MY RABBIT KEEPS ON NIPPING ME!! * I HAVE ALMOST LOST MY SANITY*

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- 02/11/2012 at 11:29 PM
  DutchRabbitsFtw
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  okay well as most of you know… or not.. lol i adopted my male lop rabbit who is neutered and is around 7 months old at the moment. i adopted him around… 4 weeks ago. i adopted him from a rescue. well the first few weeks were great,he was stillll a bit shy but you know.. better than nothing!
  
  well recently (a few days ago) i found that he absolutely loves it when i give him a massage on his head. so ive been doing that and last night he would give me nips every 10 mins or something so i can pet him. but today HE WONT STOP!!! everytime i move he bows his head as if expecting a pet. i mean at first its cute. but after around… 30+ nips it gets painful and annoying -_-… he only nips my clothes not my skin but he also accidentally nips my skin which hurts. i have squealed but to no avail. he just freezes and then continues doing it -_-…. now he doesnt mind when i read under his neck/ stomach and rub it . which is good since hes more used to me. he even lets me put my blanket on him while i rub him (he really likes that ha) he lets me rub his back (which he likes and before he would FREAK). but now he wont stop nipping me for pets?EVERYTIME i let him out he either gets on me and nips the front of my shirt, or gets behind me and digs my back -_-.. he only digs on my back though… and whenever i move he bows his head -_-… cute .. but i do have work to do and stuff…
  
  is this normal? what can i do to stop this? if i should stop this at all? i can push him off gently when he gets on me, and he doesnt flinch or anything. also, when i get his pellets he usually circles my feet, he IS neutered… does this mean anything else? he circles me and usually gets up on his hind legs and puts his paws on my legs like a little dog, but it hurts since his nails are sharp ha D:
- 02/12/2012 at 6:53 AM
  Elrohwen
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  Try ignoring him when he does it. The second he nips you stand up and walk out of the room. Count to 30 or so and then come back in the room. You’ll have to be really consistent with this method, but eventually he should learn that nipping makes you go away so no more pets for him.
  
  And circling when you have food is normal – it’s not the same thing as a hormonal circling, it’s just excitement for food.
- 02/12/2012 at 1:00 PM
  DutchRabbitsFtw
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  okay thanks, i’ll do that
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