Sexual Maturity at 10 weeks?!!?

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- 10/19/2015 at 9:33 PM
  Stacey
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  Oh my goodness!! My 10 week old Mini Lop X buck began humping his sister this morning! The woman I got them from suggested separating them at 10 weeks, so I am all set up for that, but she implied this was early and to be safe in case sexual maturity began at 12 weeks. I know the smaller breeds can reach sexual maturity younger, but 10 weeks? Really?
- 10/21/2015 at 1:16 AM
  lillian
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  It’s nature for you lol
  
  Quicksilvers “love parts (lol)” hadn’t even dropped by the time he started, but I think it’s just something that has to do with instinct. It’s also possible the person you got him from was not accurate on his age
- 10/21/2015 at 2:15 AM
  Stacey
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  Lol thanks Oh well, we’ll just all have to live with it for another couple of months I guess.
  
  I do have birth certificates for him and his sister and facebook confirmation. Guess he’s just “the man”.
- 10/21/2015 at 2:46 AM
  Bam
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  LOL, the man!!
  
  The physical act of humping is a ready-made motor pattern that is “automatically” generated from brain-stem centers, so de-sexed rabbits can hump too, even if they have no sexual intentions. F ex in bonding-situations, de-sexed bunnies will often hump to establish domination. But your little man is probably hitting puberty or about to hit puberty.
- 10/22/2015 at 7:01 PM
  Stacey
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  Thanks Bam
  
  After the humping incidents, I did recall seeing him circling Tansy a couple of day before and he did bite my toe lol.
  
  This is an adventure!
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