Hi everyone
I'm new here so please forgive me if this subject has already been discussed.
Our 3 month old male rabbit is due to be neutered next week. I wasn't too worried until the vet told us that there was quite a high risk that we could lose him due to there being no general anaesthetic wholly suitable for rabbits. Now I am worried sick. I'm wondering what to do.
If it weren't for the fact that we have a female rabbit the same age (they are brother and sister) quite honestly I don't think I could go through with this. The vet said to avoid a litter we would obviously have to separate them. However this would cause them more stress because they hate being separated. They play together, sleep together, eat together and create havoc together. They would be miserable if we kept them separately. Also this would be tricky because they are house rabbits and used to running around together all the time wherever we are and we never leave them out unsupervised.
Can anyone give me any advice? Is there anything we should be doing to make sure there isn't a fatal result from the anaesthtic?
Also (I'm sorry to go on like this) another very minor concern is that Nini (the male) has quite a large lump on his nose. Honestly, his nose is enormous. lol (but we still love him). The vet said it was an abnormality but nothing to worry about but I just wanted to know whether anyone else had any experience with their rabbits of lumps and bumps on noses.
Thanks so much in advance for taking the time out to read this.
I'm new here so please forgive me if this subject has already been discussed.
Our 3 month old male rabbit is due to be neutered next week. I wasn't too worried until the vet told us that there was quite a high risk that we could lose him due to there being no general anaesthetic wholly suitable for rabbits. Now I am worried sick. I'm wondering what to do.
If it weren't for the fact that we have a female rabbit the same age (they are brother and sister) quite honestly I don't think I could go through with this. The vet said to avoid a litter we would obviously have to separate them. However this would cause them more stress because they hate being separated. They play together, sleep together, eat together and create havoc together. They would be miserable if we kept them separately. Also this would be tricky because they are house rabbits and used to running around together all the time wherever we are and we never leave them out unsupervised.
Can anyone give me any advice? Is there anything we should be doing to make sure there isn't a fatal result from the anaesthtic?
Also (I'm sorry to go on like this) another very minor concern is that Nini (the male) has quite a large lump on his nose. Honestly, his nose is enormous. lol (but we still love him). The vet said it was an abnormality but nothing to worry about but I just wanted to know whether anyone else had any experience with their rabbits of lumps and bumps on noses.
Thanks so much in advance for taking the time out to read this.