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- 01/31/2021 at 5:54 AM
  Lisa-P&T
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  Hi guys,
  
  My rabbit, Phil, is 10 months old. She is spayed.
  
  Prior to her spay, she would spend hours every day organising her blanket and any sheets or towels that were drying on radiators/chairs.
  
  This stopped after her spay. However, in the last 2/3 weeks, she has started this behaviour again. It’s quite excessive. She can do it for well in excess of an hour, and sometimes will flop down afterwards for a rest. She has also started shedding again.
  
  I’m wondering whether this is a hormonal surge of some sort? Should we be worried?
  
  We will be bonding her with another female in 6 weeks (she’s just recovering from her spay) so maybe friendship will provide stimulation?
  
  Any insight or advice? Is this anything to be concerned about?
  
  Thanks a lot 😊
- 01/31/2021 at 6:58 AM
  pinkiemarie
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  It doesn’t sound too abnormal for a female. She could be bored and it’s that’s the case it will help when she gets a friend. Does she have a kid of toys and time out to run around?
- 01/31/2021 at 7:09 AM
  Lisa-P&T
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  Yes, she has toys and a dig box and tunnels and willow sticks. She has those things in her pen and she’s allowed out to free roam as much as she wants. Her blanket is tied to her pen and drapes down like a tent. We have to move the pen to let her out so maybe because it keeps moving the blanket every time, that may be annoying her? Also, I think she probably is a bit bored to be honest, she’s very bright and curious and it’s difficult to amuse her for a long time. That’s why I’m looking forward to hopefully giving her a new best bud. She’s very territorial generally but we are hopeful 🤞 it’s good to hear that a friend might help her to be less destructive. Thanks a lot for your input 😊
- 01/31/2021 at 10:17 AM
  Bam
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  This could be a bit of “March hare syndrome”- a reaction to the changes in the length of day. The days are longer already and here the pigeons have started cooing.
  
  Light impacts many different hormones in rabbits, not just sex hormones (neutered rabbits still have some production of sex hormones). It can spark a big moult and a rise in the bun’s activity level. It’s very obvious in my bun just now. We often see sth similar, but less marked in the fall, when the days become shorter.
  
  It doesnt sound like a worrisome behavior, and it is likely to subside. I had a male, neutered bun who spent many hours and days arranging a big bedspread. He first pulled it into a cardboard house, and when, after much work and effort, the whole bedspread was tucked into the house, he started pulling it out again. Rabbits can easily become obsessed with their “projects”, maybe that’s why they are capable of constructing their complex warrens.
- 01/31/2021 at 10:32 AM
  Lisa-P&T
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  Thanks Bam!
  
  I had wondered if it was something to do with Spring, I thought I’d heard that somewhere.
  
  Do you know when it will subside? My other female seems unaffected, although she is only 5/6 months.
  
  I hope this spring fever thing won’t affect the bond much? (it’s not for 6 weeks)
  
  Your male bun’s arranging sounds funny to watch, bless him and his efforts 🤗 my gal is equally invested in her blanket 😂
  
  Thanks so much!
- 01/31/2021 at 11:37 AM
  Bam
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  I’d say a month or so? One early spring, another male bun I had, started marking the couch. He had been neutered for more than a year. I had to block off the sofa so he couldnt access it, and I think I kept it blocked off for 3-4 weeks. When I removed the grids, my bun had forgot all about the couch and pee marking.
  
  Buns are such little weirdos 😃
- 01/31/2021 at 12:08 PM
  Lisa-P&T
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  Ok good, hopefully the other gal doesn’t have that by the time the bond is scheduled!
  
  Aw your poor other male bun, hormone central! Well done for blocking and fixing the issue! Sounds very effective! We had to do that with our older gal when she hit puberty and had previously used her litter tray on the couch (a bad habit unintentionally instilled from when she was a baby) and got aggressive. We’ve blocked the couch and she has stopped… We think 🤞🙈 maybe with less supervision she’d reclaim it😂
  
  Yes, buns are little maniacs, but you’ve got to love them ❤️ I’m a convert for life 😍🐰
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