Bribe him with a treat above his head so he stands on his hind legs. If you cant see anything down there, his testicles likely havent come in yet

I would assume the vet will check to see if his testicles have descended prior to his surgery/anaesthesia. I couldn’t see them myself but when I took Peanut in if I remember correctly the vet had a quick look and sort of nodded lol.

Posted By BunNoob<3 on 8/10/2017 4:12 PM

They do require me to pay for a presurgery exam so I’m sure they would check and make sure they are there. I just figured it would eliminate the hassle of going and him not being ready. But that would be strange for him to be 15 months without them descending, right?

Ah yes, of course. Is it a long journey to the vets? I think boy buns can actually pull their testicles up inside their bodies even after they’ve descended so even if you don’t see them, it doesn’t mean they haven’t ‘dropped’ … because nothing with  bunnies is ever easy 

Wick’s didn’t drop until 8mo. I picked him up as usual and felt a fleshy thing at my finger, which had never been there before. I looked (lifted a leg while he was lounged on his side) and voila,
one teste was down. The second didn’t drop until a week later. Once they were both down, he never retracted them. I could clearly see them it I peered under his tail. They were weirdly big compared to what I expected, haha.

Perhaps you’ll feel it or see it clearly when they do decide to drop!

Nope, not weird at all. Blue’s dropped around 7 months. Bombur’s dropped between 3 months and 4 months (super early). And Badger’s didnt drop until sometime after 7 months.

Buns can retract them, so they could be there and just not ballooning when you’re looking. Sounds awkward (because it IS awkward) but get a plush toy or a balled-up fluffy small towel and work it around a bit under his tum to try and get him to hump it. While he’s humping you should be able to see two pink baloons between his legs – about the size of large peanuts in the shell.

With bucks it’s warned a lot on the net and by vets they can drop by 10weeks so people do not think they can be careless at that time around females and wind up pregnant because they CAN drop that young, and they can retract them when you check too and convince their owners they are still safe ( when they aren’t obviously)

But just cause they can drop that young doesn’t mean they do
My current boys never did drop. My past boys were all dropped before 3months.
I have friends who’s flemish giant brothers didn’t drop till a year old- it varies greatly.

Also they are in a different place than most inexperienced rabbit people would look for them … they are to the sides… google images may help

The things we do for love…

Hey – I think we’re on a similar time-line with our bunnies! I got Mickey (male) to bond with Theo (also male).
Mickey was 8 – 10 weeks when I got him the first week of July..
So I was planning to have him neutered asap, and like you, decided to book him in at the end of this month. I can’t locate his “bits” either, lol, my theory is they suck them up.. and I don’t think I could find a deflated “peanut” amongst all that fur..
He is a fuzzy beast as well..

I also separate the bunnies with a baby play gate, and am forever climbing over it .. It’s very awkward because I have to stand on my tip-toes and do some stellar gym movements. .
Can’t wait to get rid of the gate! May both our bunnies be ready for their ops this month

Oh wow, that’s a heck of a lot to go through even once a day! I really feel for you.
If I were you, I’d take him in on the 25th as booked, and I’m fairly confident the vet will find “those things”

Nothing like copping a feel on your rabbit…. haha. It’s good that you have a better idea now! I remember when Wick’s first descended, he hopped a bit weird, then a bit weird when the second descended. What a goof.

Looking forward to updates from your appt on the 25th

Aww… your little boy is a little man now… at least for a couple more weeks. (Shhh… don’t tell him I sad that.)

It also helps that neutering is a fairly simple operation compared to spaying, to my understanding, and the recovery progress is generally quicker. Of course, you’ll have to wait it out another month for the hormones and sperm to fade out…remember what they say about bucks being able to get does pregnant from across the gap between cages. (Actually, I still find that a mite hard to credit…)