Litter training- Aggressive Bun

[Maddie]

Forgive me if this is long winded. So I have two buns, Smooches and Basil. Smooches is a recently spayed 6-7 month old female, and Basil is an unfixed 4-5 month old male. Basil is getting fixed June 14th. I decided to start litter training a few days ago. I heard that it is more difficult to do if your rabbit is unfixed, but Basil has been nothing but sweet in the past, so I was not worried about him being territorial. So I got the litter boxes, some non-toxic paper litter, got some hayracks for above the litter boxes, and am doing everything the internet said to do to get them trained(putting poops and pees in the litter boxes and sanitizing the area.) Smooches, who used to be aggressive but is very mellow post-spay, took everything in stride. She is not yet fully trained, but doesn’t seem to be bothered when I’m moving her stuff around and sanitizing. Basil immediately got very aggressive, honking at me and biting me, even when I’m just feeding him. Did I do something wrong? I feel like a bad bun mom but I know he is just reaching sexual maturity. It just breaks my heart to see my sweet little Basil so feisty towards me. I will say though, he is using the litter box more than Smooches is. I think he’s almost fully trained. Anyway. Thanks for reading, and I would love some insight. 

[Drago]

Intact males are naturally just going to be more unruly and difficult to handle unfortunately. The only true way to fix this is of course, to get them neutered. What’s important is simply not to give in to these poor behaviors, and instead reward him for the good ones. I think you’ll find a noticeable difference in his overall demeanor after he’s been fixed Good luck with him

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