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Newly neutered rabbit still spraying

Beliatilo

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My rabbit Dingo was neutered yesterday and I'm pleased to say he's recovering well, but today he sprayed me!

I've read somewhere that a rabbit's hormones don't settle down immediately after castration (and can sometimes take about two weeks before their behaviour changes as a result of neutering) but is it possible Dingo will continue to spray?
 
Cant really help but hes spraying due to hormones so it shud stop however it may be a bad habbit he has best bet would be to wait and see after few weeks rabbits vary so what may be 2 weeks to one may be 1 for another I think generally a good month and youll see the difference.
 
Its normally 6 weeks for hormones to really settle iv heard- my male had no real bad behaviour (no sparaying/humping me/he used his litterbox). However he did humo my 2 female buns if he got chance, and grunted and just looked at them if he could see them though the seperate pens. By 3 weeks he lost interest when they were in seperate pens, and by 4 weeks the humping almost stopped, and by almost 6 weeks completelty stopped.

My vet did say that after being spayed/castracted, the buns will continue with any behaviour they have learnt, rather than it being due to hormones (i asked as my female used to nip me as soon as her hormones kicked in, but luckily it was hormone related and stopped after 4 weeks after being spayed!)

Hopefully the spraying is due to hormones, but i wouldnt expect to see any change yet, and no major change before 2-3 weeks.
 
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