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Ankle obsession!!

Bex09

Warren Scout
I was just wondering if anyone knows why my 16 week old male lop is obsessed with my ankles?!!

When I stand up he follows me everywhere to the point where he is so close to me I nearly trip over him. Then when I sit or stand still he sits on my feet and digs at my ankles and nips them through my trousers! I don't mind as it is cute but he hurts sometimes. He doesn't dig if I have shorts or a skirt on, then he licks my ankles and legs instead. :lol:
 
He's in love with you :love: His hormones are probably starting to rev up a gear (if he's not neutered) and you've become the object of his desire. If you're really lucky, he'll start spraying you with urine soon:lol: I suggest it's probably time he lost his plums!
 
No too young to do that yet. My vets don't do it until they are 6 months old and he is only just 4 months old.
 
He doesn't have any plums yet! :oops: Not that I have been looking at his bits bless him! My other rabbit is 2 weeks older and his are just dropping and quite obvious... he did his first spray yesterday! I'm not in for a good few months here am I? :roll:
 
If you get a good bunny savvy vet, they can neuter males much earlier than 6 months. I've not had a young male for some years so someone else will probably correct me here but I believe you can get them neutered as young as 3-4 months???

If he's started spraying, believe me it won't get any better, especially if you are the object of his desire:love:. Wear waterproof trousers:lol::lol:
 
Oh no! What if they both start spraying me?! :roll: Am beginning to regret spoiling them so much with kisses and cuddles so that they love me! :lol:
 
Oh no! What if they both start spraying me?! :roll: Am beginning to regret spoiling them so much with kisses and cuddles so that they love me! :lol:

Just checking, you say them. Do you have 2 buns living together? If they are both male there is a good chance they will fight by the age of 6 months if they haven't been neutered, if one is female he will defiantely be able to get them pregnant.

If he is a giant breed then a vet may have to wait until 6 months, but most normal sized buns are neutered aroud 12 weeks :)
 
Unneutered males will also run circles around you to show their affection. Milo is neutered now, but he still does it when I'm holding a box of raisins. :lol:

My vet neutered Milo at 4 months, for which I was very grateful! The surgery isn't too invasive, and most vets will just wait till the plums drop, which is somewhere between 9-16 weeks. :)
 
Yes I have two males but no they are kept seperately until nuetered when I am hoping to bond them. I bought a boy and a girl so that they would be companions but my girl turned out to be a boy! I'm not happy about it but nothing I can do now and love both my boys so much! :love: They clearly love me too! :lol:
 
Yes I have two males but no they are kept seperately until neutered when I am hoping to bond them. I bought a boy and a girl so that they would be companions but my girl turned out to be a boy! I'm not happy about it but nothing I can do now and love both my boys so much! :love: They clearly love me too! :lol:

Not to scare you, but the same thing happened to me. I got a girl for my Eddison, who turned out to be a Milo instead of a Mimi, if you catch my drift... :roll:

But my boys ended up fighting viciously, as boy rabbits tend to battle (although not always). I would get them both neutered as soon as possible so they won't have those territorial urges. I just want your buns to have the best possible chance for success.
 
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