Hard to believe Nim is old enough already  I should think you already know all there is so I’ll just send vibes for a speedy recovery! What time is he due at the vets tomorrow? 

Wick’s a runt, hehe. Wick was definitely less than 1 kilo when he was neutered (he’s barely 1 kilo now), but he bounced back within the day. Wick did get neutered at 8mo, so he’s older than Nimbus, but he was also going through dental and URI stuff pretty early on, so I think it’s safe to equate them on health at this time point, to an extent. Wick’s vet does not keep neuters overnight, so he did very well with recovery on his own. I didn’t need to do any intervention. Wick’s vet openly expressed some surprise that Wick’s surgical site showed literally no swelling after the operation from irritation.

With runts, you just need to be considerate if you see they already have a history of difficult recovery. It may be hard to say now since this is probably Nimbus’ first major operation/medical intervention, but if he’s been pretty clean-slate clean since you’ve had him, I think that’s a fair sign that he still developed normally and will be able to handle the neuter as well as Atlas did.

Even as a runt, Wick does better than, like, all of Wick’s vet’s rabbit clients actually, in terms of anesthesia recovery. Wick has had his neuter, and six molar grindings, and always bounced back a few hours after the procedure. Maybe runts are more resilient to compensate for their size, haha.

Good luck little Nimbus! Hope everything goes well for him xxx

Good luck to you and little Nimbus <3 I'm sure he'll bounce back!

Such an early jewel developer! Wick’s were very late as you know, so I think secretly he’s glad they are gone. They threw off his hopping and walking because he didn’t know how to deal with the hanging appendages by his butt, haha. He crawled everywhere most of the time and took slight pauses after each hop, to check that he was okay and wasn’t falling over.

Seriously wished I recorded it back then.

Finn was 2 and half months when he was neutered and very tiny. They kept him in over night for observation costing me a whopping £250!
But he was fine – I am sure your little guy will be too 🙂

Good Luck!

lmao he sure sprouted early XD

((((Nimbus))))

Bombur had descended at 7 weeks before we picked him up, but the vet didn’t want to operate until 4 months to make sure he was developing well overall. Asriel I think sprouted at 9 or 10 weeks.

Interesting this thread pops up because I was at the vets with Sam today & she advised he’d be good to go anytime from now. I’m still in 2 minds as he’s not exhibited any classic teenage bun behaviours yet. @S&L, was it a pretty straightforward decision with all of your boys?
I’m sure it’ll go well for Nimbus tomorrow especially as he’ll be watched overnight <3 sending vibes!

Posted By Sirius&Luna on 2/07/2018 10:46 AM

Thanks A&B

And Wick, I wishhhhh you had got that on video. You’ve let us all down But maybe you saved Wick’s pride…. haha.

Wow Emma, I’ve never heard of a neuter that early before. Luckily my overnight stay is covered in the £100 price

That was our concern was his age. We tried holding off until he was 3 months but he was so bad and appeared very stressed. He went through puberty at 2 months. As soon as he was neutered it was a release for him and he became so much better. 

Posted By Heaven on 2/07/2018 11:40 AM

Interesting this thread pops up because I was at the vets with Sam today & she advised he’d be good to go anytime from now. I’m still in 2 minds as he’s not exhibited any classic teenage bun behaviours yet. @S&L, was it a pretty straightforward decision with all of your boys?
I’m sure it’ll go well for Nimbus tomorrow especially as he’ll be watched overnight <3 sending vibes!

My boy was neutered at 4 months and he didn’t show any hormonal signs. No spraying, humping stuff, honking. Nothing In fact he’s probably naughtier now and he’s been neutered over a year 

Good luck Nimbus! Sending happy snip (((vibes)))

Good luck Nimbi!  You know that specsavers advert where the vet is trying to resuscitate a fluffy hat thinking it’s a cat? I can just imagine the vets trying to operate on a pom pom ball thinking it’s Nimbus 

Posted By Sirius&Luna on 2/08/2018 5:01 AM

Haha maybe a cotton ball?

He seems to have developed a Trump hairstyle in the last week. Obviously some sort of teenage style rebellion.

Nimbus + trump? …..

Pics? 

TRUMBUS!!!! XD

I’d vote for Trumbus. #Trumbus2020

lmfao he’s got my vote! and first lady Luna

Luna was born to be something with a lot of class. FLOTUS would suit her nicely.

Mine kept them overnight. I was so glad she did. It gave me peace of mind.

Woo, go Nimbus

Just checked in and glad to hear it let us know when you’ve got him. Well done Nimbus!

(((Nimbus)))
I’m sure he’ll breeze through the procedure like the tiny wisp of a cloud that he is

Naaw, glad to hear he’s ok! I remember Vienna’s Henry, he had like a prize-winning swelling after his neuter =(

Posted By Sirius&Luna on 2/10/2018 3:54 AM

He did, although he’s a little swollen, apparently they were putting ice packs on him. Poor baby.

He seems totally normal now he’s home, and doesn’t look like he’s in pain. He’s not being tooooo bad about taking his medicine, but he’s such a little wriggler! He’s so small it’s hard to keep a grip on him. I can’t even burrito him without him running out ?

Maybe you could try burrito-ing him with an actual tortilla wrap rather than a blanket…and then take photos 

Posted By Asriel and Bombur on 2/08/2018 7:16 AM

I’d vote for Trumbus. #Trumbus2020

Don’t know how I missed this earlier, I’m in fits XD