my big rabbit biting and beating the small juniour rabbit?

Question

my big rabbit is biting and beating the small juniour rabbit? i am so worried if there is any chance they will be friends.Cause i have two large male rabbits and suddenly i bought a small baby rabbit which the size of our hand and when i introduce the big rabbit to it,the big rabbit quickly go and beat it by jumping on it a several times and biting it everwhere especially its body and fur and even scratching the baby rabbit many times. i just dont know why.Is there any thing i can do to make them be friends? will they be friends even though one is big and one is small? will the big rabbit ever show his careness to the baby bunny? im relly afraid.How long will it take for a bunny to be friends? How ta make my big rabbits tame? bcause they always bite me even when i groom him and play with him.he is just a an angry rabbit? please help me. i really need a professional help here. thanks a lot for corncerning.

Answer 1

Rabbits are, by nature, very territorial. I raise Jersey Woolies and the only luck I have had with keeping rabbits together is with sisters from the same litter. And even in those cases there have been individual does who would chew the fur of their cagemates & had to be separated.

Bucks are even more difficult to pair up. Even litter mates will begin to fight each other as the pass the weaning stage and grow closer to maturity.

Since you have 2 bucks - you are probably going to have to give the little bunny it's own territory, a cage safe away from the others. If you allow them to roam, you will want to let the little one out at a time when the others are caged.

About the biting when grooming - if this has been going on for some time you may simply have a rabbit with an aggressive personality. Sadly - many breeders (pet and commercial alike) are mostly interested in conformation & production - personality comes in a distant third.

There are rabbit raisers who will not breed rabbits with bad tempers to try to avoid aggressive offspring. It's a good idea, when looking to purchase a rabbit, to seek out local breeders. This will give you the opportunity to see the parents & learn about the temperament of the lines from the breeder.

Answer 2

One thing that will really cut down on aggressiveness is if both your male rabbits are neutered. I would separate the rabbits for now. Once they are neutered, you can try bonding them. I have bonded many pairs of rabbits before and the best pairing is usually neutered male/spayed female but I have also been able to bond 2 neutered males and 2 spayed females, it really depends on the personalities. The big rabbit may just be a very dominant personality and may never get along with the small rabbit. The important thing with bonding is to try it in a neutral location, such as a bathtub or a room that neither rabbit can normally access- that way it is in neutral territory and no one rabbit has the edge over the other. Put the rabbits near each other, maybe put some food out for both to share. You want them to hang out with each other without attacking. Even if they are ignoring each other, that is a good sign. If one lunges at the other and starts biting/scratching, spray with water or separate them right away. See if they can spend a few minutes without any incident and try to extend that for the next session.

Answer 3

Rabbits should be kept separated. It is animal nature to pick on the small and weak animals. That is not just the case in rabbits that is the case with almost any animal, including humans. It is also animal nature to pick on the newbie. If you have a group of animals and introduce a new animal to that group, the group will normally tend to want to pick on the animal that is newly introduced to the group. Ask any zoo keeper and they will tell you the same thing. A good example to examine the newly introduced animal rule is to watch chickens where a new chicken is introduced into the group. The other chickens will often peck it to death.

Answer 4

Separate them. There's nothing you can do to make them friends. Rabbits are very territorial, and will fight any new rabbits introduced into their space unless they were raised together from a young age. You're just upsetting all of the rabbits by keeping them all together; they will all be much happier if you separate the younger rabbit from them.

Answer 5

Seperate Them, rabits are very terrortial, i had two sisters from the same litter in a cage together, and after a while, they started to fight.

Maybe the Bigger rabbit is nasty because he feels he has to protect his space from the little rabbit.

Also, do you know what breeds the rabbits are?

Answer 6

they might not ever get along. the bigger male is dominent so he will most likely be that way for a long time.you can get another cage and separate them. put the cages side by side so they can see each other and maybe as the small bun gets bigger the big guy might get use to seeing the small one and accept him more as long as he is not in his space. since the big guy is agressive with you i think he will be that way unless you get him altered, and that is no ganrante that he will calm down. good luck with them.

Answer 7

thats an edited version of a shaggy dog tale some duck. A duck got here right into a bar and asked, "have been given any gum balls?" The bar gentle responded, "No." day after at present the duck got here lower back and asked, "have been given any gum balls?" The bar gentle spoke back "No..." next day the duck got here and asked, "have been given any gum balls?" The Bar gentle shouted, "No! And in case you come back and ask for gum balls, i'm going to nail your ft to the floor!" Early next morning the duck got here back and asked, " have been given any nails?" The bar gentle responded, "No!" The rabbit asked, "have been given any gum balls?"