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Female rabbit has gone crazy!!!!

J

jennycreed

Young Bun
Hi guys,

I have a male lionhead (Simba born jan 2015) and a female lion head (big, born 20th august 2015)

I got simba from a pet store and he is the most loving, unharmful rabbit ive ever met. When i paired him with big, they fell in love straight away and were cuddling from minute one and wouldnt leave each others side.

Anyway, simba is neutered, big isnt. Past few days shes just been absolutely crazy and ive had to put them in seperate cages.

Big keeps humpin simba, she wont stop and simba is getting stressed out, he didnt eat at first and i stayed up all night feeding him his favourite treats to make sure he would eat something. He has only pooped 5times since 11pm last night.

When i put them back together, Big circles simba in a really intimidating way and simba just submits instead of sticking up for himself. Ive kept their cages close together so they can still see/smell eachother while they are seperated.

What do I do, why has she gone crazy... she keeps taking clumps of fur out of his back and head and she eats it...
 
jennycreed said:
Hi guys,

I have a male lionhead (Simba born jan 2015) and a female lion head (big, born 20th august 2015)

I got simba from a pet store and he is the most loving, unharmful rabbit ive ever met. When i paired him with big, they fell in love straight away and were cuddling from minute one and wouldnt leave each others side.

Anyway, simba is neutered, big isnt. Past few days shes just been absolutely crazy and ive had to put them in seperate cages.

Big keeps humpin simba, she wont stop and simba is getting stressed out, he didnt eat at first and i stayed up all night feeding him his favourite treats to make sure he would eat something. He has only pooped 5times since 11pm last night.

When i put them back together, Big circles simba in a really intimidating way and simba just submits instead of sticking up for himself. Ive kept their cages close together so they can still see/smell eachother while they are seperated.

What do I do, why has she gone crazy... she keeps taking clumps of fur out of his back and head and she eats it...
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She is probably feeling hormonal and may be on the verge of having a phantom pregnancy. Spaying her would be the best option. Not only from the behavioural point of view but also to protect her from uterine infections and cancer when she gets older

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/info-sheets/uterine.htm

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/leaflet_pdfs/neutering28.8.07.pdf
 
Yes, as J-J says, she is ready to be neutered.
Didn't you have another female rabbit you had problems with not so long ago?
 
jennycreed said:
Hi guys,

I have a male lionhead (Simba born jan 2015) and a female lion head (big, born 20th august 2015)

I got simba from a pet store and he is the most loving, unharmful rabbit ive ever met. When i paired him with big, they fell in love straight away and were cuddling from minute one and wouldnt leave each others side.

Anyway, simba is neutered, big isnt. Past few days shes just been absolutely crazy and ive had to put them in seperate cages.

Big keeps humpin simba, she wont stop and simba is getting stressed out, he didnt eat at first and i stayed up all night feeding him his favourite treats to make sure he would eat something. He has only pooped 5times since 11pm last night.

When i put them back together, Big circles simba in a really intimidating way and simba just submits instead of sticking up for himself. Ive kept their cages close together so they can still see/smell eachother while they are seperated.

What do I do, why has she gone crazy... she keeps taking clumps of fur out of his back and head and she eats it...
Click to expand...

I reckon it's because your female rabbit is feeling hormonal, which happens to mature females when they haven't been spayed. It may be just about time to think about getting her spayed, and this should calm down all this behaviour as well as protecting her against uterine cancer.

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/leaflet_pdfs/neutering28.8.07.pdf
 
Yes, unfortunately we had to rehome Sue as she wasn't pet material for us, she didn't enjoy our company or Simbas. She is in a new home now and she is living with a family and gets on really well with the children of the home. I know she prefers it there and I am updated with new pics weekly from her new family :)
 
jennycreed said:
Yes, unfortunately we had to rehome Sue as she wasn't pet material for us, she didn't enjoy our company or Simbas. She is in a new home now and she is living with a family and gets on really well with the children of the home. I know she prefers it there and I am updated with new pics weekly from her new family :)
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I'm glad she found her own special home.

I don't think you are going to make any progress at all until you've had your female neutered.
 
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