Spaying and Neutering
Spaying or neutering cats and dogs reduces the pet overpopulation crisis and provides protection against reproductive diseases and disorders. The same is true for rabbits!
KAR spays and neuters all rabbits, cats, and dogs in its care before they are available for adoption. We strongly believe that all rabbits should be spayed or neutered.
Benefits of Spaying/Neutering for rabbits
- Helps reduce the pet overpopulation crisis by eliminating the potential for unwanted litters.
- Eliminates reproductive diseases, such as cancers of the uterus, mammaries and testicles. Studies show that nearly 80% of unaltered female rabbits will get uterine cancer by age 6!
- Reduces unwanted behavior in males and females including digging, chewing, spraying, circling and mounting and aggressive or territorial behavior
- Improves litter habits. Many spayed or neutered rabbits have impeccable habits allowing them to live free-range or partially free-range
- Improves ability to bond with other rabbits – if rabbits are left unaltered (even if same-sex) it can be difficult or even impossible to achieve a successful bonding between two rabbits.
- Eliminates the possibility for “false pregnancies,” a condition experienced by unaltered females that causes them to feel and behave as though they are pregnant leading to stress and health issues.
- Before booking your rabbit's surgery, search for a rabbit-savvy veterinarian in your area. For a list of rabbit-savvy veterinarians in Ontario, please visit OREO's list of veterinarians. We will shortly come up with our own list but for now this should be a good starting point. Remember to ask a lot of questions of your vet.
