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What to do for the best...U/D booked in for spays!

tashp90

tashp90

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in the past month or so, Daisy has become hormonal and started humping Maizie, and spraying. Occasionally Maizie would hump back, but she mostly just ran away.
The past few days, Maizie has started humping more, and is chasing Daisy to hump her etc.

My vet won't spay them until they are 6 months old (although going to speak to her on Monday), and I'm really worried about them falling out!

Should I put a divide up in the room before they have a fight? They would still be able to see, and smell each other, and even lie next to each other, just no humping or fighting!

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tashp90 said:
in the past month or so, Daisy has become hormonal and started humping Maizie, and spraying. Occasionally Maizie would hump back, but she mostly just ran away.
The past few days, Maizie has started humping more, and is chasing Daisy to hump her etc.

My vet won't spay them until they are 6 months old (although going to speak to her on Monday), and I'm really worried about them falling out!

Should I put a divide up in the room before they have a fight? They would still be able to see, and smell each other, and even lie next to each other, just no humping or fighting!

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Sounds a good idea to me!
 
This is exactly the experience I had about 2 years ago. Unfortunately I left it too long before I separated them (misfit eventually started taking out big chunks of marbles' fur and I only separated them then). They still live separately now as I have never been able to rebond them.

From my personal experience I'd say it's better to have them living separately for a while as once a full blown fight breaks out, I don't think they forgive easily. The idea you have of letting them still see/smell each other seems good.

Also you might be able to find another vet who'll spay them sooner? How old are they now?
 
katie88 said:
This is exactly the experience I had about 2 years ago. Unfortunately I left it too long before I separated them (misfit eventually started taking out big chunks of marbles' fur and I only separated them then). They still live separately now as I have never been able to rebond them.

From my personal experience I'd say it's better to have them living separately for a while as once a full blown fight breaks out, I don't think they forgive easily. The idea you have of letting them still see/smell each other seems good.

Also you might be able to find another vet who'll spay them sooner? How old are they now?
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I've read that once they've had a fight, they very rarely go back together which is why I'm thinking of separating before it goes that far. It's so hard though as they still cuddle a lot :(

They're around 18 weeks now and the vet won't spay them until they're 6 months/24 weeks, in that time I'm pretty sure these hormones are just going to get worse :cry:
 
tashp90 said:
I've read that once they've had a fight, they very rarely go back together which is why I'm thinking of separating before it goes that far. It's so hard though as they still cuddle a lot :(

They're around 18 weeks now and the vet won't spay them until they're 6 months/24 weeks, in that time I'm pretty sure these hormones are just going to get worse :cry:
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I had my daisy done at 20 weeks and she was absolutely fine. My vet went on weight rather than age.
 
tashp90 said:
I've read that once they've had a fight, they very rarely go back together which is why I'm thinking of separating before it goes that far. It's so hard though as they still cuddle a lot :(

They're around 18 weeks now and the vet won't spay them until they're 6 months/24 weeks, in that time I'm pretty sure these hormones are just going to get worse :cry:
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It's such a difficult decision isn't it but it will only get worse, that's pretty much guaranteed. I cannot express strongly enough how much I regret leaving it 'one more day'. Having two rabbits in separate accommodation involves more cost, space and worry, and most importantly it's not great for either of them. I feel constantly guilty that neither of them has a friend for company, but I simply could not look after four rabbits.

I know I am massively biased because of my own experiences so other people might express different opinions but I would say separate them asap.
 
Ailstar said:
I had my daisy done at 20 weeks and she was absolutely fine. My vet went on weight rather than age.
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RWAF say something like 16 weeks/1kg whichever comes first. They both weighed just over 1kg 3 weeks ago. I'm going to phone the vet on Monday and explain the situation and hopefully she'll do them sooner. It's getting worse tonight so I'm going to have to separate them.

katie88 said:
It's such a difficult decision isn't it but it will only get worse, that's pretty much guaranteed. I cannot express strongly enough how much I regret leaving it 'one more day'. Having two rabbits in separate accommodation involves more cost, space and worry, and most importantly it's not great for either of them. I feel constantly guilty that neither of them has a friend for company, but I simply could not look after four rabbits.

I know I am massively biased because of my own experiences so other people might express different opinions but I would say separate them asap.
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You're not the only person I've read/heard that it's happened to which is why I'm so on edge.
I've got a puppy pen in my car so going to split the room with those panels tonight, hopefully my vet will agree that they are obviously ready to be spayed.
 
tashp90 said:
They're grooming each other now...make me feel worse why don't you girls?!
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Oh gosh how difficult for you :cry: as long as they can still see and smell each other they shouldn't 'feel' too alone. They might even be grateful for a break from all the thoughts of humping :lol:
 
So now the girls are separated, I've come to my bedroom so I don't have to see them in different halves of the room :cry:

What would you do?
My vet has said she won't spay until 6 months. That means a month and a half with my living room split in two (yay more climbing :roll: )and Maizie and Daisy being separated but still seeing/smelling each other and can lie together against the panels.
Would you wait the month and a half to get them spayed? or would you find another local rabbit savvy vet who may be willing to do it sooner? They both weigh over 1kg and are definitely ready to be spayed.
 
Is there another bunny savvy vet locally? Personally, if there is a competent bunny vet locally who will do it now, I would probably do that. The longer they are separate and the longer they have those hormones, the more territorial they will get. If they can be done this week, they should hopefully calm down more quickly and hopefully go back together more easily.

Obviously if there isn't a good enough vet locally then you may have to wait, but it's clearly not ideal from what you've described!!

Good luck x
 
TheBinkyBunny said:
Personally I would find another rabbit savvy vet that will spay them sooner as they obviously need to be done
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Santa said:
Is there another bunny savvy vet locally? Personally, if there is a competent bunny vet locally who will do it now, I would probably do that. The longer they are separate and the longer they have those hormones, the more territorial they will get. If they can be done this week, they should hopefully calm down more quickly and hopefully go back together more easily.

Obviously if there isn't a good enough vet locally then you may have to wait, but it's clearly not ideal from what you've described!!

Good luck x
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I've had a quick browse online and there are a couple who claim to be knowledgeable with small animals. If my vet won't do them earlier, I'll see where the next local recommended vet is from RWAF.

I agree I definitely need to get them done, they already seem so lost without each other even though they can still clearly see each other. I'm gutted that I've had to do this, but I know it's for the best in the long run, I was really hoping to avoid it! Just before I split them, there was a bit of tail up action so I think I've done it just in time.



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I would try and find another vet just for the spay.

If you'd be willing to come to exeter, Polsloe and Cranbrook vets are exotic specialists and have been very good in my (limited) experience of them. No idea if they'll spay before 6m but might be worth asking. Even further afield is Ian Sayers in Paignton who is a rabbit guru and I'm almost certain he'd consider spaying earlier.
 
katie88 said:
I would try and find another vet just for the spay.

If you'd be willing to come to exeter, Polsloe and Cranbrook vets are exotic specialists and have been very good in my (limited) experience of them. No idea if they'll spay before 6m but might be worth asking. Even further afield is Ian Sayers in Paignton who is a rabbit guru and I'm almost certain he'd consider spaying earlier.
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I'd travel the country for someone who would confidently and competently spay now to be honest. I've heard of Ian Sayers so may give him a call and explain the situation! This set up isn't Ideal for me or the buns in all honesty.

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tashp90 said:
I'd travel the country for someone who would confidently and competently spay now to be honest. I've heard of Ian Sayers so may give him a call and explain the situation! This set up isn't Ideal for me or the buns in all honesty.

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Oh bless you I know that feeling! At least it would only be a one off travel issue. Ian Sayers' practice is called Silverton vets and they have several sites but their main one is in paignton.

It's stressful when something happens quite quickly and you have to make a decision.
 
katie88 said:
Oh bless you I know that feeling! At least it would only be a one off travel issue. Ian Sayers' practice is called Silverton vets and they have several sites but their main one is in paignton.

It's stressful when something happens quite quickly and you have to make a decision.
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Thank you. Will phone them Monday as I'm sure my vet won't change her mind.

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This just almost had me in tears :cry::lol:

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Aw bless them. I was heartbroken when I had to split my two especially as it was 100% misfit being aggressive and marbles was so sad and lonely :cry:

At least they can still be very close and snuggle up together. You've done the right thing for them.
 
katie88 said:
Aw bless them. I was heartbroken when I had to split my two especially as it was 100% misfit being aggressive and marbles was so sad and lonely :cry:

At least they can still be very close and snuggle up together. You've done the right thing for them.
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I know it's the right thing. It's the whole cruel to be kind thing. They really don't like it just hope they can be spayed ASAP so they can go back to being together :lol:

I can't imagine being in your position and not being able to put them back together!

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tashp90 said:
I know it's the right thing. It's the whole cruel to be kind thing. They really don't like it just hope they can be spayed ASAP so they can go back to being together :lol:

I can't imagine being in your position and not being able to put them back together!

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I have a lot of regrets about my two and if I were to do it again I would do things very differently in many ways. I do the best I can for them but ultimately I know it is far from ideal for them But I'm thankful they didn't end up with someone who just left them to fight in a hutch or give them away.

I hope your two get on ok tonight. You'll probably be more stressed by it all than them to be honest! Keep us posted on what you decide.
 
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