When to start bonding post spay?

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- 01/20/2014 at 1:06 AM
  Starah
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  My 6month old mini lop, Patsy, will be spayed on Weds.
  
  Her and her brother Pascal had a lovely baby bond but were separated for his neuter on December 4th.
  They have been in pens right next to each other and I’ve been swapping toys and blankets over daily, as well as swapping the two of them over every few days.
  In recent weeks they’ve has supervised playtime together again which has gone really smoothly, you wouldn’t know they’d been apart!
  …until this weekend that is, when my slightly grumpy Patsy got a whole ton of hormones in literally a few seconds and became a thumpy, stompy, grunty, nippy girl!
  Patsy started to hump Pascal, and the poor boy looked upset and confused. I separated them immediately since Patsy’s behaviours are hormone driven right now and she clearly had no control!
  As soon a I separated they were begging to be back together and still snuggle down ‘together’ through the pen bars that separate them. So I’m *hoping* the humping has been fully forgiven!
  
  I can’t wait to get these two back together, but when should I start? Is like to go back to shared play time ASAP because they are pining for each other, but I don’t want to risk more humping, if only because I don’t want Patsy to hurt her tummy full of stitches!
  I know Patsy will be out of action for a few days post op anyways, but when should I start bonding? And when can I be fairly confident that Patsy’s hormones are more settled?
- 01/20/2014 at 1:19 AM
  MoveDiagonally
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  It takes 4-6 weeks for hormones to settle down after a spay/neuter. I would really recommend waiting out the 4 weeks before bonding and focusing on pre-bonding stuff. Swapping stuffed animals and litter boxes, ect…
- 01/20/2014 at 3:36 AM
  Stickerbunny
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  You don’t want the girl to be hurt and it takes time to heal after a spay. Hormones will be elevated as well after the surgery. Four weeks is how long it takes for that to die down – the same amount of time as it takes for male sperm/hormones to safely be gone after a neuter. You’ll want to give her at least a week with no possibility of contact as well, so she won’t hurt her stitches. She should also be limited in running/jumping for at least a week after the surgery, or she may pull some stitches.
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