Aggressive behaviour

[LilLlama]

Hello.

I have a female spayed rabbit that will be 3 soon and a 7 month male nurtured rabbit. They get along very well for the most part Andi do t usually issues with them getting along.

My male has literally been eating the wall under my bed do I have blocked off the underneath to help deture him. He has a lot of food, wood, toys to play with.

Unfortunately since he has not been able to be under the bed, he spends more time in the "rabbit" space. They are free roam rabbits with there own space for just them. My female has been expressing her anger by thumping her foot frequently. I have locked the male away from her presence.

I'm not sure if I need to make separate spaces for them? I feel, even though they can tolerate each other, that maybe they just aren't meant to board together. This is my first time with 2 rabbits. I'm not sure if perhaps she's feeling jealous that my attention is shared amongst them? The male us happy to run around and do his thing while she choses to isolate. I give her a lot of attention and I try to give the male attention when he sits still long enough.

 

[Mac189]

Any chance you can tell us a little more about the situation? How long has the boy been neutered and how long has the duo been bonded? Is there any evidence of scuffles or more dramatic disputes than the girl stomping her feet? How long have you had both rabbits? How does she react when the male is in her space?

It isn't sounding like the bond is going unusually badly or there is so much drama that either rabbit is especially unhappy. When I was bonding my two rabbits I was a nervous wreck that they wouldn't get along or that the girl I'd had for over a year would decide that she wanted nothing to do with the new wild child in her space. It was very easy to read into every pinned ear or second they were ignoring each other. Bonding can take time and sometimes one rabbit is a little more reserved to start off with than the other.

 

[JBun]

Same questions as Mac189. How long has your male been neutered? And how long have they been together, and did you go through the actual bonding process to bond them? When he does get near her, is he continually pestering her by trying to hump her?

 

[LilLlama]

I've had her almost 2 years and him for 8 months. He was nurtured early February. She is happy to groom him and they typically sleep together. She's pretty playful with him around. He doesn't usually harass her. He just dies binkies and circles her. She gets mad if he stops. They haven't had a fight since they met. When bonding them, she took him immediately in and was extremely mothering. She was a breeder at her previous owner but she lost the only babies she could bare. She instantly groomed and carried and taught him manners.

 

[JBun]

Ok. All of that sounds like they get along fine. So is it just the thumping that makes you think she's upset about something? What is she doing to make you think she's showing aggressive behavior towards him?

 

[LilLlama]

She is thumping and squeaking. Standing on her back legs perched on the second level of her cage. He's left her as soon as the behaviour started. So I'm not sure if it was him or not. She was like that for a few hours. She's much better now but she just wants to be alone right now.