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seven1903 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

Hi evrybdy, I want to buy one rabbit but I m not sure about male or female one, pls help me about this. Sure that it ll live alone long years with me so that better to buy male or female? which one ll have less problem alone?

Schip66 · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 532 Location: California

Both rock. It's personal preference really. Boys are much easier to neuter though. Just go to a shelter and see which rabbit you like the best!
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rachel_x · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject:

Yes, I agree with Schip. There is a stereotype that girls are sometimes a bit more aloof and less cuddly than boys, which proved true in my case, but I know of a lot of cases where that's not true at all. Girls are harder to have desexed, however boys can spray/hump when they reach puberty which is more difficult to deal with while you are waiting for surgery. Personalities vary so much, that you're probably better off looking for a rabbit that suits you rather than a specific gender. I have to say though, when my old girl bunny died, I was hoping to find a boy rabbit, for no other reason than I'd only had one boy animal out of maybe 6-7 pets and for me it was a novelty! Laughing

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seven1903 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

Thnx for answers but I need to learn smthng too. If I ll buy male one; after neuter surgery, it ll go on to spray/hump or not?

rachel_x · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

If you get a male neutered quite young, say just as he's entering puberty, it is much less likely that he will hump and spray afterwards. If you wait a while, he might learn spraying and humping as a behaviour rather than an instinct...which means even though the hormones that make it an instinct are gone, he will have learned it as a behaviour and might continue to do it.

Not all male rabbit will hump or spray though. My rabbit is not neutered, because he is a single rabbit and because he never had any behaviour like that. He doesn't always use his tray for poo 100% though, because he still marks his territory. Desexed males are less likely to do that. With girls, it is recommended that they be spayed whether they are single or not, because so many female rabbits will get cancer in their reproductive organs as they approach 4/5 years old. With boys, the decision is less black and white and has more to do with behaviour and whether you intend to get another rabbit in the future.

I would recommend most people have their boy rabbit neutered regardless of behaviour, just because so many people think they'll stop at one and then will end up having 2 or 3 or more! If they're neutered, you can have any potential new mates bonding a lot faster than if you had to wait for surgery and recovery. Currently I live at home, so I've been capped at one rabbit until I move out...another reason I've held of neutering Will.

So yes...netuering should stop or at least drastically minimise any humping/spraying, and it has other benefits too.
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seven1903 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

Ok Rachel thx for yr interest and also for yr useful informations about rabbits.

Snugglesworth · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:21 am Post subject:

I don't have any preference when it comes to neutered genders... each unneutered bunny comes with its own difficulties.
Males (or at least my male ) will hump everything, spray (Snuggles sprayed onto a fan once so it flew everywhere Evil or Very Mad

) etc.
Females get very territorial, there's the potential for phantom pregnancies, etc.

Once their focus is taken off reproducing I've found that my buns tend to settle more into their personalities. Not that they didn't have them before, just that they were busy doing other things and having lots of hormones raging around.

I strongly recommend neutering, even if it didn't have health benefits, it genderally settles the bunnies down and makes the owners happier with them.
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LJBaumber · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 472 Location: York, Uk

Ive had both, and my boys were a lot easier-going and 'sweeter-natured' then my girl. But then, ive only ever had the one girl and I was a lot younger then and a lot less 'rabbit-savvy' then I am now, so maybe I just didnt get the most out of her...

Saying that, she was from an accidental litter and looked exactly like a wild rabbit, so im thinking that maybe a wild buck managed to impregnate a female pet rabbit loose in the garden? so she was half wild to start with Laughing

I dont think it matters really, what matters is being a patient and caring owner and understanding what your bun is trying to say to you...
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Cloutier39 · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 392

I do believe stereotypes do come from some truths. I've had 3 boys and 2 girls and the boys have all been sweet and cuddly while the girls are adventurous and ignore people (unless the person has food) haha.
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