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Castration?

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Milcec&Palcica

New Kit
As someone of you already know we have a pair of holland lops,one male and one female,we have planned that we take the male one to surgery so they can live in "peaceful" environment ,but then we read some articles which are saying that female rabbits develop some form of uterine cancer(up to 85%), so we are asking what are you experiences? should we also take her to surgery,and how old they should be,when is optimal time? now they are 3 months old.
thanks in advance.:D
 
:wave: i would get them both done as it will make them both less horminal etc and it does remove the risk of uterine cancer which i think is quite high. The age for girls is 6 months and the same for boys although my vet said as long as they can see the balls they can operate on boys so my last bunny was done at 5 months-ish.
 
yeah i would do both buns ... i lost a bun choccy to uterine cancer it broke my heart... but only didnt get her done as i lost my rabbit before her (who i had neuterd) not long after the op and felt id put her thru it for nothing.... but had since had chels neutered and she was fine... not sure which age is best... but i knw it helps with hormone probs im sure jane or someone a bit more expeirianced will know more!
 
the most important thing is to get an experienced rabbit vet to operate, especially on the female as there is a lot that can go wrong with the girl's operation if the vet has only dealt with cats before - their needs are totally different. It's much more straightforward for the boys operation, but he still needs isofluorane gas rather than regular anaesthetic, which does cost more but he will recover quicker. It's also very important to feed them right up to surgery, so even if the vet receptionist tells you to starve them (as for a cat or dog) DO NOT!
 
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