Bunnies started attacking out of nowhere

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So my two bunnies are nine months old, fixed, and bonded. They were totally litter box trained until maybe a month or less ago they just stopped using it totally. Today, I came home, the bunnies were their usual playful selves; they followed me around, and attacked me with kisses when I sat down. I was doing some cleaning, and out of nowhere while I was on the ground cleaning something, my bun Eve just lunged at me with her claws for no reason. Then she kissed me and went back to laying down. It was hard enough that there are scratch marks where she lunged. Then, I offered the buns treats a bit later. Eve rushed as fast as she couldn’t and didn’t even get the treat out of my hand– she just bit my hand as hard as she could and drew blood. A few minutes later, I tried offering treats again to lure them out from under the bed so I could clean under there, and Theo rushed up and bit me. What is happening? Nothing has changed for them except for a couple weeks I wasn’t home as often, but it’s been back to normal for over a week. Maybe the only other thing that’s changed is that I’ve been handling newborn bunnies, but would that cause them to do that?

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Side note, I’ve been running a rabbit rescue and even though I’ve been lunged at, I’ve never been bitten before. I never would’ve guessed my bunnies would be the first to bite me. I was telling someone just the other day that my rabbits would never ever bite me when they asked if i was scared they would.

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Are you using any new cleaning products? Cleaning more than normal? Is the bunny rescue youve been running new? The smell of bunnies they dont know very well can cause them to attack you as you smell like strangers rather than smelling like yourself. Can you change clothes and shower before trying to play with your buns to see if that helps?

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