parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
Ok so we had Comfrey (male) neutered about 2-3 months ago - he has just about recovered from being a very neglected and unwanted hutchbound bun for 2 years before coming to us. However he is still obviously very lonely despite all the love we give him. We were keeping him 'in waiting' so to speak as he is our 15th bun and we promised ourselves that we would not succumb to 16. We thought that he could wait till there was a male 'vacancy' (I know it sounds horrid but we really only took him on on that understanding).
However . . . in walks Milk Thistle this week - found 2 streets away. A lovely lovely girl about 9 months old. Desperately in need of love.
She is fit and well but needs to have all her jabs and settle in before my vet will happily neuter her - meaning that it will be a good month or so before she can be neutered ideally.
BUT we are now really really pushed for space (Comfrey is in our bedroom while he waits for a new run to be built in the garden, Parsley and Peaches in the study where they always live, Teasal and Robinia in the dining room and living room and patio ditto - the rest all have their aviary runs and cages in the garden and there are no spares) and we kind of wondered whether it might be possible to bond Milk Thistle with Comfrey now, and then neuter her later????
Bonding now would mean that hopefully Comfrey would cheer up a bit, we would not have to try and persuade the lodger to have Milk Thistle in a cage in his room, and Milk Thistle would settle in quicker as we would not have to carry her in and out twice a day and she would have a friend.
Has anyone done a male neuter to female un-neuter bond??
What does anyone think?
(Don't worry she WILL be neutered in a couple of months time once all the jabs etc are over).
However . . . in walks Milk Thistle this week - found 2 streets away. A lovely lovely girl about 9 months old. Desperately in need of love.
She is fit and well but needs to have all her jabs and settle in before my vet will happily neuter her - meaning that it will be a good month or so before she can be neutered ideally.
BUT we are now really really pushed for space (Comfrey is in our bedroom while he waits for a new run to be built in the garden, Parsley and Peaches in the study where they always live, Teasal and Robinia in the dining room and living room and patio ditto - the rest all have their aviary runs and cages in the garden and there are no spares) and we kind of wondered whether it might be possible to bond Milk Thistle with Comfrey now, and then neuter her later????
Bonding now would mean that hopefully Comfrey would cheer up a bit, we would not have to try and persuade the lodger to have Milk Thistle in a cage in his room, and Milk Thistle would settle in quicker as we would not have to carry her in and out twice a day and she would have a friend.
Has anyone done a male neuter to female un-neuter bond??
What does anyone think?
(Don't worry she WILL be neutered in a couple of months time once all the jabs etc are over).