Rabbit w/o reproductive organs

[Janelle176]

I have a sweet 7 month old mini lop named Waffles. I went to get her spayed 2 weeks ago and the vet told me that he could not find any reproductive organs and that she may be born without them or has not developed them yet. No, she has definitely not been spayed before, I’ve had her since she was a baby. She is also confirmed a female and I took her to a rabbit savvy vet. Has ANYONE ever had this happen? I’m going to take her back for an ultrasound when she is 1 year old but I feel so bad that they had to cut her open for nothing.

In addition to all of this, she has her own room and is very good about using her litter box in there. But….whenever we let her out to roam, she refuses to use her other litter box. She is peeing everywhere in different spots every time. On the couch, everywhere on the floor, sometimes even on her own cat tower, we found her sitting in her own pee which freaked me out. It doesn’t help that she can’t be spayed due to her medical issue that is going on and I have tried EVERY method of getting her litter boxed trained out in the living room. I don’t know what to do at this point. Does anyone have any advice or experience with either of these concerns I’m dealing with? 

Thanks in advance  

[Bam]

It’s not totally uncommon with reproductive organ abnormalities in rabbits. A bun can have no uterus or an under-formed uterus. Did the vet mention if he saw any ovaries? It could be possible that your bun has ovaries but no uterus. In which case she cant get pregnant or get uterine cancer (of course), but she could still become hormonal because sex hormones are produced by the ovaries.

Dont feel bad because you took her to be spayed. Vets don’t do routine ultrasounds of young does to check if they really have the organs they’re supposed to have. Neither you nor the vet could not have known.

She seems to be pee marking in the space that isn’t her own. That would pretty much rule out a UTI because a UTI would cause her to pee in random places in her own room as well. Pee marking is hormonal to a great extent, but it can occur with neutered/spayed buns as well, especially if the household has other rabbits or other pets.

Sitting in her own pee is not pee marking or hormonal though. It’s generally associated with pain of some sort that makes the bun unwilling to move. It sometimes happens when a bun has a tummy ache (gas). It can also happen if a rabbit is very fat or very old (age-related joint problems making it hard to move around).

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