michellebunnny
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Hiya
I got my male rabbit from a well-respected rescue approx 1 1/2 years ago. I was told he was a neutered male rabbit who was approx 2 years old, and although there was a little bit of initial scrapping, he has got on fine with my female neutered rabbit.
My female neutered rabbit had to have a dental op this week and I asked them to sex the male as I had an inkling he was female as he'd grown and developed a dewlap. He's quite a big bunny that doesn't like being handled so I had never been able to try to sex him myself.
The vet sexed the rabbit and said he was a girl.
What I'm now feeling disappointed and worried about is that when I rescued him, I did first and foremost to rescue a rabbit and provide my rabbit with a partner after her other partner died. However, I also paid a fee that guaranted that the rabbit had been neutered etc.
Now I'm in a position where I have an un-neutered female rabbit who very luckily gets on with my neutered female, it could have been a different story. I have just paid out £200 for the dental op (second in 1 year) and cannot afford to have the other rabbit spayed which is leaving her at risk of uterine cancer. Additionally, she appears to be a lot younger than what I was told and I'm worried she's going to continue to grow and become to big for their hutch set up (which by all means is huge and meets RWA standards).
I know that rescue's cannot guarantee age, but i'm disappointed that the rabbit was sexed wrong and that i've paid an adoption fee for a rabbit of the wrong sex who has not been spayed and is now at risk of cancer/hormones raising and risking a break in the bond etc.
I don't want to get rid of her - she's my baby as far as i'm concerned - but what I'm wondering is whether other people would go back to the rescue and ask for some support towards having her spayed and also what rescue's would expect to happen in this situation.
Many thanks
I got my male rabbit from a well-respected rescue approx 1 1/2 years ago. I was told he was a neutered male rabbit who was approx 2 years old, and although there was a little bit of initial scrapping, he has got on fine with my female neutered rabbit.
My female neutered rabbit had to have a dental op this week and I asked them to sex the male as I had an inkling he was female as he'd grown and developed a dewlap. He's quite a big bunny that doesn't like being handled so I had never been able to try to sex him myself.
The vet sexed the rabbit and said he was a girl.
What I'm now feeling disappointed and worried about is that when I rescued him, I did first and foremost to rescue a rabbit and provide my rabbit with a partner after her other partner died. However, I also paid a fee that guaranted that the rabbit had been neutered etc.
Now I'm in a position where I have an un-neutered female rabbit who very luckily gets on with my neutered female, it could have been a different story. I have just paid out £200 for the dental op (second in 1 year) and cannot afford to have the other rabbit spayed which is leaving her at risk of uterine cancer. Additionally, she appears to be a lot younger than what I was told and I'm worried she's going to continue to grow and become to big for their hutch set up (which by all means is huge and meets RWA standards).
I know that rescue's cannot guarantee age, but i'm disappointed that the rabbit was sexed wrong and that i've paid an adoption fee for a rabbit of the wrong sex who has not been spayed and is now at risk of cancer/hormones raising and risking a break in the bond etc.
I don't want to get rid of her - she's my baby as far as i'm concerned - but what I'm wondering is whether other people would go back to the rescue and ask for some support towards having her spayed and also what rescue's would expect to happen in this situation.
Many thanks
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