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- 09/30/2020 at 10:54 AM
  LunaRosie
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  Hi, I’m a new bunny mom, and lately, I’ve been concerned about my rabbit. I don’t think she’s spayed, the person my mom got her from said that she is already spayed but I don’t really trust her. She has been acting a little bit weird and she wants to bite everything she sees and sometimes out of nowhere she also attacks me. She is 4 months old now but when I got her she was 2 months old, and I’ve been researching and many people say that bunnies should be spayed at the age of 4 to 6 months old. So I’m very concerned! What do I do? Do I have to take to the vet to get her checked out?
- 09/30/2020 at 11:12 AM
  DanaNM
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  She probably isn’t spayed if you got her at 2 months, because that would be way too young. The behavior you describe also sounds hormonal. The vet can shave her and look for a spay incision just to be sure.
  
  . . . The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.
- 09/30/2020 at 11:53 AM
  Bam
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  Most vets want to spay a girl bun at 6 months or so, because they’re too tiny until then -as Dana says, at 2 months of age she would not have been spayed.
  
  Typical puberty behaviors in a bun is pee- and poopmarking, defending territory (aka cage aggression), mood swings and also more direct sexual behaviours such as courtship (often in the form of circling the object of desire while grunting and nipping and, not rarely, peeing on it). Humping can be seen in both male and female buns. Rabbits can become quite obsessive in their courting. They have a high sex drive, because they live short lives in the wild and need to procreate as much as they can. You might be able to redirect some of these behaviors to a stuffy toy, but its common that the bun choses its human or another pet in the household as its love interest.
  
  Girl buns should be spayed for health reasons. Some of the puberty behaviours may subside, at least to an extent, when the bun reaches adulthood, but the risk of reproductive tract disorders is still high.
- 09/30/2020 at 12:12 PM
  LunaRosie
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  Thank you so much, Dana and Bam! I’m going to schedule a meeting with her vet as soon as possible! Thanks again! 🙂
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