Girls can take a while for their hormones to die down after being spayed. Some take as long as 6 months, or so I’ve heard, but I think most are around 2 months. I think a lot of it is still the fact that she’s adjusting to the hormone levels in her body.

Posted By Cocoa on 3/23/2018 11:00 AM

Lily was spayed 3 weeks ago but she seems just as unfriendly. [B]She bites me a lot and then tries to escape. I will be doing nothing to bother her and she will just suddenly bite me and then run when i let go of her for a second[/B]. Cocoa is being extremely sweet now and only bites me when im in her way. Lily will be sweet and be licking my nose and then 5 seconds later she is biting me. There have been no recent changes with food, or her cage.

Are you holding her?

I know you’re not deliberately annoying her, but it seems like its quite clear that she bites you when you’re restraining her. You might not be doing it for bad reasons, but if you say ‘she runs away when you let go of her for a second’, obviously you’re holding her at the time. If you’re trying to catch her, or cut her nails, or hold her still, those are pretty typical reasons for a rabbit to get aggressive.

I think you are going to have to get used to using the towel method / bunny burrito.

It could be she just doesn’t have a good idea of what’s too hard for nipping. With puppies, they do what’s called “play biting”, where they bite each other out of play, but it’s the feedback they get from the other puppy that signals when the bite is too hard. With rabbits, it’s not really play biting as much as nipping for attention or an attempt to groom. The intention is different, but needing feedback is the same! Rabbits don’t have any good reference for the pain tolerance of a human, especially human lips! They’re huge! If they were real bites, she probably could have taken a chunk from your lip, so my bet is it was a nip that she just didn’t know was too hard/she shouldn’t nip there.

To provide feedback, usually a high pitched squeal and retracting away from the rabbit will do the trick. Repeat this each time it happens. Wick is so gentle in licking my toes now, haha.

Maybe she’s asing you to pay attention to her because you’re reading or on your phone while with her in the xpen? I know Rain comes up to me and nips my back when I’m doing something other then giving her my undivided attention. Ha ha!
I’ve learned not to do anything else while spending time with Rain, because she’ll probably eat it. Also, I’ve lost a phone case, a charger, two pairs of earbuds, and half a thin mint because of leaving things lying around. I even used to do my homework on the floor. With some buns, especially hormonal ones like mine and yours, it’s best to not have anything in their reach really. I just sit above ground when on my phone nowadays. When you’re in the Xpen with her, just give her one on one time. She could be scared of you all, and bite in response. You’ll have to show her that you mean no harm, by sharing space with her.

Also one other thing I recommend is getting a hard phone case because the rubber ones are just too easy to eat. You can still find super cute ones like those glittery kind. ?