Oh boy...hormones have kicked in overnight.

[BunnyLove89]

Weston has been going crazy all night. He has started humping pretty much anything he comes in contact with. He has also started chewing on everything and attempting to shred his humpys (stuffed animals).
What is the best age to neuter? He is 3 months old.

 

[ZRabbits]

Jen, usually for smaller breeds, its' around 6 months. Vets like for the testicles to drop. I did talk my Rabbit Savvy Vet into doing the neutering on Dobby and Kreacher at 4-1/2 months. There were no problems with the surgery or the recovery.

My advise is to start looking around for a Rabbit Savvy Vet that you feel comfortable and talk to him/her about when the neutering should be done. Plus about the anesthesia and also the recovery period.

Plus you have to remember, this is really his first night in his new place. He's just trying to make it his. Showing how excited he has with all the space. Unfortunately humping things is a for of bunny excitement. Also dominance. Those stuffies are his.

K

 

[MiniLopHop]

Look on the bright side, he's humping his stuffies and not you.

Once his testicles drop you can have him neutered. It normally happens about 5-6 months.

 

[fantaysah]

You mean ring side seats to this doesn't make you feel oh so special !!! LOL... I agree at least its his toy!! A good vet will do it between 4 and 6 months but closer to 6 is the most common. Just make sure your vet is bunny savvy !! In the meantime just enjoy!!! ha ha ha ... wonder if there's a market for at home videos for setting the mood? Possible big hit with the breeders? Could you imagine that on the shelf at petsmart? WOW i have a dirty mind and I'm laughing hard... I need coffee!!

 

[gmas rabbit]

Know where you are at. Derby had a harem of stuffies that he molested pretty much non stop all night. Heck he wasn't even fussy, some where rabbits and others were bears and tigers. At least at that point he wore himself out enough to sleep. He got neutered a week ago, the rabbit savey vet we went to does it through the scutum so there are no outside stiches for them to chew on. He is feeling great, and was just bearly 5 months or no even quite that. Her feeling was that they were down, his lungs were good and he was a healthy 8.56 pounds. Weston should be a good weight by 5 months, maybe not 8.5 pounds, but not bad. Derby is not humping as many stuffies, he is definitely not spraying so that is a big asset. It takes time after the neutering for all of the horomones to leave. Hang in there, the stuffies will survive. Hey, if they don't they are replaceable.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

We we're told 4 months for the smaller breeds by our vet. She also said they could be done as soon as their bits "show" if they are particularly aggressive.

 

[dimples1967]

I have an English angora.. How can I see his "bits?!?!". He doesn't like me poking around own there, either. Ugh...

 

[mdith4him]

Junie (Netherland dwarf) started nesting at 4 months and we had her spayed around 4 1/2 months. Our vet is highly regarded and has been in the business for a long time, so we trusted him. She came through it just fine and was back to her normal self in no time. Definitely talk to your vet and see what they say.

 

[melbaby80]

dimples1967 wrote:

I have an English angora.. How can I see his "bits?!?!". He doesn't like me poking around own there, either. Ugh...

he'll have two hairless patches on the sides between his legs and gentials on his underbelly, if his man parts haven't dropped yet those patches will be empty, if they have dropped you'll feel little almond to grape size balls (pun intended) lol thats exactly how my lion heads man parts look

 

[cwolfec]

This sounds like the same story of my Cinnabun. I let him out of his cage one morning and he attacked/humped the heck out of my arm! Quite shocking! It was kind of sweet when he ran in-between my feet in a figure 8 pattern. Apparently that means "I love you I love you I love you!" I put up with his humping for maybe 2 weeks until I found his little pink "jelly beans." Then I took him in. He was around 4-4 1/2 months