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Forum BEHAVIOR Rabbit behaviour… help!

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    • jillanddan
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        Hey there,

        I just brought home a sweet 4 month old buck about a week ago and he’s been nipping us and biting us quite a bit. Also, we have him out around us and he’ll jump up on the couch and empty his bladder…. not spraying, not a little pee mark, just full out peeing, either on us, or a blanket/pillow. I’m wondering what the causes for this might be, especially since he’s litter trained and always uses his box in the cage? All the info I have found online is just for spraying, or marking.

         

        He is not neutered but we plan on it soon.


      • Sarita
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          This type of behavior has nothing to do with being litter box trained unfortunately. It’s very common even in altered rabbits to do this. Eventually he MAY stop peeing on the couch as he ages, but there’s no guarantee which is why it’s best not to let him on the couch at all.

          It think it’s because things like your couch and your bed “smell” the most like you.


        • RabbitPam
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            If you let him out in a more confined area and enlarge his play space gradually as he learns his limits it will help him become adjusted to your home and to know what’s ok. I would put him into his litter pan every time he pees, even if he’s done. Make sure his pan smells like his pee, too. He is marking you, but he will learn that litter is for peeing and you are for fun. I agree that the couch should be off limits until he is fully litter trained and also stops marking. (Post-neuter, probably.) You can lie on the floor to visit with him and have him in your lap or on your back.


          • jillanddan
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              Thanks for the advice… any comments about the biting? He seems to bite my boyfriend more than me. Would have have to do with the way we’re handling him, or is it just something that might come in time with him aging and bonding with us?


            • LoveChaCha
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                As for biting, I would just say “NO!” in a high pitch voice. It works for most bunnies

                As for handling, I would advise against it unless you are trimming his nails or grooming him. Most bunnies do not tolerate handling.


              • Quantum
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                  Squealing, a good fairly loud, high-pitched one works on biting, too. It’s how bunnies let one another know that a bite was too hard. Another good way to communicate disapproval is to get right in front of them, make sure they can see you, very ostentatiously turn your back on them and sit on the floor. It takes about five seconds of that before Nibs bumps my side with his nose, “You’re not really mad, huh, Mom? Not really, right??!?”

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              Forum BEHAVIOR Rabbit behaviour… help!