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when to spay

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kdrifter440

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We brought our "male" rabbit to the vet at 6 months old to get fixed. The vet told us the rabbit was female and "she was to young to spay". She is a year and a few months now...She is very mean and attacks people "im assuming harmone isssues"

what is a good age ? I searched the forum and everyone does it young but the vet told us 6 months is to young????
 
kdrifter440 said:
We brought our "male" rabbit to the vet at 6 months old to get fixed. The vet told us the rabbit was female and "she was to young to spay". She is a year and a few months now...She is very mean and attacks people "im assuming harmone isssues"

what is a good age ? I searched the forum and everyone does it young but the vet told us 6 months is to young????
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If your Vet said 6 months was too young to spay a Rabbit I think I would find another Vet, one more clued up on Rabbits ;)
Unless your Doe is exceptionally small or has any health problems then she could be spayed any time from 4- 6 months of age

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rwf/articles/neutleaf.htm

Janex
 
6 months is definitely old enough to spay. I personally prefer to wait until about 8 months, but would do it earlier if the rabbit displays hormonal behaviour.

Perhaps ring round a few vets in your area to see which ones are experienced at spaying rabbits?

Good luck

Amy
 
Mine vet said 5-6months old that they would spay. They said that they'd wait a bit longer if the rabbit was small at 5 months but they don't have a problem at 6months.
 
I agree with Jane - this vet obviously knows very little about rabbits and you should find another that knows more.
At our surgery we much prefer to spay younger rabbits as they come round from the anaesthetic much quicker and easier, due to them not having so much fat to absorb it. It just makes the whole process easier too as you can actually see what is what inside. Even a rabbit that looks slim has fat stored internally.
 
My female rabbit was spayed at 6 months. Haven't heard of any vet with sufficient knowledge about rabbits disagreeing that 6 months is too young. So I agree with the advice of switching the vet.
 
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