Bunny nipping

[Hayley34]

Hi just wondered if anyone had any advice, I have 2 rabbits 1 male 18 weeks and 1 female 10 weeks anyway just recently my male bunny Bubbles has started to nip/nibble me it’s not really biting as it doesn’t hurt at all it’s just like he’s having a little taste but I am a bit worried that it will progress from nipping to biting and I don’t want this to happen at the moment the bunnies are being kept separately as Bubbles isn’t being neutered until this Friday and I don’t want any baby bunnies so any advice is very welcome

[JackRabbit]

If he’s just nibbling, he could be trying to communicate with you or groom you. If he nibbles too hard, squeal to let him know in bunny language that he’s hurting you.

[Hayley34]

I think you maybe right and that he could be trying to communicate as it often happens in the morning when stick my fingers through the cage bars to fuss/greet him so maybe he’s trying to tell me hello and he wants a fuss, although that’s just a guess as these are my first bunnies and I’m still learning as I go about them he also tends to nip my partners feet when he’s running around indoors so maybe my partner has stinky feet that need grooming lol

[kirstyol]

Funny you should mention feet, Bramble has a thing for my slippers, only mine not the other halfs. He used to nibble us occasionally and I did the yelping thing, he has also been neutered a few weeks ago though so im not sure whether it was the neutering or the yelping that helped but he hasn’t nipped either of us (just my slippers) for a few weeks now so something has helped.

[Hayley34]

Aha bubbles has gotten into the lovely habit of nibbling my partner bum when he squats down on the floor, as your can imagine my partner jumped a little, I on the other hand found it highly amusing

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