Lola tried to bite the baby, she got my hands instead.

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This topic has 8sd replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 15 years, 2 months ago by MooBunnay.

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- 09/23/2009 at 7:58 PM
  amanda-penny & lola
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  Well I’m sure everyone knows Lola had babies about two months ago. They are now going on 8 weeks old. They have been seperated from Lola for about a week now because they are weaned. I let them out once a day to run around and play & everything is usually fine. Lola loves to get on my bed and scratch at the blanket so tonight I got out one of her little boys and it didn’t take two seconds before she lunged at him. She missed him and I put my hands in front of her and she bit me twice. (it hurt). It scared the crap outta me because I was never expecting her to hurt them. I guess its my fault. I should have known better becasue the babies are older now.
  
  I was wanting to keep one but now I’m worried about the bonding. Penny acts a little weird arond the babies, but he hasn’t tried to hurt them. It might have been because the baby was sniffing her while she was playing on the bed. I’m finding her up there more often in the last week. & she might have been acting territorial?? I don’t know. sorry I know i’m going on and on. but it caught me by surprise.
- 09/23/2009 at 8:50 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Well, you could always do what you do when bonding 2 stranger bunnies, and see how Lola and Penny act then. maybe its because they’ve been seperated, Lola doesn’t know Oliver the same as before. It may change after she’s fixed too.
- 09/23/2009 at 9:03 PM
  luvmybunny
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  I don’t know but could she possibly be trying to get away from the babies since they are weaned and she has done her job? (I know you seperated them) Just a thought.
- 09/23/2009 at 9:04 PM
  katie, max & penny
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  oh for sure. bunny moms get mean to their babies- she probably thought he was trying to get milk or something. because theyve been separated, you have to treat them like they dont know each other and go through the formal bonding process. even though it seems silly!
- 09/23/2009 at 9:27 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Ideally what you would want to do is wait until mom and baby are spay/neutered. And then about a month after. Then start bonding. It’s natural that she nipped at the baby-babies are supposed to leave their moms (this prevents inbreeidng and is an instinct). Doesn’t mean they can’t be bonded, but you will likely need to go about it formally after the surgey
- 09/24/2009 at 8:36 AM
  amanda-penny & lola
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  okay, I will do that. Sorry I should have known better. I was just caught off guard for the first time like that. Never experienced before. scary. She is getting fixed. I Will just have to keep them separated until that happens. thanks
- 09/24/2009 at 3:03 PM
  katie, max & penny
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  dont be hard on yourself!!
  its not a big deal- no damage was done
  
  sometimes we forget that buns are wild animals, really. i do all the time!!
- 09/24/2009 at 9:14 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  Trust me, I know, rabbit bites are terribly painful! I got bit once on the back of the hand and once in the big toe when trying to bond my bunnies. And they leave a heck of a bruise too usually!
  
  Even though you will have to keep them separate- it will not be as “major” an introduction as with bringing a new unspeutered bunny into the house I would not think. They are already used to the smell and presence of the babies- although they are starting to register more as “adults” I would think. So you will have to go thru the bonding process- but I think you will have an advantage in the fact that they will be used to each others sight and smell- and you can still do cage swapping also.
  
  When Lola is spayed I am sure she will want nothing to do with the babies and any attempts to nurse right after the surgery- ouch!
- 09/26/2009 at 7:42 PM
  MooBunnay
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  I probably would have thought the same thing as you, that I could re-bond Mom and babies easily, but it does make sense that you will have to go through the bonding process again. Sorry you got a bunny bite – I haven’t gotten any because usually its my husband that does the job of breaking up the fights, and he’s got quite a few scars on his hands from different bunny bites.
  
  Once every-bunny is spayed/neutered/healed, it would probably be a good idea to also re-introduce them in a neutral area where mom will not be as defensive.
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