The glands probably work but the rabbit’s own scent will have changed to an extent.

Neutered rabbits certainly keep chinning stuff. If you have two neutered rabbits living separately and you have them change places (common in pre-bonding), the rabbits will chin the other bun’s stuff. Then when you put them back in their normal places, they will re-chin their own stuff.

This could of course be some sort of “automatic” behaviour, but there’s no reason why scent glands should stop working post neuter.

She’s not wasting her time 😄

She could be feeling extra territorial now right after her spay. It is not uncommon for newly de-sexed rabbits to go through a period known as “post-neuter craze”. During this time they can be extra territorial, poop- and pee mark, chin everything, display “cage-aggression” and courting behaviours (circling, honking, humping). This is because the body needs time to adjust to the loss of sex hormones. For boys this phase is usually over well within 2 weeks, for girls it sometimes takes longer. It’s perfectly normal and it’s self-limiting.

yeah same here, my bun went through that post-neuter phase too. super territorial & kept re-marking everything lol. it calmed down after a few weeks though, their hormones just need time to settle.

LOL the thought of wasted time chinning made me chuckle. 🙂 So many things to chin! So little time!

My spayed and neutered buns all still chin things, but I agree it could be a bit extra as she goes through some post-spay hormone fluctuations.