Becky-hull
New Kit
:wave:Hi everyone, totally new here but hoping someone may be able to give me a bit of insight. So here's the deal, Ive had 2 rabbits, from the same litter, both girls, since they were 12 weeks old and are both now 10 months. They have always lived happily together, eaten, played, slept together and groomed each other. They have a large hitch with an attached run and often are let out for a run around where they have free reign of the garden. They have occasionally got a bit frisky but rabbits do that right. A couple of weeks ago they started fighting, badly! Fur flying, growling, biting! I separated them immediately, they can see each other and have just a wire mesh between them. I left it a couple of days and let them both out into the garden with the hope I could see if they had calmed down on mutual ground. They immediately had a tense stand off, staring at each other intensely then they started fighting. They were swiftly separated and returned to their own hutches. A couple of days later we tried again but as I got one out, I noticed she had made a nest and plucked a lot of hair. It seemed odd behaviour as she has never done this before. To put my mind at ease I sexed them myself and to my surprise, one of my girls was blatantly a boy! So my question is, is my bunny expecting? It's always the male who fights the female, why? The fur pulling started 2 weeks ago and still no babies, is it just a false pregnancy? I'm really surprised we haven't had babies before now after they have been together for 10 months! Any help, advice, comments will be appreciated. Thanks guys x