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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Pros and Cons of Spaying Rabbit?
Hi all!
My beloved bunny has just had her first vet visit and we, of course, discussed the pros and cons of spaying. She is 8 months old, healthy, happy, and well behaved despite never having been spayed.
From talking with the vet, he told me the pros of spaying were birth control (not a problem as we don't plan on ever having another bunny), behavior problems which he doesn't think is a problem for our baby since she hasn't exhibited any aggression even now, and basically eliminating the risk of cancer. The cons he provided went on with the risks of the surgery, including possible death, adverse reactions to the anesthesia, chewing or splitting of the stitches which he thinks my bunny may have a problem with, a slow recovery time and the stress causing her to stop eating. He still recommends spaying although he did reiterate that it would mostly be to prevent cancer and that the risk of cancer in bunnies are about the same as the risk of cancer in people.
From talking with the vet, I'm very conflicted. I obviously don't want my bunny to get cancer but the list of cons and risks he gave was so long and scary and I don't want to risk those either. Just from speaking with the vet and getting his professional opinions along with risk factors, I'm leaning towards not risking the surgery but again, cancer also doesn't sound pleasant and I definitely don't want her to get that either!
So, for all of you who have had or currently have bunny rabbits, did you get your bunnies fixed and what are your pros and cons?