Differences neutering makes?

[xsparkleworksx]

My bun is nearly 12 weeks old and I'm having a hard time litter training him, apart from that he is great and has even learnt a couple of tricks which he enjoys doing because of all the fuss - and occasional treats

I am wondering about neutering him. What will happen to his personality/habits once he is fixed? Will he stop marking his territory in my bedroom?

 

[kuniklos]

I found that General Bismark didn't want to mate with everything around him 50+ times a day. He only gets randy about twice a week now. He was very quickly litter trained, so that didn't change, but I found he was less aggressive. He was into more snuggles. Stopped lunging at people, and he became less destructive (which says he was extremely destructive before hand).

 

[MiniLopHop]

Gary was neutered last week and I can already see a difference. Before he was humping Becky constantly and she was getting annoyed. He would hump my slippers, violate the cat who got really angry, etc. Now I havn't seen him hump anything since the day he came home. Such a nice change! Even better, he stopped spraying Becky! I was tired of picking up my snuggle bunny and having her smell like pee. I would wipe her off and as soon as I put her down he would mark her again.

He is still leaving a bit of poo around, but that is getting better by the day. Now he's only leaving it up stairs when he sneaks out to torment my other male. His desire to sneak out is getting weaker though, now we just have to close the gate rather than locking and he stays in his room.

Gary is still very energetic and social. I would say all the positive things I liked about him are either the same or even better. He's getting more cuddly. The negatives are quickly deminishing; humping, spraying, marking territory, growling and charging at my husband (while funny, it's not a good idea since we didn't want him to bite eventually) etc.

You get to see more of their personality rather than a hormone craze. I feel like we are starting to bond now that he's not so focused on getting his freak on.

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

To answer your question yes he will stop spraying. Our big problem with Fraggles (female) was that at about 4 months she started to spray and got very cage and food aggressive. She did not bite but would box your hand with her front feet and growl. If you read any of my past posts you will say that Fraggles is an amazing clown bunny. But she is sweet and gentle and does not spray. Although occasionally she still has to hump something and sense she is our only small animal (apart from our octopus) if someone does bring a small animal to our home well then its totally on......poor kitty Also on a medical note. Fixing your bun will end his risk of testicular cancer a common fast spreading cancer in rabbits.

 

[Paddy Ohara]

Spaying my rabbit made a world of difference too. My husband could not walk in the house due to the circling of his feet. She stopped marking the house too, at least with urine. She still leaves a poop in her favorite spots like in front of the fridge or my husband or near the dog. She is also very sweet and very goofy and a bit mellow at times. My vet told me she would become a couch potato watching sports and drinking beer. He was on to something.

 

[BertNErnie]

MiniLopHop wrote:

Gary was neutered last week and I can already see a difference. Before he was humping Becky constantly and she was getting annoyed. He would hump my slippers, violate the cat who got really angry, etc. Now I havn't seen him hump anything since the day he came home. Such a nice change! Even better, he stopped spraying Becky! I was tired of picking up my snuggle bunny and having her smell like pee. I would wipe her off and as soon as I put her down he would mark her again.

He is still leaving a bit of poo around, but that is getting better by the day. Now he's only leaving it up stairs when he sneaks out to torment my other male. His desire to sneak out is getting weaker though, now we just have to close the gate rather than locking and he stays in his room.

Gary is still very energetic and social. I would say all the positive things I liked about him are either the same or even better. He's getting more cuddly. The negatives are quickly deminishing; humping, spraying, marking territory, growling and charging at my husband (while funny, it's not a good idea since we didn't want him to bite eventually) etc.

You get to see more of their personality rather than a hormone craze. I feel like we are starting to bond now that he's not so focused on getting his freak on.

same here all the naughty stuff has ended! ernie only felt the need to hump bert once since and that was last night so im glad i had them done.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Made all of ours much better companions.

 

[MagPie]

Oh man, Harvey was a pest before he got neutered. He wasn't mean but he would hump and pee on the cats any chance he got. Which I feared would get him bitten again. He also like to pee on my sofa and chair, when the cats were on it.

Now none of that happens. All peeing happens in the litter box. I've notice he is a bit mellower and he seeks out my company more. Before it was all about the cats haha. He's a much more chill bunny.