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Being overly amorous?!

RussAb

Young Bun
After a long wait we've finally got our two rabbits, Abbie and Giles (pics to follow when I work out how to put 'em on, and when the two of them stay still long enough for me to snap them :D :D ), home with us at the weekend. Both are lops about 8 months old, although Abbie's a bit bigger as Giles is a dwarf lop.

Like most first-time bunny parents we spent most of the weekend watching them, and a couple of things do worry us a bit:

1. Since they've been together he really won't leave her alone, incessantly trying to mount her all the time.

The hutch has two floors connected via a ramp, and it's now got to the point where she has to jump down the ramp to the bottom floor of the hutch to get some peace...Giles hasn't mustered the courage to start using the ramp yet and stays on the top floor.

They've never had a fight - Abbie takes herself away or humps Giles back (presumably to make him aware she's the boss?). Obviously we want them to get on well - they were supposed to be company for each other whilst we're both at work. Is this something to worry about? Will he calm down?

Giles had the snip a couple of weeks before he came to us, and Abbie was spayed about the same time.


2. Giles has been sneezing quite a lot since he's been with us. No mucus or anything like that, just a lot of sneezing. Abbie seems fine. We presume it must be the hay we got (from a local stables) so we're going to try the hay that the rescue centre uses. Can rabbits be allergic/sensitive just like us hayfever sufferers?!


Any advice you can offer would be much appreciated!

Thanks

Russell
 
It can take several weeks for the hormones to decrease after neutering so hopefully you will find he will gradually calm down. Likewise it can take a couple of weeks for her hormones to do the same and stop smelling like a unnneutered female bunny to him.

They have also effectively just moved into a new territory as well which means they need to establish whose it is, mounting is a part of this so again give them a little time to settle and it should decrease.

There is not much you can do except keep an eye on them, if she was really bothered by him then she wouldn't go back up to see him :)

Congratulations!

Tamsin
 
Would agree there tamsin but id put the time at months to go if they were younger then weeks but bucks that know they are male may gontinue for a long time, my does will hump the male if they are ready to mate. val
 
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