Princess Jess*
Warren Scout
Worried now-Marmite tried to hump Minka today!!!! Grabbed him straight off...but worrying about her now don't want her pregnant!!!
Thanks that's interesting - I honestly don't see how it's possible if the op has been done properly...sperm can't possibly be alive in the tubes for that long.
I would suggest that the isolated incidents where this happens after several weeks are either the result of an incomplete castration or a porkie-pie on the part of the owner!
no idea if us vets do it different im in uk so only use uk vets! (buns would hate the trvel ) xIn humans it's 3-5 days, a week tops. I can't imagine it would be hugely different in rabbits, especially as their reproductive design is such that it is set up for multiple pregnancies in quick succession, with females ovulating when mated, which would indicate there is no biological 'need' for long-lived sperm.
Do vets in the US castrate rabbits in the same way as we do in the UK -i.e. complete removal of the testicles? Or do they just tie the tubes - which may well need a longer period of time for them to settle down and become infertile, just like in human male sterilisation :?
Like I said, I'm not advocating taking unnecessary risks, I just wonder where this ever lengthening recommended period is coming from.
I was speaking to a vet nurse in our local pet shop a while ago during Bunny Week and she said that the advice went on what tests had been done with dogs.