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What are the chances of pregnancy?

Bellatrix's

Bellatrix's

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We had two Lops (the male has passed away and is dearly missed!)- a neutered male and an unspayed female. 16 days after the male's surgery we put them together...he humped her repeatedly for an hour on and off during two sessions of introduction. Only recently did we find out that the sperm is still active after neutering a rabbit (our vet did not mention this to us, and we are first time rabbit owners).

What are the chances that the female could be pregnant?
 
It's not too likely. There doesn't seem to be much consensus on how long after the op is safe but 16 days is a fairly long period. The advice of my vet always used to be two weeks and I haven't had any accidents :)
 
I'd agree with Tam that it's unlikely that she's pregnant, as long as the op is done properly, the bits that make fresh sperm are removed in the op so there will only be the ones from within the tubes left over, and the chances of those still being viable after a fortnight are low. It's often recommended now to wait 6 weeks after the op but that does have a large margin of error just to be on the safe side. I wouldn't worry too much, I think it's very unlikely :)
 
saying that thoguh there is a chance....another post on here is very similar and the female turned out to be pregnant. the males can still be fertile for 4-8 weeks even after neutering.
 
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