Unspayed female- chewing

[Charlotte'sWeb]

I took my 7 month old female bun (6 months at the time) to see our vet because I had planned on having her spayed. He looked her over and said she was in picture perfect health and I had asked him about having her spayed and we talked it over. He and I discussed the pros and cons of both sides and he informed me that since with females its an internal operation, there is a higher risk of complications (not necessarily death but it’s harder on females and can take them longer to recover than males). He’s one of the only rabbit vets in our town and my friend takes her rabbit to see him too so I trusted his advice when he told me it wasn’t a necessity to have her spayed. She’s very social, loves people, and has great litter habits and is relatively well behaved so I opted not to have her spayed. Lately she’s been having problems with chewing. It’s not a huge deal but basically everything I read online tells me to have her spayed. Any advice? Does anyone have an unspayed female who’s lived without problems and since she’s young is this something that will go away on it’s own or should I go ahead and have her spayed? Thanks.

[tobyluv]

I don’t know if it will help with the chewing or not, but the reason to spay females is because of the high incidence of uterine cancer in unspayed rabbits. Spay surgery is more complicated than neuter surgery, but most rabbits do just fine and recover quickly. The females that I have had spayed did very well. They both started eating well after surgery and in just a few days, they were back to normal, and it was like they had never had surgery at all. Some rabbits are slower to recover and some may not eat that well at first, but as long as you have a good, rabbit savvy vet and you give your rabbit the correct after care (pain meds), they should be fine in a few days.

[Charlotte'sWeb]

Thanks for the advice. we do plan on getting her a little boyfriend within the next year or so and everything I read said its easier for them when they’re younger so I think I’m just gonna go ahead and do it. I love our vet and I know they’ll take great care of her but I’m nervous, she’s my baby<3

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