Muffin has never shown any sign of hormones

[muffinandmunchbunny]

Hello,
I’ve had Muffin for around 8 months now and she is almost 10 months. My other bunny (who died of a mistake while spaying) was around 6 months when she started chinning things, randomly fighting with Muffin and peeing everywhere.
Muffin has never shown any sort of sign of hormones. She’s never chinned anything and she only pees in two certain places (and the water bowl if she feels naughty) Is there anything wrong with her? The vets (that I now do not go to) said that if she doesn’t show any signs she doesn’t need to be spayed but I know that she probably will have to be spayed.
I’m also really scared that she will have to be spayed and something will go wrong again. The vets didn’t even check Munchie up prior to the surgery. The call was made, the form was filled in, a quick checkup and later on in the day, she had surgery and had a drug overdose. The overdose was a mistake but it cost my bunny her life and I don’t want the same thing to happen to Muffin.
What should I do?
Thanx x

[Boston's Mama]

I know you must be scared with the process after your tragic loss and I really do feel bad that you are faced with this decision.
My opinion would be to spay her. It reduces the risk of cancer greatly – and I really do mean greatly ( I think off hand it’s 80% less likely to occur)
So many unspayed females end up with cancer it’s sad. Statistically you are more likely to lose a doe to cancer than you are during a spay.
Some bunnies do not show hormonal signs , but at her age she will be mature.

I know it’s daunting for you , maybe you could talk to your vet and arrange a extra visit pre spay – for say the day before – to have a thorough look over and check up for peace of mind going into it ? So you don’t feel rushed and more reassured?

[12345ABCDE]

My Buttercup didn’t show any hormonal signs either so I wouldn’t necessarily worry about that. In fact even my boy Peanut didn’t show any signs. Neither of them sprayed/marked territory or anything like that. I think I got lucky lol.

[Bam]

A lone bun doesn’t necessarily show hormonal signs. It’s different when there are more pets in the household.

We have one member whose girl bun started to show hormonal behavior at around 2 years. She was spayed then and was found to have pathological changes to her reproductive organs. She was all good after the spay though. It is however recommended you spay girls younger, because the surgery is less complicated when the girl is about 6 months to a year old.

Were Muffin and Munchie from the same litter?

Even if vets do make blood tests, there’s no guarantee a bun will survive anesthesia/surgery. Some results from a blood test can however show that the bun shouldn’t be put under (kidney and liver function tests f ex), but even if a bun’s tests come back excellent, there’s still never any guarantee.

I’m very sorry you lost Mubchie, I remember it of course. I can see how you’re scared to have Muffin undergo any procedure.

[Deleted User]

Sorry to hear about your other rabbit, that’s really such a shame. I just had my girl spayed yesterday and I was super nervous so I can only imagine how you must be feeling. Try to remember all of the reasons you went ahead with the spaying in the first place, they are positive reasons and even though this really unfortunate thing happened to you, you were doing the right thing for your bunny. I don’t know anything in terms of what’s correct medically so I can’t advise on that but if you do decide to go ahead with spaying your current rabbit just do your research so you are prepared with questions about the procedure. Be really open with them on how you feel and get them to explain it all thoroughly with you so you know exactly what’s happening. I’m sure they will be really supportive of this. It does sound like this will be such a hard decision to make but I’m sure you will get lots of support from everyone on here with whatever you decide to do

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