Wondering if my bunny is pregnant

[Pooka_Bunnies]

I took on a female rabbit to be friends with my indoor dwarf lop. I asked if she was definately spayed and the person said yes (apparently she spent a short while in a rescue that spayed her). Before agreeing to take her on i asked again, is the owner sure shes neutered and the owner said yes.. she been out playing with her unneutered male for more than four months without having babies – worrying!

So i took on the rabbit, hoping to bond her with my boy, but she’s been really aggressive (ive done several successful male/female bondings this year.). She just kept lungeing and attacking my boy. Even after several days she hasn’t calmed down.. Yesterday she attacked my boy and took a chunk out of his lip (he was only chin rubbing her ).

I’m worried she might be pregnant.. the only time i’ve seen aggression like this before was from a pet shop rabbit i bought a few year back, unbeknown to us at the time that she was pregnant. I’ve done all the neutral area/slowly introducing them.. but she constantly attacks him.

Any ideas?

[Sarita]

It’s hard to tell but aggression could be due to pain – have you had a vet give her a thorough checkup since you got her?

[Beka27]

I agree that a vet check is going to be your first stop.

Did the previous owners have any documentation from the vet who performed the spay, or can they at least give you the rescue’s name so you can do some detective work? Some buns are harder to bond than others, even when they are altered. You could just have a feisty gal.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Aggression does not equal pregnant. But that doesn’t mean she’s not.

I’d do the vet visit-it’s really important that she is fixed anyways-and I always take my new pet to the vet as soon as they’ve setteled in. It’s important for our pets to have yearly physicals anyways, a good thing to get a health baseline. And 4/5 of my pets were adopted and since I haven’t had them since they were babies I want to know their health status right away. I think it’s really really important to take any new pet to the vet anyways-and hopefully your vet can tell if she’s spayed or not-and possibly do an e-spay should she be unfixed and prego

So ditto both Sarita and Beka-vet time. AND see if you can figure out from your friend or even just on your own what shelter she came from so you can get proof of spay. I can’t imagine there are more then one rabbit shelter in your area-may be simple to track down.

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