About 2 months ago I adopted an eight year old male rabbit from a local rescue to be a companion for my bunny Blue (6 months ago I had lost my rabbit Tango to cancer).
Blue went with me to the shelter to meet the new bunny (I named him Barney) and they got along wonderfully. I adopted Barney and we took him home. For about 2 weeks they were great together, but then Barney started humping Blue constantly. I separated them and took Barney to get neutered (he was intact when I adopted him).
It has been about a month since the neuter and Barney will still try to hump Blue. Right now they are still living apart as Blue developed an abscess and needs quiet time. I know it can take awhile for the hormones to get out of Barney's system.
I wanted to know if anyone had experience with neutering an older rabbit. Barney is ~8 yrs. old, will he eventually stop the excessive humping behavior or should I expect him to always behave this way since he was neutered at an older age?
Blue went with me to the shelter to meet the new bunny (I named him Barney) and they got along wonderfully. I adopted Barney and we took him home. For about 2 weeks they were great together, but then Barney started humping Blue constantly. I separated them and took Barney to get neutered (he was intact when I adopted him).
It has been about a month since the neuter and Barney will still try to hump Blue. Right now they are still living apart as Blue developed an abscess and needs quiet time. I know it can take awhile for the hormones to get out of Barney's system.
I wanted to know if anyone had experience with neutering an older rabbit. Barney is ~8 yrs. old, will he eventually stop the excessive humping behavior or should I expect him to always behave this way since he was neutered at an older age?