Does my rabbit have a tumor?

Question

I have a 6 month old male holland lop. he lives with a girl lop too and i saw them mate and now she's making a nest

i was petting him and i noticed an oval bump near his t******e area. it's about an inch long and half an inch wide.

p.s. i can't really get them spayed/ neutered because my place only has a cat and dog vet but maybe they can get them fixed at the cat section....i'm not sure. nearest bunny hospital is 2 hrs away.

also if it'll be better, I can just put them in separate cages.

if this is enough info, can you tell me if it's cancerous or not?

Answer 1

I don't know what the lump you are referring to might be, it would be best to get it checked out by a vet, unless you are referring to one of his actual testicles, which are about that size and oval.  

If you keep a car in your garage, they need to not be living in the garage.  Over time, the toxic chemicals in car fumes can and will build up in their systems and slowly cause organ failure and ultimately kill your rabbit.  Please move them into your home instead.  

Please get them fixed. If you don't, they need to be housed separately, even if you intend to breed. First off, the average lifespan of an unspayed female rabbit is 5 years. Spayed it's more like 10. This is because 85% of female rabbits will get reproductive cancers by the age of 5. If you intend to breed, they must be kept separate except for the actual breeding. You put them together to breed (female is taken to the male's cage, not the other way around), separate right after, then repeat in 8 hours to make sure she 'took'. Other than that, they MUST be housed separately always! There's a few reasons for that.

1) Female rabbits can carry two litters of different ages at the same time, resulting in a stressful situation for her and it's hard on the babies from both litters, since the first litter often has to be weaned early to make sure the second gets enough milk, and the female will not produce as much milk for the second litter, most of the time.

2) Male rabbits re-breed the female immediately upon birth of a litter. Back-to-back litters are hard on her body and irresponsible.

3) Female rabbits who are not altered are very territorial. if she gets tired of the constant harassment or objects to his presence in 'her' territory, she can and will seriously injure or kill him.

Since you don't know this, you don't sounds like you have much bunny experience, so you shouldn't be breeding them at all. Please spay and neuter your rabbits. They make better pets and live longer, healthier lives. Once that's done and they are healed, if you introduce them properly, they can live together happily on a permanent basis. Take a look at the information on properly introducing two rabbits here: http://www.rabbit.org/behavior/index.htm... To curb the female's territoriality, they do both need to be altered, not just him, she will likely attack him if she is not also spayed.

Answer 2

No one can diagnose this problem over the internet, it is too inspecific.  Rabbits are more prone to abscesses than tumors though (areas of bacterial infection that cause lumps) . If that's what it is it will need antibiotic treatment and possible surgery to remove it.  And for goodness sake, separate your bunnies!! Rabbits can get pregnant again as soon as they give birth so if you leave them together you'll end up with more bunnies than you know what to do with.  I'm sure a cat vet can manage a bunny spay without too much trouble. Yes, it's always better to find one experienced with bunnies but if the vet is willing to do it it will probably be ok.  

Answer 3

maby it heart its sealf or maby somthing bit it

or maby you should take it to the vet

Answer 4

Are your rabbits inside or out?  If out check and see if this bump has an opening in it.  If it dues it is probably a wolve [a worm like thing that has hatched and is growing in a little sack] It can be removed with peroxide and tweezers but you might need some help to hold the bunnie.  Turn him over pore a little peroxide on the hole and grasp the head of the worm and pull.  The bunnie will wiggle that's why you may need help.  After you get it out pore more peroxide on the wound.

Good luck 2u.