Hi, I am new to this site and to bunnies. I have two male mini rexes, Rui and Emrys, that have been with me for about three and a half months now. The stay in their cage when I’m away, but get to run around the apartment for a couple hours every day when I’m home. They get along pretty well for the most part. They play chase, they cuddle occasionally, I haven’t seen any grooming really. About a week ago I noticed that Rui had two bald spots on either side of his back. When I looked it seemed as if he had been scratched. I assumed that Emrys had done it trying to mount Rui while I was at work. I chased Emrys down, he hates being touched, and trimed his little razor claws. After that I kept a close eye on Rui and checked the spots every night. They seemed to be healing well, and his fur was growing back so I thought he would be ok. Tonight I got back from work and saw that he had been hurt again in the same spots. This time much worse. They weren’t bleeding, but one side was pretty raw. I gave him a raisin and put a little hydrogen peroxide on it, which didn’t seem to bother him as much as I was afraid it would. I’m thinking that I might need to put them in seperate cages for a while. But in the meantime Emrys seems to be pretty interested in Rui’s wounds, he keeps sticking his nose at them. Because of Rui’s fluffy hair I can’t tell if he’s licking them or what. It doesn’t seem to bother Rui. So, I’m not really sure what to do at this point. The funny thing is that, as near as I can tell, Rui is the dominant rabbit. He’s a few weeks older, so he’s bigger and Emrys usually follows his lead. Their cage is big enough that Rui can run away if he doesn’t like what Emrys is doing, and he definetly has no problem giving me a nip if I do something he doesn’t like. Any advice would be welcome. Neither one has been fixed, we’re waiting for the vet’s ok.

Ok, I take it back. Emrys is grooming Rui right now. I can’t tell what’s going on it their cute fuzzy heads.