The recent thread on an un-neutered rabbit has made me wonder: why would a neutered rabbit box?  Is Daisy aggressive?  She boxes me, Holly the cat’s favourite toys, the dust pan and broom for clean up, litter scoops, Cincinnati’s toys, books I am in the middle of reading, bags of litter I am actively scooping into and me, if she finds me in her pen sweeping.  

She also hops up to my feet, boxes them and nips at my ankles with regularity even though there is tons of room to take a different path.  She does not draw blood, but I have to move my feet or use my hand to turn her around.  It hurts.  She does not box hands.  She steals from hands though.  Food destined for her is often snatched away, if it is pellets, with the pellet scoop which she sometimes gnaws to get to the food faster.  Cincinnati takes food gently, which is good because his teeth are huge.  He will honk if he feels treats are not being distributed at exactly the same second though.   

On Friday, Daisy tried to take on the vacuum.  It was on, cleaning her pen.  She rounded it, to get to the front.  She is terrified of the vacuum, but held her ground and hopped up to her pen, despite it being on and in it.  I always make sure they are out of their pens for vacuuming, but she has been gradually working up the courage to take it on.

I can sweep Cincinnati’s pen when he is in it, with my head inches from him.  He just snuffles my hair.  He was neutered at around two years old.  Daisy was spayed before she was a year old.  I also wondered about the assertion that aggressive bunnies learn very quickly.  Daisy is extremely smart.  Maybe it is related.

Anyway, I am not worried.  I actually find her attitude endearing.  She has so much spunk.  She is the smallest of my pets, but holds her own.  I am just trying to understand bunnies better.  There is frustratingly little information on bunny behaviour and body language.  Are there lots of rabbits like this?  Why are they like this?  Who is typical, Cincinnati or Daisy?