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Spaying age

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Charlee is a netherland dwarf and will be 4 months old in 2 weeks time. The vet sent us a notice today to let us know that she is due for her vaccinations and spay sometime this month. I was thinking maybe next week Friday (she would be just shy of 4 months). Would she be too young? Should I wait until closer to the end of the month?
 
Sounds fine to me, Sophie was spayed at 16 weeks. So long as your vet is comfortable in performing the op, I would have no problem with doing so. The earlier a rabbit is spayed the less likely she is to get uterine based cancers
 
We had our male netherland dwarfs two done at 7 months when their hormones kicked in and they started humping, spraying, and fighting, but I think 4 months onwards is fairly standard. If she is a lone bunny there is probably no harm in waiting a few months if you feel she is too small, but it's definitely worth having her done at some point. We paid £38 pounds each, females would have been £45. HTH.
 
tintin said:
We had our male netherland dwarfs two done at 7 months when their hormones kicked in and they started humping, spraying, and fighting, but I think 4 months onwards is fairly standard. If she is a lone bunny there is probably no harm in waiting a few months if you feel she is too small, but it's definitely worth having her done at some point. We paid £38 pounds each, females would have been £45. HTH.
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That's really cheap! I paid £78 for Joe to have his bits seen too and I believe females are even more. I did get a quote at the time from vets4pets which was a bit cheaper than Calder vets but Calder said they intubate all their buns they don't just use a mask which is supposed to be safer so i paid the extra and i've stuck with them ever since. I'll be getting Jess done there when she's old enough.
 
Definitely cheap! Vin is going to be £90. :shock: 4 months sounds fine for a girlie, my vet likes to wait until 6 months for females and 5 months for males just to be on the safe side because of anasthetics etc, but all vets have their own opinions on it.
 
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