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Rabbits... ALL RABBITS... can be friendly young and as adults. Your question poses several interesting points. I have a rabbit farm/ amateur rescue with over 200 rabbits (350 with Easter coming up) so I have quite a lot of experience with this. Wish I had all good news, but here is my two...

Bunnies bite to get you to leave them alone. When your bunny attacks, you have to show it who is boss. I know this sounds mean but... show it you are boss by picking it up, squishing it against you and carry it around. Eventually, it will realize you are not a threat and you are the boss...

Looks like a Netherland Dwarf. Ears are short enough, eyes big enough, weight is about right. But, might not be a pure bred.

Any bunny that gets debris stuck to them will be swollen and sore. Keep the bottom clean and it will heal. Quite often, the beginning of that problem is diahria, caused by a digestive issue, or sudden change in the food source. Chemically treated hay or straw will have that problem. As...

Many first time does fail to build a nest or just push out the kits scattered across the cage. I lost all 3 of my first mom Nettis litters this fall. Be aware that does attitudes will change after breeding, then again after the kits are removed so rebreeding her now won't give you time to get to...

Blue eyes, and certain body stripes, especially down their forehead, are often caused by the Vienna gene. The appearance changes grately from bunny to bunny. If you get the double Vienna, it becomes a BEW (Blue-Eyed-White) bunny. My partner's favorite color. The Vienna gene can also hide but...

Adding a small serving of Black Oil Sunflower seeds seems to work to keep weight on our mothers after they delivery their kits. Don't overfeed on those though as they will put weight on a bunny fast. Other than that, I agree with everybody else. Feed the bunny all the food she'll eat...

Rabbits are prey animals, reacting negatively to any fast motion in their vicinity. I have an escaped rabbit about once a month (total barn count over 100) and they are sometimes very easy to catch, sometimes very challenging. Step 1: Locate the escapee but do not approach. Step2: Do your...

Very pretty bunnies! Welcome to the forums. If you have questions, please just put them up. I don't think I have ever seen a hostile or mean posting in reply to anything here.

Most farm stores like D&B or Tractor Supply have pellet bedding for horses that is highly odor absorbent. It works good with bunnies, but is a bit more expensive than standard shavings. Walmart (cringe) also has a nice scent-absorbing animal bedding. You have to remember, you can't have too...

Netherlands carry a gene for dwarfing. If you have 1 dwarf gene the bunny is smaller than a bunny with no dwarf gene by about 30%. A bunny with double dwarf genes is usually a peanut and doesn't survive long. So, the difference for laypeople... is true dwarf is smaller than non-dwarf-gene...

If the idea of a monster rabbit doesn't scare you and you have the time to tame down your breeding rabbits, I would highly recommend looking into Giant Chinchillas. The meat to waste ratio is better than even NZ-Cali crosses and the time difference in growing is negligible. You can have an 8...

All Lops are amazing, bred just for loving, calm, temperment. My all time favorite are holland lops because they are so small, averaging around 2 pounds like the Netherland Dwarf bunnies. I must admit to having better overall attachment and bonding with my more recent mini lops, which are...

If the scabs continue to expand, the odds are, it's ear mites. One common treatment is a parasite treatment for livestock called Ivermectin. Two drops in each ear and it will absorb, keeping those pesky bugs out of your bunny ears for up to 3 months. Some states have Ivermectin regulated...

I raise netherland dwarf bunnies, along with a few other breeds. As people are saying, they are normally non-agressive, often evasive. My favorite Netherland Dwarf is a Blue-Eyed-White we named Storm. She comes to the front of her cage and waits for us to pet her, or give her any kind of...

Welcome to the forums. Don't worry about asking a ton of questions, that is why we are here, to help each other and share our experiences with our bunnies.

As you know, bunnies bond, as you are trying to do. The results of being torn from a bonded human is very traumatic for a rabbit and can lead to many social issues, including evasive or destructive tendencies. In Five weeks, he won't be over that. He will till be missing his bonded human...

The partial blue eye is the Vienna gene. If you double the VG, you get blue-eyed white rabbits. Same goes with the albino (Ruby-Eyed-White) gene. I would assume one of your lovely bunny's parents carried the Vienna gene and, being recessive, when not matched with a REW set of genes, you get...

Female (or male) will often hump anything they can get close to that isn't a wall. they are especially fond of hands and arms that get too close. If your doe has never had kits, then doing this to the ball is most likely an attempting at getting bred, as they will do this to the male to get...