We bought a baby rabbit two months ago, it's been well looked after and frequently handled and was becoming very tame and friendly. All of a sudden it has started growling at people and it tried to bite me when putting its food in its hutch. Whats happened to our bunny?
2007-06-26 07:12:28 · 13 answers · asked by FifiBee 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
when they mature they get very territorial of their houses, and if its a female rabbit they get alittle cranky when they are in heat. My rabbit growls at me and tries to claw me every once in a while when she doesnt like me sticking my hands in her cage, but she always settles down a few days later. She tried to bite me once but she got in trouble for it and hasnt tried since.
2007-06-26 07:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by wenchgirl04 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Your rabbit is probably hormonal. The first thing is to get it neutered/spayed. Remember it takes up to a month for the hormones to surge and calm down. Females take a little longer sometimes but they do calm down eventually. Secondly, clean the hutch once the rabbit is outside as they do see this as an invasion of their territory. Thirdly, to re tame your rabbit, when you go to catch it , if it growls and tried to bite, use thick gloves, so that when it goes for you, you do not remove your hand otherwise they have won by getting you to go away. Once it realises you will not go away , you can remove the gloves and while holding food with one hand, use the other to stroke its head and over time increase the area you stroke. Eventually it will realise you are not something to fight off but a nice person who brings food and cuddles. This can take a long time but will be sped up by having the neutering done first. Best of luck, you'll get there.
2007-06-27 07:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by india 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it sounds like a female bunny thing, bunny puberty we call it. They indeed can be very dominant and protective when it comes to their hutch. Getting her spayed by a rabbit savvy vet will most likely fix the problem however, most bunnies just don't like you messing with their cage. A simple solution is to clean/put stuff in the cage or take it out when the bunny is hopping around (in a secured area where the wires are covered). That way they don't get upset and they don't have the opportunity to bite you and it's great to see a bunny do binkies when they are hopping outside their cage.
By the way, female bunnies don't go 'in heat' like soneone suggested, their ovulation is induced which means they ovulate after mating.
2007-06-26 07:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by dutchess 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd say you have a female bunny most likely and it is probably around the age of 4 months old now.
Female rabbits normally go through a hormonal stage when they get to be about 4 months old. That's why I tend to recommend male rabbits as pets rather than female rabbits. Male rabbits don't tend to go through that hormonal mean streak. Not all female rabbits go through that hormonal mean streak, but some of them do.
Often female rabbits will act better once they have had a litter since their hormone levels have gone down. If you don't plan on showing the rabbit or raising rabbits, then this IS one of the few instances that I would probably recommend getting your rabbit fixed. That should lower the hormone level and your rabbit should calm down.
2007-06-26 07:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Three possibilities;
1. It's posessed. If its head starts spinning round, take it to the vet.
2. It thinks it's a Rottweiler. Psychiatry should do the trick.
3. Is it dynamite? Does it have a vicious strak a mile wide? Maybe it's distantly related to the rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which case a horrible death awaits you all with nasty big pointy teeth...
2007-06-26 08:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by Gothmog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had a rabbit that did the same thing. It started acting nuts for no reason. Almost took my finger off. Every time someone would walk near its cage, it would growl and charge. Maybe it was something in the water?
2007-06-26 07:23:57 · answer #6 · answered by ♀ǐcƏ_ƇơĿƉ♀ 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if your rabbit is a girl, here's my answer: has your bunny been in any contact with a male rabbit? if so, your rabbit might be prenagnt. If your bunny is a male, maybe he has mated with a female bunny. and that's probaly why it is so mean(right now)
If you think my advice is know good I recommened you taking it to the vet.
2007-06-26 07:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it may desire to be ailment, your killer rabbit has immunity to it yet consists of it and can provide out to different rabbit who has no immunity. it rather is how ailment killed different rabbits i d recommand u flow to vet and get their blood checked.
2016-09-28 11:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by mcglothlen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some rabbits turn into killing machines and the only way to deal with it is to send it round my house and introduce it to my two friendly lurchers.... chomp,gnash,squeak!!!!
2007-06-26 08:03:17 · answer #9 · answered by mr bones 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haven't you seen Monty Python and ther Holy Grail... be warned.
2007-06-26 07:17:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋