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Hopping_mad

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Hello, seems i may have a problem. we've got a boy and girl rabbit just over 5 months old. They are kept in separate playpens next door to each other till he gets done (which is booked for next friday). However it seems he got wind of our evil plan and decided to have some fun before then - I just got home to find him in her enclosure with both of them looking extremely guilty :shock: . It would seem he spent the morning learning how to scale the dividing wall. seems im going to have to get a much higher fence!!
ive separated them again and they both appear to be fine , no bites or scratches (so much for worrying about whether they will bond okay) but im guessing her chances of being pregnant are fairly high. i remember reading somewhere that if we get her spayed we can avoid an unwanted litter but im worried she is too young. our vet has only just agreed to do him after initially saying we had to wait to at least 6 months.
if it is okay , how many days after can it still be done (bank holiday weekend and all)?

and if anyone got any ideas how i can ensure they stay separated?

thanks for your help
 
the best thing would be to get her speyed asap, does are pregnant for approx 4 weeks so you can get her done at any time during that period but obviously the sooner the better for the sake of the rabbit. i would get her booked in preferably this week, no later than next. we neuter rabbits from 5 months so she isnt really too young to do, i would imagine your vet will have no problems with doing her if its to stop her having a litter.
 
If you regard this as an emergency, and go to a vet that works with one of the rescues on here, they will spay at 5 months as they are more experienced than your average vet.
 
Sorry to hear about this - you must have been mortified when you saw them together. I must admit that I can't imagine what their 'guilty' expressions might have looked like! :lol:

Hope you can get her spayed soon.
 
Pregnancy at 5 months is probably no better for her than spaying. If possible find a vet that is experience enough to be comfortable with spaying at 5 months though :)

Tam
 
Hopping_mad said:
Hello, seems i may have a problem. we've got a boy and girl rabbit just over 5 months old.
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Luckily, 5 mth. is an excellent time frame to spay (neuter) the boy and the girl. 6 mth. is the max., and you don't want to drag on longer than 6 mth. My rabbit was spay when she's 5 mth. old.
 
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