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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

This topic has 23sd replies, 19 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 11 months ago by kralspace.

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- 05/26/2011 at 5:47 PM
  Huckleberry
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  Whoops! Since so many of us have accidentally doomed our buns to ridicule by giving guessing on the sex, I thought maybe we should have a Gender Switch forum! Share your stories about when you first found out that there was something a bit off about your bunny.
  
  After Huckles started to build a nest and tear her fur out, I began to suspect we were dead wrong about her gender but there was no way in heck that I was going to try to go for that snarling little fur ball’s “special areas” to be sure. She scared me!!!! I mean, who knew a rabbit could growl?!!! I didnt. I called the vet and had the following conversation:
  
  Vet: What breed is the rabbit?
  
  Me: I dont know
  
  Vet: What sex is the rabbit?
  
  Me: Uh… I dont know
  
  Vet: Do you know what color it is?
  
  Me: I KNOW THAT ONE!!!! Its black!
  
  I dropped her off…. the next day I went to pick her up. The vet handed her back and said “By the way, you have a girl.” I laughed.
  
  I guess “Huckleberry” could be a girls name?
- 05/26/2011 at 6:00 PM
  Tate
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  Amazingly, I got the two boys I was expecting. Velvateen was even from a pet store! They were both younger than 8 weeks when I got them as well.
- 05/26/2011 at 6:05 PM
  mossling
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  yup! rue’s never been very cooperate when it comes to getting a look, so the breeder told me, “well, i’m pretty sure it’s a girl, but i could be wrong.” the brief glimpse i managed to get when we got the bun home looked female to me, as well. wasn’t until i was attempting to brush “her” belly and found a pair of jellybeans that i realized i actually had a boy! i still call him “her” about half the time. i’m sure he doesn’t mind. lol
- 05/26/2011 at 6:08 PM
  Monkeybun
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  So far, no gender changes here
- 05/26/2011 at 6:45 PM
  Sonn
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  No gender mix ups here. When I first got Marshmallow though the vet went back and forth on whether she was a boy or a girl for awhile.
- 05/26/2011 at 7:06 PM
  brittbritt
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  The people who gave me Gabby said she was a girl. I was scared to manhandle her to find out for myself. When she went to get fixed she was indeed the girl they said she was.
- 05/26/2011 at 7:13 PM
  Lara
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  I’ve had two mix-ups. I thought my Chinese bunny, Xiao Pang, was a boy until she built a nest in my bed. Then, when I got Calypso, he was my “little princess” until he got frisky with my teddy bear and the truth about his gender became VERY obvious. lol. I finally got it right with Echo, but my batting average is terrible. lol
- 05/26/2011 at 7:44 PM
  LBJ10
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  Both of my boys were boys. It was extremely obvious down there though, so there was no guessing.
- 05/27/2011 at 4:17 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I didn’t know for a while when I got Bindi. He didn’t want to be handled and was so furry it was impossible to check for a couple of weeks. That’s why I named him something I liked for a boy or girl. It’s a bit girly but he’s never complained!
  
  Ps. Thank you very much….Now I’m gonna have that song stuck in my head all day!
- 05/27/2011 at 5:11 AM
  Beka27
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  Never had that issue. Max was already neutered by his rescue. Meadow came from a rescue at about 4 months, so she had been checked and double-checked.
- 05/27/2011 at 5:37 AM
  Elrohwen
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  I really wanted a baby boy because I hoped he would have less teenage issues than a girl. I picked him up from the breeder and had the *perfect* name picked out (Otto!), but I was worried he might actually be a girl. I took him to the vet the next day and asked her to check and make sure he was a boy. She said “Definitely a boy” and I asked how she knew. She flipped him over and showed me his testicles. Haha. Oh! I guess that’s how you know! He was only 8 weeks at the time too.
  
  Hannah was already spayed and 3 years old when I got her, so no surprises there.
- 05/27/2011 at 6:30 AM
  Huckleberry
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  Posted By LittlePuffyTail on 05/27/2011 04:17 AM
  
  Ps. Thank you very much….Now I’m gonna have that song stuck in my head all day!
  
  HAHAHA Ah, sorry LPT, it could have been worse….
- 05/27/2011 at 8:07 AM
  kralspace
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  Pringles was my first bunny, got him as a boy
  Daisy was my second, was certified a girl so I thought I had my ‘couple’
  
  After a couple of sex ‘changes’, Pringles went in for his neuter and was declared officially to be a girl.
  I was lucky enough to take Daisy to a bunny-savvy vet the first time and found out she was a he.
  
  So I did wind up with my boy, girl couple in the end 😉
- 05/27/2011 at 12:41 PM
  Silly Sungura
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  We brought Hodari home not knowing her sex, and just opted for a gender neutral name. We had her for over a month before we found out, although I suspected she was a girl and usually said “she” and “her” when referring to her. When we took her in to be spayed/neutered the vet confirmed we had a girl. My husband sometimes still forgets she’s a girl, though…
- 05/27/2011 at 9:08 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  Huckles, this topic name is hilarous
  
  Hodari is very beautiful! I demand more pictures please
  
  The person that I got Chacha from gave the right gender. Chacha was 7 weeks old when I got her She has been my little girl since.
- 05/27/2011 at 10:31 PM
  Huckleberry
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  kralspace…. I LOVE that name, Pringles!!!! I’d be chanting “once you pop you just can’t stop” after every binky!!!
- 05/28/2011 at 12:26 AM
  peepi&warri
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  warri went from boy to girl to boy!
- 05/30/2011 at 9:33 PM
  Brittany-and-Freddie
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  Hi, I’m new here!
  I have never had this issue as I have had bunnies all my life and my mom had bunnies as a child as well. So I have gotten very good at sexing them! I can actually sex 3-4 week old bunnies now, I find it funny when pet stores say the 9 week old bunnies are “too young to sex”
- 05/30/2011 at 9:40 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  Chloe, there may be some truth to that Sometimes, it is hard for others to gender some rabbits.
- 05/31/2011 at 8:00 AM
  Joyfull_music
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  We got Momo from a gal who breeds and shows English Spots. She was already 3 months when we got her and the girl had just the two female “charlies” left that she was letting go. Plus I double checked her sex when we got her home and determined girl. For whatever reason I have a talent at sexing things. *shrug*
  
  *The More You Know* Charlies is the nickname given to English Spots that have imperfect marking, due to their “Charlie Chaplain mustache”
- 05/31/2011 at 8:33 AM
  charcoal's mom
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  I guess I have to deal with Steven Tyler’s voice in my head for some time…
  
  Charcoal was a “boy” when I got her. I haven’t checked lately though…
  
  Huckleberry is fine name for a girl… treat it like Halle Berry.
- 05/31/2011 at 11:16 AM
  Allie2620
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  Yep, dear Daphne was sexed by a vet as a girl, but then a little after she turned 3 months, I picked her up only to see two little jelly beans down there. Whoops. Now, I still call her/him Daphne and switch between “he” and “she” every other sentence. It’s hopeless, but I figure she/he doesn’t mind as long as there’s a phonebook to chew and lots of room to sprint around in Plus, I figure once I get Daphne neutered, it really won’t matter, haha
- 05/31/2011 at 12:18 PM
  Huckleberry
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  LOL Charcoal’s Mom, Huckleberry would ssay “I am as beautiful as Halle Berry… if not more so, but I am better in every way ’cause I is a bunneh!!! Therefore, bow down, but first… shower me with raisins!” She is spoiled. I think the name works ok, we usually call her “The Hucklebun”
  
  These are awesome. I feel more and more like an idiot though for it not being obvious to me hahahaha
- 05/31/2011 at 1:21 PM
  kralspace
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  aw, don’t feel like that, my first vet (a dear sweet man, but better versed in farm animals and had never been asked to neuter a rabbit…lol) groped Pringles on several occasions to see if ‘he’ was ready and finally asked me if I knew where rabbits kept ‘them’!
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