S**t I've got a problem guys. Kara is NOT a girl! She's a He!
The vet nurse checked before the op, no male signs. So they opened "her" up and went to spay but no uterus, so they checked again and there are testicles? So its now a neuter.
Now I am really worried that he may have got to the 3 unspayed girls, the vet said I can take them in with me later and they will have a feel of their bellies but it wont be a definate yes or no. I nipped down to the rspca for some advice and they just said "we cant take the babies if they have them, wait the 35 days and see what happens!" The obvious thing would be emergency spays but I cant afford £150 for those on top of the £100 I have just paid out for Rascal's bill and Kara's Bill! I cant see any of he rescue organisations are gonna help me because I dont claim benefits I am on minimum wage, and minimal hours this time of the year.

Anybody got any helpful advice? Unlike the RSPCA!

*Heidi*

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OMG!!! I reallly wish I had something to say that would help, the only thing my mind jumped to is omg emergency spay but that doesn't help
I hope someone comes along that can be more helpful than me, in the mean time sending hugs your way [HUGS]

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Thanks Bernie, its all going t**s up here at the moment!

I really can't afford the spays, and I cant find anyone to help. The pdsa is just for people on benifits, the rspca are useless, blue cross is just london, ahhhhhh!!!!

*Heidi*

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What a situation to be in! As far as I remember the two nethies are female aren't they? If so they really do need the spay in case they've been caught, I doubt they could handle giving birth to somthing that could effectively be the same size as them at birth.

Only thing I can think of would be speaking nicely to the vet and asking if they can give you credit to repay as and when you can afford it as I'm sure he/she will know the risks to your little girls and would much rather put their health first.

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Thats a really good idea! The vet i use have a repayment scheme for low earners.

If not there may be a rabbit rescue or something that may have funds available to help people in times of need! A little while back Stewie got a really bad infection under his tooth and i had only just paid out quite a bit for treatment for him and couldnt afford much more so the local rspca gave me the phone number of my local bunny rescue and they paid half of the treatment and i paid the rest in installments. Its an option if all else fails!

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Bob the Chinese Hamster, Jamie the African Pygmy Hedgehog, Bugsy and Nelson the Guinea Pigs, and Stewie, Dora, Jessie and Billy the BunniesR.I.P My Beautiful Bridge Babies

Well I have been to the vets with the 3 girls, and to pick up Kara(who needs a new name now!) The vet nurse had a feel of them and there is nothing obvious. She says it is very unlikely that he would have got the nethies pregnant, it does happen but its rare, the possible would be Kimba, BUT she also said that when they eventually found his furry teabags that they were about half the size that rabbits normally have, and they were totally up inside, they hadn't dropped at all, he's obviously a big rabbit, so she thinks that he is very underdeveloped and therefore the risk of them being pregnant is less still. She also said that if he was capable of getting them pregnant then he proberly would have done in the 6 months they have been together, so someone would already have had a litter.
So with all the circumstances we are very hopeful that they shouldnt be pregnant.

I feel a bit calmer about the situation now!

*Heidi*

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so i suppose its kinda a sigh of relief then....what are you going to do with him now and he definitely needs a new name!

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Bob the Chinese Hamster, Jamie the African Pygmy Hedgehog, Bugsy and Nelson the Guinea Pigs, and Stewie, Dora, Jessie and Billy the BunniesR.I.P My Beautiful Bridge Babies

Well, he is now going to be kept seperate for at least the 6 weeks but that takes us to xmas and while most people work less xmas time, I work more, lol. So it will have to be once we get quieter which is about the 4th ish of Jan then I will try to put the 6 back together again! I actually feel more confident rebonding them now I know he is a boy, because there is an explanation of why he's had a go at Rascal. While I thought he was a girl it was a hatred of him rather than a testosterone thing!

As for a name I love the name Darwin, I had decided that my next boy would be Darwin but I am worried as he seems to know the name Kara, so maybe it will have to be something similar? I thought of Dara as in Dara O'Brien off of Mock The Week. I really like Darwin tho lol. Do you think it will matter that the names arn't close?

*Heidi*

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I dont think that it matters if the names arent close, he will know you love him no matter what and that is what rally matters.

And now you have peace of mind that there was a proper reason behind Darwin's behavioural issues rather than him just taking a dislike to Rascal!

The good thing about leaving the re-bonding until jan is that his hormones would have properly settled down by then! Hope all goes well! x

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Bob the Chinese Hamster, Jamie the African Pygmy Hedgehog, Bugsy and Nelson the Guinea Pigs, and Stewie, Dora, Jessie and Billy the BunniesR.I.P My Beautiful Bridge Babies

Hun i really dont know what to say except....... Sorry

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