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What happens if you don’t intervene with the nipping? Does it resolve on its own or escalate to a scuffle?

Same with the mounting, does it just lead to some chasing, or does it turn into a fight? Mounting is be OK (and happens in bonded pairs too), and if the chasing is due to a mounting attempt it may help to just observe and let it play out for…[Read more]

I’m guessing most of the issues are because it’s less neutral. Rabbits rely strongly on their sense of smell, so if they are within smelling range of their home territory that can sometimes cause issues.  If things get tense again in tonight’s sessions, it may be best to try another space that’s more neutral. I saw a really similar pattern with…[Read more]

Yes absolutely, that’s my thought as well. Spider bite fits, I just can’t find any information about those sorts of bites in rabbits. Plenty of info about how they’re not as bad for humans as people think they are, but rabbits are obviously not people.

In any case, she’s still  recovering well which is all that matters.

Positives are mutual grooming, eating together, loafing together, and ignoring each other. Negatives are nipping and humping, but these only seem to happen when Pumpkin takes a wee, which triggers Hero the dominant bunny to get territorial. Night time and late evening also seems to trigger aggression, we can’t work out why at all. During a 24/7…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your reply!! It helped a lot, also for us to not to worry so much.

The tornado was maybe once every day, after we moved the dates to the kitchen,  because it was raining outside a lot and we also wanted to increase the time. But the last tornado was yesterday night. And yes, the kitchen is less neutral place, but we cleaned…[Read more]

That’s tough, it’s hard to say whether the boxes were the problem (if only we could read their little bunny minds). At this point, what are the positive behaviors your seeing and what are the negatives? Is the main pattern of aggression based on the time of day or do you see another trigger?

But it’s OK to take a break and go back to normal…[Read more]

That’s a good idea! Thanks! Maybe pain meds could be a good step before putting her through more procedures or anesthetic again.

I do have some metacam at home actually. I will suggest pain meds to the vet tomorrow and see what he says.

Hi there, welcome!

How long ago was the bunny tornado? If it was towards the beginning, and things seem like they have been improving, I think it would be fine to just keep marathoning in that space (with supervision). Really you want them to have been together for 48 hours of no significant aggression (a little nip here and there is OK, but you…[Read more]