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 Bambino de-Bobbled Wilson and Sidney Sans Tackle this morning, sharing chit chat. Reminiscing about the days, no doubt, when they thought they had something but now they’ve somehow lost it, and were things better back then or not?

For yea verily, yesterday Sidney had a hospital appointment with his lady surgeon, Dr Beth (Dr Andy was otherwise engaged with other appointments) to be debobbled of his baby making kit. He is recovering indoors today, although I have to say that he seems to have made a faster recovery from all the anaesthetic and surgery malarkey than Edith did. But then he didn’t have to go through quite as much trauma what with his bits being external and all. Arriving home last night, he immediately noshed into an apple and some dandelion leaves, and was far more active and less zombied out than Edith. He is also pooing and peeing with great gusto which means I’ve had to open the living room window to keep fresh air circulating and niffiness to a minimum.

The subject of neutering our animal companions often raises defensive argument between parties of opposite opinions. On the one side you have the anti-neuterers who declare that the process is an unnatural demasculisation of their male companions which will somehow make them less of a ‘man’. Or they state the ‘right’ of their female companions to have a season or a litter of babies, like it is some kind of maternal ‘must’ for the female of the species to breed. 

And then there are those who see it as responsible pet ownership. For example, neutering protects our animal companions from developing many types of cancers. Being married to a vet, I’ve heard so many stories of animals (generally female) who are rushed into surgery for emergency operations because they’ve developed a cancerous womb or mammary tumours. Usually older animals, too, that end up living their later years in unnecessary pain. Neutering can also help with aggressive, territorial, overly-sexualised or boisterous behaviour. After all, we are talking about domesticated animals here, ones that live with human families. Animals behave on instinct, their sex hormones are a factor in this, and often human beings are intolerant of such behaviours. However, it’s not the animals at fault here, folks. Animals are only doing what animals do. And don’t get me started on the millions of animals abandoned in rescue centres or being euthanised because of over-breeding…

And that is why all our animal companions are neutered. As far as we are concerned, the pros far outweigh the cons. End of lecture! 

The next step, then, in this whole bunny saga, will be the Grand Introduction of Lady Edith to Sir Sidney in actual rabbitty persons. Andy reckons we can do this at the weekend as we shall both be around to referee and keep an eye on proceedings. Given they have shown no aggression to each other thus far, we are hopeful all will be well and an entente cordiale swiftly reached. But you never know. I mean, we all have someone in our lives that we can tolerate with equanimity at a distance but if we had to live with them? We’d likely end up punching their lights out…hmmmmm??