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Neutering too soon? Update

NixNax

NixNax

Young Bun
My rabbit went in to be spayed at the end of October but no obvious structure was found so vet left it. Now I'm pretty sure testicles have developed so I want him neutered. Would February be too soon as it will only be 3.5 months after the previous operation ? He recovered really quickly from the last operation. He'll be nearly 10 months old and i want to get him a friend asap but not sure how long I should leave it between ops. What are people's views. I try to work it around school holidays so im around to keep an eye on him.
 
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My opinion is there has been a decent gap between anaesthetics & this certainly warrants a chat & exam by your vet. If your vet agrees the time is right I'd go ahead. It'll be lovely to get him a friend
 
joey&boo said:
My opinion is there has been a decent gap between anaesthetics & this certainly warrants a chat & exam by your vet. If your vet agrees the time is right I'd go ahead. It'll be lovely to get him a friend
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I agree, if your Bunny is fit and well and you have a Rabbit savvy Vet whom you trust then I would go ahead with the op' in February. My only reservation would be if the Vet felt that an abdominal castration would be necessary rather than the usual closed castration.

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00...s/Indiv_TechniquesRabbit/CastrationRabbit.htm
 
NixNax said:
My rabbit went in to be spayed at the end of October but no obvious structure was found so vet left it. Now I'm pretty sure testicles have developed so I want him neutered. Would February be too soon as it will only be 3.5 months after the previous operation ? He recovered really quickly from the last operation. He'll be nearly 10 months old and i want to get him a friend asap but not sure how long I should leave it between ops. What are people's views. I try to work it around school holidays so im around to keep an eye on him.
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Hi there :wave:

I think it will be fine to go ahead with the operation so far as the GA is concerned. Of course discuss all this with your vet first. I can understand that you want to get him a friend :)
 
joey&boo said:
My opinion is there has been a decent gap between anaesthetics & this certainly warrants a chat & exam by your vet. If your vet agrees the time is right I'd go ahead. It'll be lovely to get him a friend
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Agree. To me 3.5 months is a reasonable wait, but definitely talk to your vet.

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Thank you. I spoke to the vet over the phone and they said the timing was fine. I took him in to be castrated on Tuesday. As they called him the mystery bunny they gave him a good examination before I left. Trixie decided to pull his testicles up so we had to wait 15 mins to see if he dropped them back down, which thankfully he did because until that point apart from saying he definitely had a willy (unlike before when it wasn't obvious) they couldn't feel his testicles very well, even though I knew I had felt them! They said he is definitely a boy bunny and whatever the poking around they did a couple of months ago has helped him to develop normally. The operation went well with no problems and recovered very quickly the next day! Thanks for all the advice everyone!
 
NixNax said:
Thank you. I spoke to the vet over the phone and they said the timing was fine. I took him in to be castrated on Tuesday. As they called him the mystery bunny they gave him a good examination before I left. Trixie decided to pull his testicles up so we had to wait 15 mins to see if he dropped them back down, which thankfully he did because until that point apart from saying he definitely had a willy (unlike before when it wasn't obvious) they couldn't feel his testicles very well, even though I knew I had felt them! They said he is definitely a boy bunny and whatever the poking around they did a couple of months ago has helped him to develop normally. The operation went well with no problems and recovered very quickly the next day! Thanks for all the advice everyone!
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Phew, so glad that all has gone well for him !! :D
 
NixNax said:
Thank you. I spoke to the vet over the phone and they said the timing was fine. I took him in to be castrated on Tuesday. As they called him the mystery bunny they gave him a good examination before I left. Trixie decided to pull his testicles up so we had to wait 15 mins to see if he dropped them back down, which thankfully he did because until that point apart from saying he definitely had a willy (unlike before when it wasn't obvious) they couldn't feel his testicles very well, even though I knew I had felt them! They said he is definitely a boy bunny and whatever the poking around they did a couple of months ago has helped him to develop normally. The operation went well with no problems and recovered very quickly the next day! Thanks for all the advice everyone!
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Really great to hear it's all gone well for your boy bunny :D
 
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