Yeah hi I have a little concern, my rabbit had babies about 2 months ago and I decided to keep one and let the mother and baby start sharing the house together and eventually move them into the same cage at night.
The mother is about 6 or 7 pounds and a lop mix, her baby on the other hand… maybe half a pound? 1 pound? she’s only about half the mother’s size and seems to be the delicate type. [If you need a picture for size compare let me know]
One thing about baby-bun real quick …She loves to follow her mother around like a dog on a leash, not for milk, but for fun! She’ll binky around mom-bun, flop over, present herself for a grooming, and just overall have a good time.
Why am I telling you that? Well, mom-bun has been recently trying to mount the tiny [and completely ignorant] baby for dominance! Rude!
Mounting a baby bun barely half her size has proven to be difficult for mom-bun as baby-bun can crawl out. Mom-bun has been very persistent though and keeps trying again… and again.
This has been raising concerns as a 7 pound rabbit [possibly?] putting her full weight on top of a half pound rabbit may result in possible injury! I have started pushing and holding mom-bun away in fear of her crushing the poor babe.
Here are my questions:
Do rabbits put their full weight on each other when trying to be dominant?
Will the baby bunny’s spine be alright?
If I let mom-bun go ahead with the crushing dominance to get it out of her system, will she eventually stop?
a quick response would be appreciated as my mother [human] wants to put them in the same room again to see what will happen later…
Thank you