PLEASE HELP!!! Females humping

Forum

OUR FORUM IS UP BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING AND FIXING THINGS. SOME THINGS WILL LOOK WEIRD AND/OR NOT BE CORRECT. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. We are not fully ready to answer questions in a timely manner as we are not officially open, but we will do our best.

You may have received a 2-factor authentication (2FA) email from us on 4/21/2020. That was from us, but was premature as the login was not working at that time.

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES

The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.

What are we about? Please read about our Forum Culture and check out the Rules.

BUNNY 911 – If your rabbit hasn’t eaten or pooped in 12-24 hours, call a vet immediately! Don’t have a vet? Check out VET RESOURCES

BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

This topic has 4sd replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by Little Lion Head.

Viewing 4 reply threads

Author

Messages
- 03/30/2015 at 1:46 AM
  3 posts
  So im new to this forum, only joined to find out if my bunny situation is a problem.
  
  I got three female dwarf bunnies about 4 months ago, two of them are sisters and the other one is just their litter mate. They have been fine and happy since i got them but today i noticed something.
  
  I saw my one female humping the other (The two sisters who re the biggest). I git worried so i sexed them to make sure they are females. They all had this like ‘Y’ slit, so hopefully thats female. The bunny being humped seemed so calm and didnt care that her sister was humping her. After, they began grooming each other like nothing happened.
  
  Is this behaviour normal, should i be worried about anything?
  
  Is it possible that the bonds they have now will break? Please help
  
  Note: They are getting fixed in a few days
- 03/30/2015 at 9:26 AM
  bestaccount
  Participant
  40 posts
  From what I learned over the internet, females hump to show dominance. My cousin’s two male buns hump each other and still groom each other (both not neutered yet). She’s had the second bun for a month but the humping still happens and they’re still bonded it seems. The new bun is only 3 months old while the older one is 5 months old.
- 03/30/2015 at 9:30 PM
  Little Lion Head
  Participant
  1706 posts
  It’s normal for a female to hump to show dominance. You should be careful though and make sure they don’t hump each other’s faces. Pumpkin got nipped by Rocky this way and it made her bleed. Could have been a lot worse than it was.
- 03/30/2015 at 11:02 PM
  JackRabbit
  Participant
  5451 posts
  How old are they? While siblings get along great when they’re young, once puberty hits all bets are off and there are no guarantees they will continue to get along. Females tend to become territorial and you could be seeing the start of this. The best thing you could do is separate them (before somebun gets hurt), get them spayed, let them heal and hormones dissipate, then start re-bonding them.
- 03/31/2015 at 6:40 AM
  Little Lion Head
  Participant
  1706 posts
  I concur with JR
Author

Messages

Viewing 4 reply threads

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.