Hi, new user here. I recently got a lone female rabbit in June, she is about 18 weeks old now and although she was very scared at first she has slowly become super close with me, even sleeping in my bed at night.

A few days ago I had to stay away for the night for a concert and had family members come to look after her. My room (which we share) has a huge mirror sliding door cupboard which she has also been fond of as she thinks her reflection is another rabbit and has been spending a lot of time with it. I found this super sweet, but the problem is that since returning from my trip she either ignores me for this mirror or hides under my bed – completely avoiding my company unless I give her treats, then she’ll eat it and lick my hand before going away again. I have sometimes tried speaking to her in a soft tone, sitting near her and even gently petting her favourite area of her head but almost every time she reacts negatively, often flicking her head/feet at me, turning to face away and lunging one time. She has also started occasionally thumping whenever I clean areas of my room or move objects on/off of my bed…

At first I thought my bun was just extremely upset at me for leaving or had decided her new friend is better company, but even after four days of staying in my room with her the behaviour is worsening and I am starting to question if she’s starting to get hormonal due to her age (a few days before leaving she did start marking my area of the bed). Could anyone tell me if this sounds like normal hormonal rabbit behaviour, and if not what I can do to help? I feel like she just hates me being around her now :/