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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A 17 week old rabbit still cannot be neutered?

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    • Floppy
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        Hi I am a bit confused. My rabbit is 17, nearly 18 weeks. I took him to the vet yesterday and she said his balls haven’t dropped yet. I was really surprised. She said it may be due to him having Pastuerella, so we got another 2 weeks worth of Baytril and were sent on our way.

        I have since read an old thread on here where people were saying that rabbits can literally “suck up their testicles inside their bodies”… Can I assume the vet knows this?

        Also he has patchy fur loss on his back that I thought might be mites, but she said it was nothing to worry about? She said it didn’t look inflamed, but I think it kind of does. This is the third vet practice in the area I have tried… I do not completely trust any of them!


      • Azerane
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          Some rabbits just take longer to mature than others. One of our members on here, her buck took over six months for his family jewels to drop. It usually happens earlier but not always. If he’s been ill, it may very well be that he’s developing a little slower as a result as illness takes such a toll on the body’s systems.

          Yes they can suck their balls up to hide them, but if you gently press in that area you should be able to bring them out. If you haven’t seen them, they’re probably not there yet, I wouldn’t be too worried about it


        • Floppy
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            Ah okay! Thankyou, this makes sense.

            Sorry this is a bit off topic but I’m keeping him in a room with a spayed female. They both have their own cages and take turns to run around. So far interactions between them are friendly. They won’t be allowed to meet outside the cage at least for a very long time (when Casper eventually recovers from neuter).

            I’m just worried this will be stressful for them, or if they can fight through bars. Maybe I should keep them both in their cages when I’m not around?


          • Gina.Jenny
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              I have a 2 yo male, Podge, who never did drop. On the advice of two different vets, he has been left unaltered. He is happily bonded to a spayed female of similar age (both are rescues so exact ages unknown), but he still hadn’t dropped when about a year old, which was when we adopted him. For now, I would continue as you are doing, letting them take turns out


            • Wick & Fable
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                Wick had an upper respiratory infection from 2mo to 5mo, and his didn’t descend until 7mo o.o

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              • Floppy
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                  Wow that’s crazy I have never heard of such a thing! I hope my little Casper is ok! Thanks everyone for the replies. 7 months!!! Omg.

                  So Daisy is now being kept in a 6x2x2 NIC cage which I’m so proud of… It’s for them both some day hopefully. Casper is not particularly interested in her and just skips straight past her condo. Every time she follows him! It is very cute and doesn’t seem aggressive! I have put an extra animal pen thing around the edge of her cage for extra protection just in case!

                  I’m leaving for the weekend and my friend is house sitting. I keep having visions Casper will suddenly drop and be spraying everything and trying to hump Daisy through the bars lol! Hopefully nothing too extreme happens!


                • Floppy
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                     dp

                     error. Tried everything to get the photos to work.

                     EDIT- yay got it working! just wanted to show off my lovely rabbit and condo! only took me 5 hours to build it. h


                  • Rookie
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                      Photos…copy and paste and change sizing to 400×400 or 500×400 etc…it works as long as on computer…. My vet says 6 months to neuture for my boy who is 10ish weeks now.


                    • Pelin
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                        My buns are not spayed/neutered yet, I have taken them to vet, they were about 15 weeks and Snowball was trying to mate with Luna. But the wet said his testicals weren’t developed. So I guess some of the bunnies need more time before neutering…


                      • Boston's Mama
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                          My boy so both didn’t drop – vet said to me isn’t important to do abdominal neuter at 6 months if they haven’t dropped as the risk of testicular cancer is high for bucks who hasn’t dropped due to the warmth inside the body.
                          Both mine went in for abdominal neuter but narrowly avoided it having to be abdominal as the vet was able to get them out via the usual incision site.


                        • Floppy
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                            I just gave him a soft toy rabbit and he humped it, groomed it and ran circles around it while making a buzz-buzz noise… Have his balls dropped now??


                          • Wick & Fable
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                              You’ll be able to see them if they have. I actually started a forum post a bit ago to confirm what I saw was actually a ball, because it seemed to out of place, haha.

                              You can see the picture here: https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/160503/Default.aspx
                              — This was just one that dropped. The other came a few days afterwards.

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                            • Floppy
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                                He’s too fluffy! >.< omg I will try though. I'm not very good at handling him to look…


                              • Wick & Fable
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                                  Quite true for you, haha. The easiest way is, if he lets you, when he’s flopped, lift his leg up and peek. Trying to actually flip him over may put him in a trance state (what happens when you put rabbits on their back), and that’s very stressful for them because it triggers a survival response (like if a predator flipped them over to eat them).

                                  I ended up looking because I pick Wick up a lot, and that day, I picked him up and felt something fleshy on my finger, which I’d never felt before.

                                  The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.


                                • Floppy
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                                    Ok thanks! I will try to see. Just my luck if this has happened just before I leave him with a friend for the weekend! Haha damn!

                                    Also, ew.

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