I asked my vets about neutering today

& they said usually they don't do it until 6 months I really didn't want to wait that long, I don't want a humpy, spraying, possibly aggressive rabbit on my hands for 2-4 months. They did say if there are problems (like he's aggressive or humpy) they would do it sooner as long as he weighs enough. Neutering costs £70, does that sound about right? It's done at the other practice (there's 5 locations) and that particular practice is accredited by the RCVS as a small animal hospital

sounds expensive for a boy i paid £50.

I thought it sounded expensive, but I'm not going to risk taking him to another surgery and it being rubbish!

i agree but i got my skippy done at a pets at home vets and they were great i only had to pay £20 for him as he was a rescue from one of their stores so they paid the first £30

£70 sounds about right - make sure that includes pain meds for you to take home, and the follow-up visit

If you spoke to a receptionist, I would ask them to ask their best bunny vet's opinion on doing him at 16 weeks and what weight they would want him to be.

Thanks Miss Sparky, I will phone them tomorrow and find out what weight they'd want him (last time I weighed him he was only just over 800g!) and hopefully they'll do him sooner for me

Sounds approximately ok. Vets are still a bit stuck in the past with regards to neutering. More modern thought is that rabbits recover better when neutered sooner rather than later. And behaviourally it is much easier to prevent the behaviour than to try and correct it later on. As Sparky said, make sure you know what their take on pain meds is.

That's what I thought Cheryl, I don't want him getting aggressive or developing any of the bad behaviours, what if he remains slightly aggressive? I'd hate that

You will probably find that he is a little excitable until he is around 12 months old anyway. This may involve being particularly in love with your feet and the occasional nip and excess chinning of your toes. That is bucks of that age. But he shouldn't spray or take your feet by force.

I can deal with foot love! Thick slippers all the way

Cheryl, did you say to switch Hector over to the adult pellets? I'm worried it is his pellets causing the smelliness.

Yes I did. When Bo was here I had her initially on excel junior and dwarf and she had smelly poo and excess cecals. I switched her onto science selective adult and it stopped. She loved them and because of the trouble the excel caused I switched her over fast with no issues.

Super, I'm getting low on the junior pellets now so I will order some adult ones next week. As always, thanks for your help!