I will apologise firstly for asking lots of questions in different catorgories!
I have just got a 4mth old male dutch rabbit from a well known nationwide chain of pet stores. He had been for sale since July & no-one wanted him. The store had been told to sell him on his own because he didnt like being with his bunny friends.
He was sold to us warning that he may bite, although he didnt do it to everyone and didnt seem to do it at all if you avoided his mouth.
This seems to be true, it is easy to stroke him on his ears, neck, shoulders and back. He will take food out of a flat hand (Havent tried to pick him up yet, only had him 4 days!).
However if you feed him holding something in your fingers, he may bite you on his way to picking the food out of your fingers. Also if your hand is going near/past the front of his head (as if you were reaching past him to pick up his bowl) he sometimes reaches up and bites you as if he thought you had food.
Am I reading this correctly? That he is mistaking for food? Or is he being aggressive about food or territory? He is happy for you to stroke him whilst he is eating his pellets etc. and it is more of a sharp nip rather than a bit.
Thanks a lot, any advice would be very welcome as we would like to make him as comfortable as possible.
I have just got a 4mth old male dutch rabbit from a well known nationwide chain of pet stores. He had been for sale since July & no-one wanted him. The store had been told to sell him on his own because he didnt like being with his bunny friends.
He was sold to us warning that he may bite, although he didnt do it to everyone and didnt seem to do it at all if you avoided his mouth.
This seems to be true, it is easy to stroke him on his ears, neck, shoulders and back. He will take food out of a flat hand (Havent tried to pick him up yet, only had him 4 days!).
However if you feed him holding something in your fingers, he may bite you on his way to picking the food out of your fingers. Also if your hand is going near/past the front of his head (as if you were reaching past him to pick up his bowl) he sometimes reaches up and bites you as if he thought you had food.
Am I reading this correctly? That he is mistaking for food? Or is he being aggressive about food or territory? He is happy for you to stroke him whilst he is eating his pellets etc. and it is more of a sharp nip rather than a bit.
Thanks a lot, any advice would be very welcome as we would like to make him as comfortable as possible.