jasperrabbit Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hi I have 4 bunnies, currently two females share an Eglu and two males are in a seperate hutch. Both males have been neutered (one only recently). However, one of my two females Stella (mother) keeps 'humping' Ruby (daughter) . I know that this is usually a display of dominance but the younger rabbit appears to be fairly distressed by all the unwanted attention! Has anyone any experience of dealing with this problem? i don't want to seperate them but need to know how to break this cycle. Any help would be greatfully recieved. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Hi jasperrabbit, my two sister bunnies do that a lot,and it is a dominance thing, but not good if one of them doesn't like all the sapphic attention! They should both be neutered as unbred and entire females stand a very high chance of getting uterine cancer, which is fatal. But that won't stop them bonking - it's not sexual, just as you said part of the pecking order thing. Karen Wren (http://www.rossrabbits.co.uk) is a very reputable breeder and there's nothing that she doesn't know about bunnies - try contacting her for advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 We've had 10 babies, which have moved on now! We thought the main 2 were both female! OOOOOPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperrabbit Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 ha ha, the reason i've got four bunnies is because Bodi got to Stella quicker than i could get him to the vet!! Luckily, she had a very small litter and sadly one died at about 8 weeks, so we kept the other two -...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Awww what a nice little story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 My boy + girl (both neutered) did that alot when first introduced. Now they seem to have given up but my female, Luna never really cared, she just ran inside the eglu or her tunnel. Alice, Luna and Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
