How exciting! Special treats to get them eating… its not as invasive as female ops…. not sure what else to say…

My boy was pretty much back to normal the evening of his neuter. He was a bit sleepy but still happy to eat. He apparently started munching on hay within 15 minutes of waking up from the anaesthesia lol. He wasn’t a good drinker tho for the first couple of days so do keep an eye on that. Good luck!

Wick also did not drink much for the first two days after the neutering. He was still peeing though from veggie hydration, so I only syringe fed him water once, just in case.

To prevent irritation with the site, I’d clean litter boxes with water and vinegar, and also if you have hay piles, push them to the side so hay doesn’t stab and irritate the area!

Best of luck to both your boys! When Breintje was fixed the vet advised us to remove the bedding from his cage and replace it with a towel. Straw or hay may irritate the wound.

Are they bonded or housed together yet? It can take up to 6 weeks for the hormones to get out of their system, so it’s best to wait with any bonding attempts until afterwards.

Hmm… advice… to kiss their jewels goodbye, since they can technically do it? Sorry, I know I’m being horrible, but it was the joke that made me feel better before Chewie’s snip.

Serious advice: like the others said, yummy treats, clean flooring/bedding, keep them comfortably warm or cool (depending on need), and they will bounce back much quicker than you’d expect, so don’t let them literally bounce too much, even if they want to the first few days. Other than that, just keep an eye on stitches (guessing doc will use soluble ones subcutaneously). They’ll do this like champs, I’m sure.

(((Asriel & Bombur)))

Wick was neutered a few weeks ago. He had an emergence of more aggressive nipping and spraying the three days going to the neutering. Afterwards, no more spraying. The aggressive nipping has stopped.

He’s pretty much the same. Only change is now there are instances where Wick feels compelled to groom me and won’t stop until I let him get his fill. I used to be able to pet him out of doing it, but now he just keeps turning his head to groom the petting hand.

Most rabbits become quite frustrated when they’re still intact with all those raging hormones. So it’s likely that they’ll become calmer and happier once those hormones are gone.

One of the things to watch for are changes in appetite: rabbits are more likely to put on weight after they’re fixed. Consult with your vet about their optimum weight and weigh them regularly on precise scales (for instance kitchen scales). Pellets is the food you should limit if they gain a lot of weight after the procedure, exchange a part of these for fresh greens and herbs if they have hunger pangs.

The experience with our bun: he kept his curious personality but became less destructive and lost his “special interest” for anything soft (like balls of yarn for my knitting). He became super frustrated when you pulled him off of something, grunting and thumping, and this was a clear sign to us that his hormones were really bothering him.

Overall he became calmer and more cuddly, although he still frequently has bouts of mad binkying and zooming around.
It seems to be a lot more balanced.

His appetite did increase, and before we knew it he was 133% of his maximum weight. Yikes! We limit his pellets now and make him work for them with toys and a digging box filled with shredded paper. In the evening he gets a plate of veg.

We’re very happy we had it done, and he also made a speedy recovery. Wishing your buns the same!

Jumpy was neutered about a month and a half ago. When he came home, he drank a lot but didn’t really eat. Before he was neutered he tried to hump my hand almost of the time but when he didn’t he was really cuddly and licked quite a bit. His personality didn’t really changed but he did got more cuddly and loves to lick 24/7.

Peanut didn’t change one bit. Just got better litter habits He’s always been a little (mischievous) angel.

My two boys had just started to show signs of needing to be neutered at the time they got neutered. Oakley was 7 months and Boston 5 months – neither of my boys had dropped though so I wasn’t sure how much of the behaviour would be caused by hormones- but once neutered all the small signs I saw went away
And for about 2 weeks Boston lost all litter habits from the crazy hormone surge that happens after neuter.( other factors came into that though as my boys neutered weren’t straight forward which I knew going into it )

But that is the only things that changed
I’ve had 3 boys total neutered and 3 not neutered and the op doesn’t change their personality just takes away the hormonal behaviours

Take away things they jump on for 3 days ,pop hay in a rack if possible or keep their hay clean if it’s in their trays.

The day Sebastian was fixed, you probably wouldn’t have noticed that he was in surgery that day, we was fine. The vet will obviously prescribe pain meds such as metacam, which Sebastian loved the taste of because it is sweet, and make sure to keep the cage very clean, don’t want an infection getting into the wound. Both should recover in a matter of hours.

The day Sebastian was fixed, you probably wouldn’t have noticed that he was in surgery that day, he was fine. The vet will obviously prescribe pain meds such as metacam, which Sebastian loved the taste of because it is sweet, and make sure to keep the cage very clean, don’t want an infection getting into the wound. Both should recover in a matter of hours.