Hello,
I am a new, first time (as an adult) rabbit owner. We bought our Minxie, who is a dwarf lion headX female, approximately 2 months ago. She was born on 9/2/18 so is currently 4½ months old.
Ever since we bought her she has been a very loving rabbit, enjoying cuddles, following me around the house and has never been agressive or bitten, however, over the last 2 days she has started lunging and me and biting my hands in a nasty manner if I reach into her hutch to pet her or refresh her food and water bowls. She has also been biting my trouser legs and thrashing around with lots of thumpibg of her back feet. She currently lives as an only bunny but after neutering (booked for 7/7/18) we are planning to adopt a rescue bunny from a rescue centre who offer a bonding service.
My questions are:
Is this normal behaviour?
Could it be her hormones or is she being territorial?
Is it likely to continue??
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Lydia
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I am a new, first time (as an adult) rabbit owner. We bought our Minxie, who is a dwarf lion headX female, approximately 2 months ago. She was born on 9/2/18 so is currently 4½ months old.
Ever since we bought her she has been a very loving rabbit, enjoying cuddles, following me around the house and has never been agressive or bitten, however, over the last 2 days she has started lunging and me and biting my hands in a nasty manner if I reach into her hutch to pet her or refresh her food and water bowls. She has also been biting my trouser legs and thrashing around with lots of thumpibg of her back feet. She currently lives as an only bunny but after neutering (booked for 7/7/18) we are planning to adopt a rescue bunny from a rescue centre who offer a bonding service.
My questions are:
Is this normal behaviour?
Could it be her hormones or is she being territorial?
Is it likely to continue??
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Lydia
Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk