Candiflare
Mama Doe
Haven't got an answer to this in bonding, so thought someone browsing here might know...
In case you don't know I have five bonded rabbits - 3 females and 2 males - all neutered, all spayed. Ruby used to be part of a 3 with the 2 boys and she used to be the bottom bun... very submissive, slightly bullied but generally fine. But now they are bonded into a 5, she has worked her way up to top bun and is becoming more and more vicious towards the others.
When I give them their pellets in the bowl, she pounces into the bowl and growls and they all back off. She is constantly boxing their faces and nipping their behinds. She's worse with the other does than the bucks, but it's all of them that she attacks.
Apart from this they are all quite nicely bonded and happy with each other, and I don't want to have a 4 and a 1!
Anybody any advice on how to deal with this?
In case you don't know I have five bonded rabbits - 3 females and 2 males - all neutered, all spayed. Ruby used to be part of a 3 with the 2 boys and she used to be the bottom bun... very submissive, slightly bullied but generally fine. But now they are bonded into a 5, she has worked her way up to top bun and is becoming more and more vicious towards the others.
When I give them their pellets in the bowl, she pounces into the bowl and growls and they all back off. She is constantly boxing their faces and nipping their behinds. She's worse with the other does than the bucks, but it's all of them that she attacks.
Apart from this they are all quite nicely bonded and happy with each other, and I don't want to have a 4 and a 1!
Anybody any advice on how to deal with this?