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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A young male and female sibling bunnies together

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    • Nut Brown
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         Ok, we bought my daughter 2 bunnies for her birthday, they are now 2 1/2 months old. We have been thinking one is male and one is female, and have called a vet to set up having them altered. In researching I have found several answers to the age in which a bunny can become pregnant and thought we were safe for now. Today I found the (presumed) male humping the (presumed) female!  EEEK! So I immediately put up a make-shift divider out of metal cooling racks and have them separated.  My daughter said they had done this before when they a month and a half old. (Yikes)  Could a bunny less than 3 months old conceive? I certainly hope not. We truly want to be responsible pet owners.  And I would think it would be bad for a bunny her age to have babies. The other thing is that since I have seperated them the hutch seems to smell a lot worse.  I’m guessing because they are now spraying…  will this be a problem until they are old enough to be altered?


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          I just read “young rabbit behavior changes” and it was very helpful and explained some things (the smell and behaviors). Do female bunnies spray too?


        • Roberta
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            Hi NB,

            Yes… female bunnies will spray too. My Pepper can turn a full 360 degrees on her front paws with her bottom in the air whilst spraying…(thankfully she has not done that now for quite some time)
            It’s good that you have separated the buns, I think you may have (only just) dodged that bullet. At 10 or 12 weeks it is unlikely (though remotely possible) that they would successfully reproduce. Both males and females will hump in fact Pepper was the first to hump in my pair hence my belief they were both bucks until they presented me with 7 little furry gifts….. You should be able to tell their gender in another week or two and a trip to the vet to have it confirmed would be a good idea. Whilst it is best to wait until atleast 6 months for the girls boys can be neutered from 4 months as long as they are fit and healthy (vet check will confirm if its a good time to proceed) once done it will take at least a month for any lingering sperm to disappear, I learned this the hard way after Pepper and Piglet surprised me with 6 furry little early birthday presents.


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              Hi Roberta,
              Thank you so much for your reply and experience. Even though we did a lot of reading before getting the bunnies, it seems now that we have them there is so much more to learn! My daughter held the bunnies tonight as we checked their genders and were able to easily confirm we have a male and female. I would move the hutch outside until we have them altered, but we live in the middle of 20 acres of woods and have many predators that I’m sure would at least attempt, if not succeed to get at them. so I’m not to sure what we can do about the spraying and odor until they are old enough to be altered. I guess we just keep them separated and count down the days, (and pray we don’t get little furry gifts like you did). I had read that male bunnies could still reproduce a week after they had been neutered but not a whole month!!! That explains how the two bunnies we now have came to be. The woman we bought them from said that when they got their male they were told he had been neutered, so they had allowed him to be in with their female. She also ended up with 7 furry gifts (2 of which are now ours).
              I’ve read things on Binky Bunny before becoming a member. It’s really been helpful. I’m so glad I joined.

              By the way, your bunny pictures are adorable!


            • Roberta
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                Hi NB,
                Thank you… I love my beautiful bunny bugs..
                I have to add Pascal to the collage, he looks like Pepper my Silver Marten but is the larger breed, the Silver Fox. Piglet is a French Angora and the girls are all the product of their parents.
                The lady you got them from was probably a victim of the “one month” rule. There are many of us that have fallen foul of that one. Even my vet at the time didn’t know and told me only to separate them for a week.
                Inside is definitely the best for your buns. At only 10 weeks I think you should be fine for a while. Any serious spraying shouldn’t occur for a while yet but you might get the occasional excited pee puddle.
                Have you tried constructing a Rabbitat out of the NIC grids… We have a difficult time getting them in Australia but I believe they the easiest form of housing and very easy to remodel if you have to separate a pair suddenly.
                Odour can be controlled to a degree with different litter and changing it frequently, you might also get lucky and your two may not be olympic sprayers like my pair… I still have one “complete” boy to be done and he doesn’t spray at all, just misses the tray occasionally and Pepper and Piglets little girls (who stayed with me), Pipi, Blossom and Nomnoms have never sprayed… (which is a blessing, if they had their Mothers talent I’d need floaties)
                Whilst absolutely gorgeous dealing with a room full of boisterous baby buns was stressful and so heart breaking having to rehome them….I am now probably over cautious and have a series of barricades between the rooms separating Pascal and the girls just incase some bunny gets over the Xpen


              • Roberta
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                  Your little boys cecals might get a bit on the stanky side whilst he is hormonal, this would be why the hutch is a bit whiffier than usual.
                  A clean up with warm water and white vinegar should banish some of the smells.

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