sister fallout after spaying

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- 09/15/2014 at 3:51 AM
  PopAndPep
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  Hi! I got my two bunnies (poppy and pepper) spayed on Thursday (4days ago) and health wise they seem to be doing well. They are both eating and drinking more like normal everyday. They are sisters and are almost a year old and have never been separated. They were spayed because they were becoming too humpy with eachother although there was never any aggression with this! Everything was fine with them until last night when pepper chased poppy around the garden pulling some fur out! I took poppy away for a while and then brought her out again and pepper did the same thing. I removed poppy again and tried to bring them together again later. At this stage poppy was now running away from every movement pepper made. Pepper was no longer chasing her at this stage. I ended up having to separate them last night (one inside and one outside) for the first time as poppy was very scared. This morning poppy is still scared of pepper. Is this going to be a permanent thing? Is there a way I can help fix their sisterly relationship? Also is this normal after a spay to display aggression to another bunny? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
- 09/15/2014 at 4:56 AM
  Sarita
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  Moving to bonding.
- 09/15/2014 at 7:33 AM
  Beka27
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  First off, I am glad the spay went well and they are recovering health wise. You did the right thing getting them spayed, both for their (long-term) relationship and for their health as female rabbits have such a high risk of developing cancer after a few years.
  
  The spaying procedure can throw hormones off and it can take about a month for things to settle down. You may want to try keeping them separate during this time and re-introduce them once they are healed. Start over with bonding sessions in a neutral location and take it from there.
- 09/15/2014 at 8:32 PM
  LBJ10
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  I agree with Beka. Let their hormones settle and then try re-introducing them. It may be like starting completely over with bonding, so be prepared to approach it as such.
- 09/15/2014 at 8:46 PM
  Beka27
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  The most important thing right now is that they don’t hurt each other through fighting/excessive chasing/humping. With the surgery being so recent, it is very possible that a bad scuffle could result in severe injury. There have been more than a few cases on BB over the years where a bad fight broke out and a recently spayed rabbit had to undergo a second surgery to fix an injury…
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