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Help:When did you get first vaccinations & how old was your bun when he was neutered?

Tyrions_Mum

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Help:When did you get first vaccinations & how old was your bun when he was neutered?

Hello all :wave:

I'm a total newb bunny mum and would like to ask some advice from you guys.

I picked up our bundle of fluff this weekend and he's settling in great in his new home. He's 8 1/2 weeks old and I wanted to get his vaccinations done once he was 12 weeks old. Is that too soon?

I also wanted to get him neutered once he was about 5-6 months old. When did you get your little buns neutered?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
Rabbits can be vaccinated from the age of 5 weeks so it will be fine to get it done asap.

My young rabbits were castrated at 5 months old and my female spayed at 6 months old. My other male was 5 when we took him on and had him castrated and my newest male was from a rescue so already done.
Males can be castrated as soon as their testicles drop though.
 
Tyrions_Mum said:
Thank you!!:thumb:

I'll get on the vaccination case right away. I'll also need those nails clipped too!

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Bar 1 of my 6 rabbits I take them to the vets for claw clipping :oops: :lol: In my defense one of them can't be handled, another practically hyperventilates and the others have really dark nails :lol:
Although I did manage to cut one of my boys claws the other day and saw the blood flow area very well by shining my phone torch underneath :lol:
 
I take Doughnut to the vets too for nail clipping, about every 3 months. They will clip the nails at the vaccination and then when you get him neutured you can ask them to do that too to cut down on the vet trips!
 
cpayne said:
I take Doughnut to the vets too for nail clipping, about every 3 months. They will clip the nails at the vaccination and then when you get him neutured you can ask them to do that too to cut down on the vet trips!
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I called the vet yesterday and he's booked in for his vaccination and nail clipping next weekend. I'll be sure to ask about neutering while I'm there
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I can't really add anything useful that hasn't already been said, but we got our little boy at 17 weeks (I think) and he wasn't ready to be neutered until a couple of weeks after that and was actually done on his 5 month birthday. The vet will probably advise that you go back in 6-8 weeks to see if he's ready.

Enjoy the baby bunny cuddles - he's a real cutie!
 
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