Fixed males won’t pee to scent their partners anymore. Yohji stopped spraying immediately after neuter. But it also depends on the bunny.. some which are neutered when they are much older have acquired the habit of spraying. So even after neuter, they still retain this habit.. basically they spray ‘cos they’re used to doing that, not so much to mark territory or to scent their partner.

But even with fixed bunnies, there will be territorial peeing when a new bunny is in the house (sometimes I find pee next to Hans’ play pen) and when they move to a new place (there was quite a bit of territorial peeing when I brought them back to my hometown, Penang, over the last Chinese New Year). Apart from that.. no other pee incidents, phew!

Do most chins practice defensive spraying? Is there a way to stop the spraying? Or will it be the case that if a chin never learns to accept/like being carried, then it will continue to spray each time someone tries to carry it?

Male bunnies spray to mark territory, and to mark their women too hee hee Yohji used to spray Buttons before he was neutered. And he’d spray again just as I’m cleaning up his pee, so I’ve had warm animal pee on me, too! So NOT fun!