Well, if he is ‘fairly young’ his hormones may have not kicked in yet.
A lot of things happen when a rabbit is hormonal! If it is a boy his poops become stinkier, he may circle you, spray urine, and have bad litter box habits.

I would highly advise neutering your bunny.
Boys tend to bounce back quickly from neuters. It is a litter tougher on the girls.

There’s really no disadvantage to neutering your bunny. And tons of advantages. If he’s neutered, he’ll be free to enjoy life instead of mainly being focused on making babies… which is rather undesirable And if he’s fairly young, he may just not be at the age yet to show how hormonal he can be. Once neutered, you can also get him a friend down the road, without having to worry about him being too territorial or aggressive. Or wanting to make babies with his friend.

He will begin humping at some point when he reaches full maturity, and the object of his affection will probably be you.
I didn’t wear shorts for years because my vets kept saying Spockie didn’t need neutering as a single bunny, so they wouldn’t do it. And I got scratches on my calves from his “love”. I wish I had done it for him, but hadn’t found this website with advice to do it. I say go ahead and make both of you more comfortable for the years you will be together.

I totally agree with the others. In addition to the things they mentioned, it will be impossible for you to get him a friend if he’s not neutered (two unneutered males will fight, and putting him with a girl would obviously cause pregnancy). Most bunny owners seem to want a second at some point, and it will just be easier for your boy if he’s already neutered.

Young bunnies are more resilient, so it’s much better to go ahead with the surgery now, rather than wait a couple years when you might decide you want to get a second bunny, and then the risks are increased.

Like the others said, if he is still young, you might not be seeing the effects of hormones just yet. The biggest thing with unneutered males isn’t always aggression, or bad litter habits, or humping, or cancer… but strong urine odor. It can be downright OFFENSIVE, even if they only pee in the litterbox. You might or might not notice the smell, but other people in your home definitely will.

My avatar Leo was a lionhead.  I had major drama trying to get him neutered….something had always gotten in the way, i.e. teeth probs, injury, getting sick, probs w/ anesthesia.  He did not exbhibit any of the unneutered probs normally exhibitted and he had bonded w/ my spayed female.  I focused on neutering, even though I wavered b/c he didn’t exhibit any problem behaviors, b/c the best way to avoid reproductive cancers is to spay/neuter your pet.  My ex was a vet nurse and he was always devistated when a pet developed testicular cancer or female pyometra, bc it could have been avoided if they were fixed.  So keep that in mind….its good preventative medicine.

PS I LOVE lionheads!  He’ll get used to you, he just needs more time to be around you.  Check out the videos on Binky of how to pick up your rabbit.

When my nethie Monkey got spayed, I checked her incision by making her stand up to grab a treat from me. Then I could peek at her tummy. She HATES being touched, so picking her up can be a challenge.

Boys bounce back quicker than girls with the surgery too, so don’t worry about it