Zehong Song
New Kit
Hi, everyone,
We adopted two sibling brothers from our friends, one is gray and one is black, and I will refer them so. We had a happy time with them, until today we realised there are some potential risks. We learned that rabbits will fight with newcomers, or two separate rabbits will fight when one entre the territory of the other one. Rabbits will not fight if their social class has been set (perhaps)?
I would like to know:
1. Are they bonded? Do two bonded male rabbits fight?
2. Will they fight? Do I need to separate them?
3. Does neutering prevent fight absolutely?
Here is everything in my mind, and I would love to provide any relevant details.
1. Their father is Netherland Dwarf rabbit, mother is not.
2. They were born on 17/07/2021. Came to our house on 01/09/2021.
3. They live in a big two stories cage, use the same litter, food bowl and water bowl since then.
4. We let them out almost everyday, about 8am-8pm, indoor and outdoor (sometimes in winter and almost everyday in autumn).
5. They stay (and lie down) calmly and closely together in cage and under sofa. They mostly stay together or move together.
6. Black is brave, gray is timid. Black always lead gray to explore. Gray always escape from us first then black.
7. We offer them several cardboard boxes to chew and play with. They always chew and play with the same one.
8. They have probably hit puberty, eggs are easy to find.
9. Black spray urine out of litter sometimes, gray pee (not spray) urine out of litter sometimes.
10. Black often mount gray, gray sometimes mount black. There is no fight during mounting.
11. When black mount gray, gray simply make one step forward, black mount again and gray escape again...and vice versa.
12. Black now prefers to stay on the upper floor, gray on the bottom floor.
13. Black sprayed urine onto gray today.
They seem to be happy with companion and we don't want to separate them if possible. Please would anyone share some experience?
We adopted two sibling brothers from our friends, one is gray and one is black, and I will refer them so. We had a happy time with them, until today we realised there are some potential risks. We learned that rabbits will fight with newcomers, or two separate rabbits will fight when one entre the territory of the other one. Rabbits will not fight if their social class has been set (perhaps)?
I would like to know:
1. Are they bonded? Do two bonded male rabbits fight?
2. Will they fight? Do I need to separate them?
3. Does neutering prevent fight absolutely?
Here is everything in my mind, and I would love to provide any relevant details.
1. Their father is Netherland Dwarf rabbit, mother is not.
2. They were born on 17/07/2021. Came to our house on 01/09/2021.
3. They live in a big two stories cage, use the same litter, food bowl and water bowl since then.
4. We let them out almost everyday, about 8am-8pm, indoor and outdoor (sometimes in winter and almost everyday in autumn).
5. They stay (and lie down) calmly and closely together in cage and under sofa. They mostly stay together or move together.
6. Black is brave, gray is timid. Black always lead gray to explore. Gray always escape from us first then black.
7. We offer them several cardboard boxes to chew and play with. They always chew and play with the same one.
8. They have probably hit puberty, eggs are easy to find.
9. Black spray urine out of litter sometimes, gray pee (not spray) urine out of litter sometimes.
10. Black often mount gray, gray sometimes mount black. There is no fight during mounting.
11. When black mount gray, gray simply make one step forward, black mount again and gray escape again...and vice versa.
12. Black now prefers to stay on the upper floor, gray on the bottom floor.
13. Black sprayed urine onto gray today.
They seem to be happy with companion and we don't want to separate them if possible. Please would anyone share some experience?