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Advice Please On Possible Accidental Pregnancy

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I feel so awful - my rabbit Charlie is due to be neutered on Monday (he is 5 months old). I have been very careful about keeping him separate from my female rabbit, Poppy (who is four and a half months old) and they have been in separate rooms for exercise. However, last night the door was left slightly ajar and Charlie was able to run in and 'mount' Poppy for about 5 seconds (then he did that low grunt). I quickly pulled him off at this point and separated them. I am so, so worried now that Poppy may be pregnant - obviously because I never had any intention of this happening and also because she is so young.

What on earth can I do? My rabbit savvy vet isn't in until Monday (he is due to do Charlie's castration). I'm so worried and upset.
 
It depends partly on what size rabbit she is. 8 months seems quite old to me, most vets seem to spay by 6 months, but I do know rabbits that have been done younger.

If you explain what has happened I'm sure your vet will be able to decide what the risks are and discuss your options. :)
 
Hugo's There said:
It depends partly on what size rabbit she is. 8 months seems quite old to me, most vets seem to spay by 6 months, but I do know rabbits that have been done younger.

If you explain what has happened I'm sure your vet will be able to decide what the risks are and discuss your options. :)
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Thanks, will be onto him first thing in the morning!!
 
Our first does were done at 5 months old - they were both quite small buns & more recently we have had 3 fost buns done at 4 1/2 months old who were bigger buns :)

I think it depends on your vets advice though & how they feel about spaying at this age. Good luck, hope you can get things sorted.
 
I always have does done at 4 months providing they are at least 1KG in weight. Some vets are happy to spay at this age (providing they are rabbit savvy) as the organs and not yet covered in fat and are easier to find. Other vets will wait as the ovaries are almost string like being so small and so they think it makes things a little more difficult. An emergency spay would be my choice at this point to save any more babies! Good luck :)
 
charlie82 said:
I always have does done at 4 months providing they are at least 1KG in weight. Some vets are happy to spay at this age (providing they are rabbit savvy) as the organs and not yet covered in fat and are easier to find. Other vets will wait as the ovaries are almost string like being so small and so they think it makes things a little more difficult. An emergency spay would be my choice at this point to save any more babies! Good luck :)
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Thank you all - Poppy actually is quite well over 1kg and my vet is very rabbit savvy - he's great, I just think if given a choice he would rather wait a little bit!
 
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