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Spaying

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Angie B

Wise Old Thumper
Hi, me again. I'm confused. :? About half of the things I've read suggest don't neuter the bunnies and the other half suggest the opposite. The pet shop, for example, said they had been keeping their own bunnies (as in at home) for 25 years, never spayed any unnecessarily and never had any problems. The vet says 80% of domesticated bunnies develop uterine cancer which usually kills off the bunny (the pet shop owners laughed at this when I told them). HELP!! I have 2 female bunnies - sisters - so will also cost me just shy of £200 for the ops. Not that that really comes into it, but hey. Thanks :)
 
Angie B said:
Hi, me again. I'm confused. :? About half of the things I've read suggest don't neuter the bunnies and the other half suggest the opposite. The pet shop, for example, said they had been keeping their own bunnies (as in at home) for 25 years, never spayed any unnecessarily and never had any problems. The vet says 80% of domesticated bunnies develop uterine cancer which usually kills off the bunny (the pet shop owners laughed at this when I told them). HELP!! I have 2 female bunnies - sisters - so will also cost me just shy of £200 for the ops. Not that that really comes into it, but hey. Thanks :)
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Pet shop owners generally don't know what they're talking about. Especially if they laughed at the risk of uterine cancer. I wouldn't trust their knowledge as far as I could throw them personally.

Spaying not only cuts the almost 100% chance of uterine cancer to 0%, it also prevents the bunnies' hormones taking over.
A pair of unneutered does are very likely to fight.
It will also stop them spraying everything with weewees :mrgreen:
 
Yes it is best to spay!
Pet shops generally do not have very good knoladge on the pets they sell and are really in it for the money, sad to say. (Obviously that will not apply to all pet shops)
Your vet is right, unspayed females do ahve a very high chance of developing uterine cancer before the age of 5 if unspayed and this unfortunatly would mean death.
So I would find a very good, rabbit savvy vet and get them spayed.
 
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