You would get rid of a bunny over a smell ? Seriously ?

The smell is probably because you’ve introduced a new bunny. It’s a bodily reaction to a new bun. It’s shed when a bunny marks its territory. This may subside when the bunnies become more aquainted. It is normal for a bunny to mark its territory when a new bunny is introduced, and this may go on for some time. How long has it been since she was spayed?

Are you sure its not the male. Male rabbits can spray when un nenutered and it can travel some distance so it might seem like its not him, but it might be. Also, how long ago was your female fixed, as hormones can linger for 4 weeks or so after a spay and up to 6 weeks or so for males.

Generally the hormones don’t abate completely for 4 weeks after the speuter, so she may only just now be feeling less effects from her hormones. Plus, I agree with both the possibility of it being the new male spraying, or your girl marking her territory.

I don’t know if this will help, but you can try changing their litter to Aspen wood, either shavings (which are the only safe shavings) or pellets (sold in bags for birds, but great for bunnies). Aspen absorbs odor about 4x other litters, and we use it with the bunny right near our open kitchen. No smell. If the smell is in any way related to the litter pans for both, that will go a long way in getting rid of basic litter odor, especially of cecals. Those are the edible poos that are very stinky.

It will help once the boy bunny is neutered. I think it will be a temporary problem that will resolve once they are both speutered and bonded. I know it’s hard to take for now. I am very sensitive to smells, too.

I recently added a new bun to my bonded make/female pair. They were both neutered when I got them (Humane League) and didn’t have a real smell issue. Once in a while, but not often. I’ve had them 3 years. Now, I just added Ozzy, male. I’ve had him for about 5 weeks. Everyone stinks! There’s marking everywhere. Everyone’s competing for territory. Turf wars, or as we affectionately call it, poop wars. Ozzy, just stinks, period. I am hoping once he gets fixed (appt to check that out tomorrow, yay!) things settle down. I’m embarrassed to invite people in. Seriously stinky. I would say wait till everyone is neutered and hormones settle.

Our big boy bun, Duncan, gets gassy/musky when he’s really upset (even after neuter and hormones dying down). There’s been no spraying since his neuter, but gas happens. Most of the time he’s not smelly, but if he has an anxiety attack or feels threatened he starts smelling like a bad onion until he calms down. Our previous boy didn’t make any musky/oniony smells after he was neutered, so it partially depends on the bunny… Either way, the best way to keep the smell down if your boy still has smelly episodes after neuter is to figure out what is upsetting him. Since they are newly introduced, the new bun and threat to territory can be a very likely cause, and will settle over time as they bond and get used to each other. If it’s a certain motion, event, noise, etc… try to pinpoint it and either try to prevent it or assure the bunny that it’s okay if it happens.