Starting to bond after castration and speying? - UPDATE!

I know that boys can stay fertile for up to 6 weeks after their opp.

Peanut was done 5 weeks ago and Poppit was speyed 2 weeks ago.

Do you think I should go ahead and try them together? I presume the 6 week rule is only where girly bun is un-speyed?! This seems like such a daft question!

As long as Poppit has healed up nicely and she should have done after 2 weeks..yes you can try them together.....the only reason for waiting longer , other than fertility, is the males testosterone level may not have completely dropped. But I usually bond a male after 2 weeks and so far...fingers crossed....have all gone well

I do mine after three weeks :lol: . I should start now i think six weeks is a long time and not neccecery. val

Thanks for your advice Jill and Val

I took the plunge last night and put them together. I was VERY nervous having never tried this before. I set up the kitchen with lots of toys and food and a box to hide in and sat back to watch them.

The first ten minutes they hardly noticed each other and were busy exploring, then came a few minutes of sniffing and licking each other, which was followed by 15 minutes of furious chasing and humping! It was my girly bun Poppit who did all the chasing and humping, poor Peanut didn't know what to do! I think she is going to be boss of the relationship!

I kept a very close eye on them and was ready to jump in if it got nasty. After half an hour I put them both back in their seperate cages where they both flopped out exausted!

I will be doing the same again tonight, maybe for 40 minutes or so...