Hellabelle
Young Bun
I used to have two rabbits, and as I've explained on numerous other threads - upon reaching the age of around 2 years, they began fighting and it ended in one bun getting her ear ripped and bite marks all over her body. To cut a long story short - one bun was given to my dads friend whos rabbit had just passed away and she was looking for another one, as unfortunately we didn't have the room for two hutches and obviously another large run to go with it in the garden...
Anyway, the bun I kept is Daisy, and she had always been the calmer, gentler rabbit of the two, I had hardly any problems handling her and she'd sit on my knee for a cuddle. Obviously, after the fight she was in shock for a couple of weeks and most likely in pain because of her ripped ear - However, it's healed fine.
The thing is though, since her ears healed and shes completely back to 'normal' hopping around and generally being a happy little bun - shes begun to get really aggressive! Although shes much more active than she ever was, shes now impossible to pick up without her biting/grunting/scratching and generally panicking and squirming when I have to take her out of her hutch to either let her run around in the house or in her outdoor run... When I sit in her run with her or I'm in the room with her in the house, she won't come anywhere near me half of the time. ...When she does come near she nudges me with her nose, which used to signal she wanted stroking, now, as soon as I touch her she runs for dear life!
She never used to be like this? Could it be anything to do with not being with her sister? Even though her sister was always the dominant one and was a little bit of a bully!! When I'm not attempting to touch her she does seem like a generally happy bunny but shes changed so much
Does she now hate me for taking away her sister!?
Any advice or anyone who knows/thinks they know whats going on is appreciated...
Helen x
Anyway, the bun I kept is Daisy, and she had always been the calmer, gentler rabbit of the two, I had hardly any problems handling her and she'd sit on my knee for a cuddle. Obviously, after the fight she was in shock for a couple of weeks and most likely in pain because of her ripped ear - However, it's healed fine.
The thing is though, since her ears healed and shes completely back to 'normal' hopping around and generally being a happy little bun - shes begun to get really aggressive! Although shes much more active than she ever was, shes now impossible to pick up without her biting/grunting/scratching and generally panicking and squirming when I have to take her out of her hutch to either let her run around in the house or in her outdoor run... When I sit in her run with her or I'm in the room with her in the house, she won't come anywhere near me half of the time. ...When she does come near she nudges me with her nose, which used to signal she wanted stroking, now, as soon as I touch her she runs for dear life!
She never used to be like this? Could it be anything to do with not being with her sister? Even though her sister was always the dominant one and was a little bit of a bully!! When I'm not attempting to touch her she does seem like a generally happy bunny but shes changed so much
Does she now hate me for taking away her sister!? Any advice or anyone who knows/thinks they know whats going on is appreciated...
Helen x
