RE: Rabbit is attacking my cat and dog

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RE: Rabbit is attacking my cat and dog

08/24/2017 at 1:23 PM

joea64

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My initial thought is, I wonder if your rabbit is trying to establish herself as dominant over the dog and cat?

Female rabbits, especially unspayed ones – is your bun spayed yet? – tend to be very territorial and dominant when they attain sexual maturity. That’s why it’s dangerous to introduce a buck, whether neutered or not, into the habitat of a doe that hasn’t been spayed, because the doe WILL attack the buck. Spayed does aren’t usually as aggressive, so I understand, but they can still be quite territorial and dominant. I’m observing some interesting behavior myself from my own (spayed) doe Panda, who is exhibiting dominance behavior (mounting) with her bondmate and (neutered) son, Fernando, in what seems to be an effort to emphasize her status as the dominant half of the pair.