spays

[lunavenus]

I want to spay my two females when they are between 4-5 months and since I live in am university housing facility I really can’t afford them at each other’s neck when the hormones kick in… I also need to travel internationally by summertime and the quarantine vet told me the only way he can try to get bunnies into the place I want to go to is for me to provide him with medical records that state by a licensed exotic vet that my two babies are fixed, which honestly was really nice of him considering that the Department of Agriculture was being a total asshat to me (they literally hung up on me 3 times WTF and wouldn’t hear me out when they did answer)…. 

When’s the earliest you bunny owners have spayed or neutered your bunnies?? 

Is there any negative consequences of fixing my rabbits too early? I know that if I do it too late then the females can get cancer and even the males can get them too (but not as common.) I got scared of fixing them too early because I’m thinking that if they are fixed too early, their bodies won’t develop properly…… 

They are both small breed of rabbits, holland lops. Adorable duo that I really really love. They are already registered with a rabbit savvy vet with good reviews I know bigger rabbits usually are fixed later and smaller breed can be fixed sooner (?) I think.  

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Six months is usual. I think you’re fine to schedule soon at their age.

In terms of risk and getting them done too soon: There’s very little research on pediatric spay/neuters in dogs and cats-some shelters do them. By pediatric, I mean 8 weeks. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything on pediatric spay/neuters even being done on rabbits. At four or five months your rabbits are pretty much of the age of majority.

How sure are you of age? How long have you had them? If you think they are four at least possibly five, then maybe give it a bit;

[Mikey]

Get blood tests done first! This is something i wish i knew before getting a bunny (not that it wouldve stopped be from getting one anyway). Get a blood test done on each female to make sure their blood levels are fine, so that the anesthesia wont effect them badly. It can save your bunnies from dieing on the table during surgery. After you get the OK from the vet on their blood tests, then you should schedule their spays. After the spays, keep them separate for a month so that they can heal properly. If they share a cage now, invest in a cage divider or another cage as a spare for healing

I had my mini rex neutered at six months old. My netherland dwarf has weird blood levels so we are trying to fix that before neutering him (with the possibility that he will never be neutered, which is fine with us). And my dutch is going to be neutered whenever we notice his testicles are dropped (hes only about 4 months right now, so they have not descended yet). Most vets seem to neuter/spay around six months or older

[lunavenus]

Thanks for your replies. They are still only about a lil over 2 months of age. I got them when they were between 8-9 weeks and had them for about a week now.
I will definitely get their blood work done if that’ll help prevent them from dying on the table. I definitely don’t want that ever happening. I’d be traumatized.

I called the vet a couple days ago and the nurse told me that they can spay as early as 4 months but I would have to bring them in for a checkup before they can really determine whether my bunnies can be spayed that young. So I assume that means they are going to do the blood work to make sure my rabbits don’t die on the table.

[Mikey]

Awesome! Yea, i didnt understand the blood work thing until my vet explain it. She said most rabbits are fine under the anesthesia they use on rabbits there(no deaths during spays or neuters either!) but its better safe than sorry just in case. Im glad she convinced us to get the blood work done, because our second rabbit came up with high results so we had to put off his surgery! I dont want to imagine what might have happened if we put him under

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