for the rabbit parent!

It’ll be okay! But it’s hard to not worry. That’s great your girlfriend will be able to go with you. It is definitley comforting to have someone else go with.

As far as your cage/pen goes, are there spots where she would have to do some major jumping? You will want to keep her from jumping up and down too much for the first week.

Peace vibes to you and quick recovery vibes for your bunny!

Oh no! Did she go ahead and spay her?

You want to make sure she gets pain meds for a few days…this procedure is much more invasive and in my experience they do not bounce back for about 48 to 72 hours.

You want to keep her confined for a few days and really try encouraging her to eat greens. You may have to do a pellet slurry to hand feed her.

I find that right after the surgery they will not eat for at least 24 hours…that’s not always but often though. Try tickling her nose with fresh herbs – if you can get parsley or cilantro try breaking those so that they are more fragrant to entice her to eat.

Oh gosh! I’m surprised they didn’t catch that before during the exam! Wow, and this is how those accidental litters come about… if you had gotten two “boys” you could be a Bunny Grandpa right now…

Ditto Sarita. Your big concrn is getting her to eat again. Were you given pain meds to take home, I hope? The pain meds should take the edge off so she can feel okay about eating.

Females actually need it MORE. There is an 80% risk of females developing uterine or other reproductive cancers by the age of 3 if unspayed.

For males, neuters are more for behavioral things: spraying urine, aggression, territorial behavior, litter habits, also… unneutered boys tend to have an unpleasant, skunky smell.

Females can exhibit some (or all!) of the above behavioral problems, especially aggression and territorialness, but the very real risk of cancer is the single biggest reason to spay.

The article I posted for you in my first post mentions this briefly.

I have only had one female rabbit, and two male rabbits (one unneutered male… my first bun). Meadow can be a little bit moody sometimes. She likes things a certain way and hates any deviation from the norm. I am not sure how much of this is female behavior, mini rex behavior (I’ve heard from others too that their mini rexes can be a handful), and what is just normal rabbit behavior. It is hard to say “EVERY rabbit does this, NO rabbits do that” because there can be so many variations in personailty among our little furry friends.

So really, there’s not a lot we can offer you in terms of advice on the “fairer sex”. It’s going to just depend on Jimmy…

Oh yeah, I am not sure what info the vet gave you regarding spaying, but many vets will not do it before 5 or 6 months because it is more invasive than a neuter which can typically be done at 4 months.  I don’t recall how old Jimmy is, but you may have to wait a couple months.

I have an equal amount of girl and boy bunnies – and haven’t really found any consistent differences between boys and girls. I have a shy girl, and aggressive girl, a super friendly girl, and a girl who doesn’t care about anything and just flops around the house!

LOL

they wet themselves laughing….. scumbags 🙂

That happens so often they should really adopt rabbits as ‘it’s until the surgery LOL

I’m sure she wouldn’t mind be called little dude if that’s what’s she’s used to. You don’t really need to change anything. Just maybe some time frames – get her spayed in a month or so. Spay is not only differs in type of op but it is also more costly so be prepared for that. I’m sure once you have your head around her gender, you go on as before because you likely know the personality by now. Any changes you see in that could be due to hormones and this would be same for males or females.

don’t worry, they like their names, whatever they are.

I must hold the title for mis-sexed animals:

male siamese cat: Katie
female rabbit (was male, then female, then male, finally female again) Pringles
male rabbit: Daisy

Here in Texas, half the population goes by a double-name so she could be Jimmy-Sue or something.

😉