Obsessed bun?

[Indie&me]

I rescued Indhira from a shelter when she was aprox. 2 months old. She was scared the first weeks but she slowly started playing and aproaching me, and she ended up doing binkies the whole day. She lives in my bed bedroom with her (huge, 2×2 m) cage always open except when im out for a longer time. She slowly started comming in my bed to cuddle and licked me a bit. Also licking my feet and she started loving me to pet her. But now, it’s just getting crazy. She looks like she’s completely obsessed with me. She follows me everywhere like a puppy dog. She even comes with me when I go to the bathroom and wanted to get in the shower with me wich I had to prevent from happening. She has to lick me 24/7 like crazy. She breathes like she just ran a marathon, with her eyes wide open. She HAS to lick my neck and head. She goes crazy when I push her away. Coming back as fast as she can as if her life is depending on it (seriously) I once counted how many times I had pushed her of the bed and her coming back and I counted 37 times in 6 minutes.. She also jumps on my lap whenever she sees the opportunity to do it even when it’s not the moment at all, scratching my whole body and also sometimes hurting herself from falling. Its starting to get really annoying as I can’t do anything with her around because she needs so so much attention. It makes me sad because she needs so much and I can’t give it to her. She also wont run around or play anymore as she only wants to be with me, so sometimes I just walk across the room to make her excercice following me. I am honestly not over reacting and I need advice. Is this her “personality” or is this because of the hormones? Will neutering her help? I am planning on doing this but it’s a lot sooner than I wanted to. Has anyone had the same problem? Thank you ❤️

[Mikey]

Spaying her will likely calm it down some, but she this very much sounds like her personality Cherish it, many bunny owners wish their bun(s) were are cuddly as yours is

[Boston's Mama]

My Boston is very clinging and would prefer to cuddle into me and rest his head on my shoulder like a wee puppy would over anything else. I love it! Loves picked up , loves giving kisses , waits for me like a golden retriever puppy. More puppy than bunny

My other one is very much like my past ones – likes to be pet but not picked up and not held for any length of time. Loving but independent

I agree with the above – enjoy it

[Bam]

Neutering could help, part of what you see could be mating-behavior. There’s no doubt she loves you, but a bunny that’s set on starting a family becomes obsessed, just like you’re describing it. This happened with my Bam and my GSD Effi. He was like a bun posessed. Followed her every waking moment, circled her, nipped her for attention, chinned her. She’s a very patient and sweet dog, but it was obvious she wasn’t happy about the situation, he just wouldn’t leave her alone. He also started poop- and peemarking the couch.

All of that went away two weeks post neuter. For girls it can take longer for the hormones to die down.

ETA: Does she wiggle her tail when she follows you around? Tail-wiggling indicates that a bun wants to mate. 

[Indie&me]

Yeah, just what I thought.. As neutering is a must anyway, let’s hope this might calm her down a bit and give her a less anxious life. I feel bad for her sometimes as, like I said, I can’t give her all the attention she wants/needs. I do apreciate it a lot. I am aware of how lucky I am to have her and of her being so loving. Thank you for your reply ?

[Indie&me]

Hi. Sounds a lot like what Indie does to me. So neutering helped? Im a bit scared that neutering will change her too much. I don’t want her to stop cuddling but neither do I want her to live this anxious.

She doesn’t really wiggle her tail, but she does put it up, like when she’s going to pee.

[Bam]

Desexing doesn’t change a bun’s personality, but the hormonally driven behaviors will go away or be reduced. It’s stressful for her to follow you around in vain attempts at courtship. It certainly was very stressful for my Bam, I tried to block him from going near the the dog with a baby gate, he threw himself at the gate and gnawed at it endlessly, so intense was his need to be close to her. It wasn’t good for him.

After he was neutered he returned to his “old self”, so I think having him neutered brought out his personality more rather than less. He’s a very cuddly bun, and he’s become increasingly cuddly over the years.

Right after a spay, the bun’s hormonal behaviours can become enhanced, this is a phase known as a “post-spay craze”. It happens to both boys and girls but usually lasts longer in girls. During this time the bunny can display, among other things, territoriality and cage-aggression. It’s normal and goes away with time.

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