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Forum BEHAVIOR NIPPING!! HELP!!

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    • DameriqaC
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        I got another bunny yesterday he’s a 6 week grey old holland lop and he wont stop nipping EVERYTHING! first it was just blankets and stuff in his play area then he chased my baby girl kairi shes a 14 week old lionhead and tried to nip face so they cant have play time and today i let him out and he nipped me so i moved and he was chasing me trying to nip me. i dont know what to do, any suggestions? like he so cute any very tiny but he’s mean!!


      • BB & Tiny
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          Maybe he is angry they took him away from his mama two weeks early !!


        • tobyluv
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            Until both of your rabbits have been spayed and neutered, they should be kept apart. You can keep their pens near each other, but it’s best to keep the rabbits themselves apart for now.  The first step in bonding rabbits is for both of them to be spayed and neutered and to have the recovery time from that, which is 2 to 4 weeks. Neither of your rabbits is old enough for surgery, so you will have to wait for them to be together for a few months. Unaltered rabbits can and probably will fight as they reach sexual maturity, and can severely injure each other. They can be sexually mature as young as 3 months old.

            Here is one good article on bonding: http://rabbit.org/faq-bonding-multiple-rabbits/

            It sounds like the new bunny is just being playful, not aggressive. At 6 weeks old, (which is too young to be taken from his mother), he likely wouldn’t have learned aggressive behavior yet, unless his siblings bullied him somehow. He’s excited about being in a new place and seeing a new rabbit, so the nipping is probably just a playful behavior that he learned from his litter mates.


          • blubudgie
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              I agree with tobyluv’s advice.

              Also rabbits are expected to chew so get him some rabbit chew toys so he can chew those instead of blankets, furniture, or cords.
              He could be playing or maybe he is nipping because he is still new to you and may not feel comfortable yet. Either way have patience he is not trying to be mean, he sounds very cute.

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