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Forum BEHAVIOR Humping

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    • NikkiBun
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        So I’m not sure if I should put this is behavior or bonding….I have just recently bonded my two rabbits, Pan and Sooki. They have been living together for about two weeks now but this morning while I was getting ready to leave for class I saw Pan humping Sooki. I really wasn’t sure what to do so I pushed him and pet them for a little while. After a couple of minutes he tried to hump her again but this time her face so I pushed him away again because nothing good can come from humping someones face. Then he got around to he butt and just went at it before I could do anything. Then Sooki turn around a bit him. I went at them with the spray bottle which really wasn’t stopping them so I split them up till everyone calmed down (including me). Now they are both out now mostly kinda ignore each other with some nose touching. So I’m not really sure how to read in to this. 

        Pan has never been a hump-er the whole time of bonding, neither has Sooki. Pan didn’t hump at all with his former partner either (during bonding session and after). I don’t know what brought this behavior on and I am afraid to leave them alone together while I am away on campus for 5 hours. They are both rather dirty fighter (learned that while bonding) I don’t want to come home to one of the injured or dead because of a fight while I was away. Any ideas?


      • bunnylova123
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          Humping is a dominance behaviour. Males and females do this, even if they are neutered, It’s just saying ‘ this is my mate, i am his/her leader, and if I want to, I will hump him/her ‘ females and males can get very annoyed at hump-ers, as you would , so separate them if this carries on a lot. Pulling him off if he goes on her face is a good idea, if he humps her face she might get really annoyed and bite his penis off ( gross, I know ) I don’t know what to do about this, I can only reassure you it is normal dominance behaviour. Are they neutered? If, they’re not this would be much more serious. Is there anyone who could check in, and make sure they are behaving normally while you are out?


        • NikkiBun
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            They are both spayed/neutered so no problems there. As of right now they have been sharing hay in their littler box for the last 20 mins so I think everything has gone back to the status quo (though they both look rather grungy b/c of how wet they got from the spray bottle). Pan is NOT a dominant bunny at all so I thought this whole humping thing rather out of character. My girl Sooki is the boss and is not afraid to show it. My roomies will be back a 3pm and I will be home a 4pm, no one will be home to check on them until then.


          • bunnylova123
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              maybe pan has decided that she wants to be boss, and sooki doesn’t like it? Are you in today so you can watch if they misbehave?


            • NikkiBun
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                Yeah I decide I would skip a few of my classes to watch them till I feel that they are not going to go at it again. Pan is always really jumpy after he fights so any fast movement that Sooki makes tend to set him off (which mean any movement that Sooki make b/c she doesn’t do anything slow). I think that they will be ok they are both snuggling together and I can see Sooki purring from here. I will just have to watch out for humping from Pan in the future and tell the roomies to be on the look out too.
                I am just really hyper sensitive to any problems with them because of how long it took to bond them together(6 months) because Sooki was really dominant and territorial. Any move for dominance on Pans part just worries me. Thanks for your help bunnylova!


              • bunnylova123
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                  I hope they are ok, it sounds like a one off really.


                • tanlover14
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                    This is actually very common. My recently bonded bun Simba likes to annoy the others with this – and sometimes we have to push him off too.

                    However, I would actually recommend NOT separating them. As when you separate them, you are only stopping the problem for that small period of time. Not long term. If you want them to bonded bunnies, they NEED to work it out and get through whatever issue is causing the humping. Granted, some buns will do it no matter what. But two things will happen – one bunny finally submits and just deals. Or they will have more dominance battles and one will end up on top.

                    I would keep them together.. but maybe try some extra stress bonding activities to get them uncomfortable and force them to be lovable again. Whenever mine have a fight, I instantly put them into a stressful situation together. This usually calms everyone down.


                  • NikkiBun
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                      Thanks TL but I didn’t separate them I just pulled them off each other and stopping them from going at each other again till they calmed down is what I meant by splitting them up. Sorry looking back at that post it a little confusing.


                    • LBJ10
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                        I agree, they definitely need to be allowed to work things out. Only separate if there is fighting.

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