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FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A rabbit health and wellness

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    • emshaw
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        So I just got my little bun Aurora fixed a few weeks ago and due to some hormonal aggression towards her partner, Chester. after I re introduced them and then worked back to getting in the same cage again. When I checked on them after an hour or so without super vision it kind of looked like they might have gotten in a fight or something since there was fluff and litter kicked up everywhere and outside the cage too, but no one seemed angry or hurt. After this I noticed that Chesters butt seemed to be missing lots of fur chunks, although there wasn’t any I could see inside the cage to make me think she pulled them out. His but has only been getting choppier but I haven’t seen any aggression from either of them. Is he just molting or are they fighting when I’m not around? He’s usually totally smooth like his back, not choppy like his butt.


      • jerseygirl
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          I’d say she is pulling at his butt fur, warning him. Do check through the fur, blowing on it if need be, to look for wounds.
          They may need more time apart if she is still showing aggression. Is their anything in their habitat that she is particularly territorial about?
          Litterboxes can be triggers for some rabbits, so adding another next to the first might help if that is something they are squabbling about.


        • emshaw
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            She hasn’t been showing any signs of aggression when I’m present and I haven’t been finding large fur chunks like back when she used to pull them out. She’s even started giving him licks again for the first time since she got hormonal and dominant.
            I looked around the choppy part and couldn’t find anything on the skin that didn’t look okay and he’s seeming to enjoy me scratching his butt in that area when he never used to like butt scratches.

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