Wellington
Young Bun
After some advice please....
We’ve had Hazel and Clover for just under a month. They’re 9 months old and sisters. They are rescue rabbits but were born in rescue at their foster carers, so they haven’t had a traumatic start in life.
Clover is definitely the dominant one and nips Hazel a lot. I know nipping can be friendly, but this doesn’t look friendly She’ll suddenly run at Hazel from under a bush and nip her on the back. Hazel looks upset and moves away. She doesn’t yelp or anything, but it’s always in the same spot on her back, and she’s got a scab there now
We thought at first it was just settling-in to a new home thing, but it’s definitely getting more frequent.
Other than the nipping, they’re okay together, but no better than ‘okay’. Hazel grooms Clover, and Clover gives Hazel the occasional cursory lick. When they’re in their hutch they sit together, but in their run or the garden they ignore each other.
This is our third pair of bunnies (the others are sadly no longer with us) and the others were male/female pairs and absolutely adored each other, so this is new for us and it’s horrible seeing Hazel being nipped/bitten
Should we do something about it? And if so, what?!
We’ve had Hazel and Clover for just under a month. They’re 9 months old and sisters. They are rescue rabbits but were born in rescue at their foster carers, so they haven’t had a traumatic start in life.
Clover is definitely the dominant one and nips Hazel a lot. I know nipping can be friendly, but this doesn’t look friendly She’ll suddenly run at Hazel from under a bush and nip her on the back. Hazel looks upset and moves away. She doesn’t yelp or anything, but it’s always in the same spot on her back, and she’s got a scab there now
We thought at first it was just settling-in to a new home thing, but it’s definitely getting more frequent.
Other than the nipping, they’re okay together, but no better than ‘okay’. Hazel grooms Clover, and Clover gives Hazel the occasional cursory lick. When they’re in their hutch they sit together, but in their run or the garden they ignore each other.
This is our third pair of bunnies (the others are sadly no longer with us) and the others were male/female pairs and absolutely adored each other, so this is new for us and it’s horrible seeing Hazel being nipped/bitten
Should we do something about it? And if so, what?!
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