Hmm, my boy was neutered last December and has been bonded to my doe since Jan/Feb of this year and he still gets excited sometimes – he’ll run around her in circles, honk and try and hump. He usually, my gets over it pretty quickly though! I always joke that it’s because my doe is beautiful <3

Is Molly spayed?

It’s possible that he is intact and his testicles are not visible – BB member, Boston’s Mama, had a similar instance if I recall correctly.

Almost every boy that Bertha has dated has always gotten very excited at first, but in most cases this has settled down after a couple weeks of pre-bonding.

It is possible the vet made a mistake though… When most shelters spay, they give the animal a tattoo so that it’s clear they’ve been altered. I wonder if that isn’t common practice for neuters?

I think your plan of doing a bit more pre-bonding to see if he settles down and then going for a second opinion is a good idea.

I think the reasons everyone else has given you are much more likely, but I did want to raise a remote possibility if you find that your boy bunny really is neutered and doesn’t settle down. It is possible for make rabbits to have growths or overactivity in their adrenal glands, which causes them to act intact. It is pretty common in ferrets but not so much in rabbits, but it happened to my male rabbit, BunBun. In his case, we decided not to pursue the reason for his behavior, as most vets said it was likely behavioral and finding out what it was would’ve involved sedation and scans, which seemed unnecessary to put a healthy bunny through. I wish I had looked into it though, because I found out after I needed to have BunBun put to sleep due to masses in his lungs that the growths were probably cancerous and had spread. There is a medication called Lupron that they use with ferrets to control the growth of the adrenal gland issue, and human females for certain problems with the reproductive system. I don’t know if it would help in the case of malignancy, but it would make sense, since human cancers are sometimes treated by supressing the hormone that “feeds” them.

Just something I wanted to throw out there in case it remains a mystery. Hopefully, this will be much more easily solved! Especially since your bunny is relatively young, I expect that he’s just very enamored with his new girlfriend ?. Good luck!

What a discovery! I’m glad the operation is booked. Neuters usually go quite smoothly; just make sure to limit space a bit and remove any blocks or boxes that may encourage jumping or climbing. Rabbits don’t know how these movements can potentially open their sutures and lead to infection and pain. You’ll also want to check the site every day, just to make sure it’s looking okay. If not provided, I’d ask for a few doses of pain medication to take home, just in case. It is normal for a male to not drink for a day or so after a neuter (reported by many, including myself), but you want to try and encourage eating as much as possible!

It’s great that Molly seems to like him already It’s cute imagining a nose boop and binky.

Oh my, hidden testicles! LOL. Good luck with the neuter, as Wick said they usually go pretty smoothly. My boy was up and eating 10 minutes after waking up from the anaesthetic apparently! He also charmed the nurse so she gave him some of her apple. The little scamp.

Feel free to make another thread if you want more tips and info for the recovery

I don’t want to get too excited but it sounds like it would be a nice easy bond between him and Molly!