Will attacking behaviour stop once he's spayed?

[Tweetiepy]

Today I brushed Peaches - fixed male - and took the hair off the brush and put it in front of Popcorn's - unfixed male - face. He attacked that fur bit and scared me! I took my hand away and he had a tuft of fur in his mouth. If I pet Peaches and then pet Popcorn he seems ready to attack and he bit me yesterday. After the fur incident, I tried petting him and he looked to me like he wanted to attack my hand and lunged, so I put my hand on his head - hoping he'd get the message that I'm boss and then pet him and he seemed to calm down after that.

Now if I pet Popcorn and then Peaches, nothing happens - but Peaches is a big softy too. Will Popcorn's behaviour stop after he's fixed? Or will he still want to attack? I want to bond these two after Popcorn's fixed and I think I may end up with two separate rabbits if Popcorn stays like this.Peaches seems so much more layed back since his spay - and I hope the same goes for the other one too.Will this behaviour stop once he's fixed or will I be stuck with a territorial rabbit?

 

[tamsin]

Neutering should improve it a lot, however in the short term I would suggest you wash your hands between handling them and try to minimise smell transfer. Otherwise you could create a pattern of behaviour, smell the scent of a rabbit (Peaches scent) and attack it. That can become an automatic reaction in which cause neutering won't stop it.

The behaviour should also be better in a neutral area which is what you should use for intros

 

[elrohwen]

Neutering will help a lot - it seems like he's being territorial, which usually lessens with neutering.