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P.S. Jacks Jane, the vet said the issue is behavioural rather than an issue with his adrenal gland, because he has always been like this and it hasn't occurred over the last couple of years. Do you think the implant will still be an option? Did your buns have the adrenal problem or is it just how they are? x
 
P.S. Jacks Jane, the vet said the issue is behavioural rather than an issue with his adrenal gland, because he has always been like this and it hasn't occurred over the last couple of years. Do you think the implant will still be an option? Did your buns have the adrenal problem or is it just how they are? x

If it's 'behavioural' then an implant is unlikely to make much difference. I'd suggest that you have a blood test done to check his testosterone levels. A CT scan would be needed to make a definitive diagnosis of adrenal gland hyperplasia. Both of my Bucks were treated symptomatically as both presented in the classic way of a case of adrenal gland hyperplasia- onset of symptoms in an older Buck who was castrated at puberty. So a new 'symptom' as opposed to one that has always happened.

Was he neutered by your Vet ? Another possibility could be that he was cryptorchid and only one testicle was removed. Or more rarely that he was born with polyorchidism (born with more than two testes) and he still has one of them retained in his abdominal cavity.

Some cases of adrenal gland hyperplasia can be congenital and I assume that would mean that symptoms present early in life

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1611996

I think it would be best to talk all this through with your Rabbit savvy Vet. All I can do is give an account of what happened for my two Bucks. But their issues are not exactly the same as your Buck's so the treatment they had may not be appropriate in your Buck's case.

The Vet may suggest starting with a blood test and if that does not show an abnormally high level of Testosterone I guess that his hypersexual behaviour may be a learned habit with no pathological cause.
 
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P.S. Jacks Jane, the vet said the issue is behavioural rather than an issue with his adrenal gland, because he has always been like this and it hasn't occurred over the last couple of years. Do you think the implant will still be an option? Did your buns have the adrenal problem or is it just how they are? x


Why do you think it hasn't occurred over the last two years?
 
Thank you. I see what you mean, if its only behavioural the implant will not work. But its hard to believe that this behaviour has nothing to do with hormones. The behaviour has been persistent all his life MightMax. Right from when I got him at 6 months old. Before neutering he was crazy and used to run up my legs and pee on me over and over again. He was out of control! which makes me think perhaps it is congenital?
So, blood test first, lets see what that shows. I will also ask again about the neutering. The vet already said that he would have done the job properly but I will mention what you have said about this Jacks Jane x
 
Thank you. I see what you mean, if its only behavioural the implant will not work. But its hard to believe that this behaviour has nothing to do with hormones. The behaviour has been persistent all his life MightMax. Right from when I got him at 6 months old. Before neutering he was crazy and used to run up my legs and pee on me over and over again. He was out of control! which makes me think perhaps it is congenital?
So, blood test first, lets see what that shows. I will also ask again about the neutering. The vet already said that he would have done the job properly but I will mention what you have said about this Jacks Jane x




I think that is what I would do xx
 
Thank you. I see what you mean, if its only behavioural the implant will not work. But its hard to believe that this behaviour has nothing to do with hormones. The behaviour has been persistent all his life MightMax. Right from when I got him at 6 months old. Before neutering he was crazy and used to run up my legs and pee on me over and over again. He was out of control! which makes me think perhaps it is congenital?
So, blood test first, lets see what that shows. I will also ask again about the neutering. The vet already said that he would have done the job properly but I will mention what you have said about this Jacks Jane x

Ah right. When you said it hasn't occurred over the last couple of years I took that to mean his behaviour :)

Good luck with the blood test :thumb:
 
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