She mounts him and rips patches of fur from his back. Is this normal behaviour?
2006-12-18 15:06:00 · 8 answers · asked by Jessica S 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Rabbits of both sexes mount in order to establish dominance. Ditto with the hair pulling. Are these rabbits who are new to each other? If so, you're going to have these issues for a while until their roles are firmly established. If these are rabbits who have been living together prior to the surgery, then the female has decided to put herself in charge and is acting accordingly.
2006-12-18 16:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by SLWrites 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a dominance behaviour. It is normal but not very nice if one of them is getting injured. If you can, make sure they have lots of room so the male can get away from her if he wants to, even put some boxes or crates in there that he can hide in without her harrassing him. If he is getting really hurt or frightened you may have to separate them.
Have they been together very long? If not, is this new behaviour? New couples will go through a 'sorting out' process that usually settles once the heirachy is worked out. If they've been together for some time and this has only just started you'll need to think what has changed in their environment or relationship to start this. Is the male sick? Do they have a new living area? Has a new pet been introduced in the house? Things like that.
2006-12-19 08:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by mbunnyau 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This isn't sexual behaviour, it's either playful or dominance behaviour. Have a browse of this site - it's fantastic - it explains how to interpret your bunny's behaviour and what he's saying to you -
http://www.muridae.com/rabbits/rabbittalk.html
Enjoy this site - it's great!
Additionally, here's a few articles on aggressive rabbits and how to deal with them -
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-3/age-related-behavior.html
http://www.rabbit.org/journal/2-2/mean-rabbit.html
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/aggression.html
Best of luck to you and your bunns!
2006-12-21 01:55:26 · answer #3 · answered by Lea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because they've been spade and neutered doesn't mean they don't want to engage in sex, just that pregnancy itself is not going to happen.
I've seen dogs in the park in designated dog-play areas who do this too even though they also have been spade and neutered.
2006-12-18 23:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by G A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She]s in HEAT///but the neutering might have chilled the male.
Anyway no offspring like two cavorting mules...
Good luck to "Santa" in finding a Ms Santa...good luck and Merry Christ-MASS to you and your bun-yeahs...
2006-12-18 23:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by acct10132002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since being spayed here hormones are messed up and this is causing her male-like behaviour.
Nothing bad will come of it. Probably.
2006-12-18 23:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by warn_terr 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She's trying to dominate him. Don't let her pull his fur out. I would seperate them between pens if possible. http://www.rabbit.org
2006-12-19 07:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by sugarcarat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SHE STILL CAN , THERE IS NO PREGNANCY GOING TO HAPPEN
2006-12-18 23:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋