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FORUM DIET & CARE reasons to neuter

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    • NickiM
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         So I am going to get my bun neutered soon I am going to pay for it with my own money that I have set aside but it would be nice if my parents were more supportive and helped me out any ideas that you guys think would help them understand I appreciate your help more then you know


      • katie, max & penny
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          -no more stinky pee/poo
          -less chewing, digging, nipping
          -no chance of babies
          -easier to litterbox train
          -lessened chance of reproductive cancers
          -more social and loving buns

          i hope they learn to support you!!


        • Beka27
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            A female must be spayed for health reasons. Period.

            The most compelling reason for a male neuter is not so much health-related, but rather behavioral. If your bun is housed indoors, this is very important b/c males have a musky, skunky smell to them when they are mature. Spraying urine is a likely activity of the unneutered male.

            Aggression/territoriality is not *usually* as bad with males as it is with females (who must defend their territory due to the high nesting instinct), but some males will be aggressive.

            Neutering/spaying will make your bunny an all-around better pet.


          • Karla
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              Here are all the arguments you need:

              http://www.rabbit.org/health/spay.html


            • Toki+Pumpkin+Elmo
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                I totally agree with katiehedger and Beka. I have 3 bunnies. Before Elmo (he’s the lastest addition) got fixed, he was so much TROUBLE. He was spraying everywhere and just so mean to other bunnies. All that is gone now that he’s fixed. If you have no plan to reproduce them, then why not~


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                  It makes such a big difference to the positive.. but mostly the person caring for the rabbit will notice. Less work cleaning, because of the absence of spraying, less often having to change litter because of the marking scent gone… more time cuddling wiith your rabbit because he doesn’t see himself off with a nip at you when you sit down beside him… One of my rabbits was neutered when he was already 2 years old. He had had all the undesirable attributes of an intact buck. He even tried to seriously fight with my male dog. When I went to do his nails it was a given he would bite me. The neutering basically turned him into a live stuffed animal.

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