Behaviour Changes in Buns after Spay

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- 04/21/2011 at 7:54 PM
  wabble
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  Hi fellow bbers I have an issue and i’m really worried and I need some advice! My girl (6 mths) was spayed yesterday, and healthwise she’s fine. She has a brother (neutered, 8 mths), and they were bonded before her spay. I even took him to the vet with her so that she’d recover quicker (as recommended by my vet). When I went to pick them up, the vet said they were really good. So i took them home, and they were fine together, both in their cage and while they were running around. I separated them when I slept just in case. This morning, when I let them go together in their cage, they were still fine. However, just a few hours ago when I tried to let them out, my boy started chasing her and nipping her as well. She was terrified. I immediately put him back in the cage and left my girl out. But now when she passes by his cage, he goes crazy, running around like he wants to charge at her or something. So now I have no choice but to separate them. What’s wrong? Will he be aggressive to her forever???!! What can I do???
- 04/22/2011 at 5:15 AM
  RabbitPam
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  No, he won’t be aggressive forever, but they both have some adjustments to make in the next few weeks, so I would suggest minimum supervised time together.
  She probably has a smell of the vet’s office on her, as well as the residual odors of the spay on herself. She needs a couple of days to recover from the procedure – no jumping and some rest – and she may have trouble cleaning herself immediately. Does she have any pain? Did you get painkiller meds? A spay is an invasive procedure so not as fast a recovery.
  He may be establishing his dominance over her again, especially if she smells differently. It will pass, but you might be set back a bit in the bonding and need to start with earlier steps. That they are siblings has nothing at all to do with their bond, so treat them as previously bonded strangers who need to be reacquainted – when she’s up to it.
- 04/22/2011 at 9:37 AM
  wabble
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  thanks for the advice. i’m glad at least in the health sense my girl is doing well. it’s day three and she’s already eating normally and hopping around being the usual curious self that she is. her wound is healing really well too. the only concern now is whether i will have to (re-)bond them. they fell in love when i first brought them home so i never really had to bond them in the first place. i guess we’ll see in a bit
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