I found the cutest baby bunny Tuesday. It wasn't a wild bunny. It's white with black rings around its eyes and is very tame. It has been nothing but sweet and then last night it went behind me and bit me on mu love handle. Is this a one time thing, or is it going to happen a lot. It hurt.
2007-10-19 09:40:30 · 5 answers · asked by BERT 6 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I don't think he's a dwarf hotot. He has tall ears and they have short ones. His ears are also black and he has a black stripe up his back, and a few black spots scattered here and there.
2007-10-19 18:39:30 · update #1
I found his breed. He's a checkered giant. Now we know, he's a baby, not a dwarf.
2007-10-19 18:54:34 · update #2
Interesting. Rabbits do use this behavior quite often. Sometimes its because they are getting lack of attention, or is just bored. Rabbits can be really really sweet, but their mood does change very often. Its not that their mad at you directly, just that their mad at something in particular. But it may be that they are mad at lack of attention. That must be it because rabbits do that often.
See, i have a female rabbit and she does this often. It is sometimes that they could be hungry. Or maybe they want to spend some more time with their owner. Try hand-feeding your rabbit and spending some time with it. And yes, rabbits can really bite you hard if they wanted to. Their teeth are very sharp, and yes it does hurt it happened to me many times.
Heres a great website that might help you understand a little bit better....
http://www.cramptonarts.com/rabbits/r_language.html
Good luck with your rabbit!:)
2007-10-19 12:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by Benny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name of the rabbit is a Dwarf Hotot. They have a nice personality. Some bunnies bite, while others don't. Some rabbits are just nuts. Normally a rabbits doesn't bite. I had one of my show rabbits one time bit me so bad I needed to go to the hospital. One guy told me to call the rabbit (kill it). I didn't. The rabbit didn't like the show judge. So your bunny probably had a bad day or moment. Don't sweat it. Give him another chance.
2007-10-19 14:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by Mandy J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bunnies bite to get your attention, when they are angry and upset, and because they need to chew on things all the time to wear down their teeth since they never stop growing.
Get the bunny some wooden chew sticks--they sell them at pet stores (they might be on the hamster aisle). If you still see the bunny chewing on things it isn't supposed to, you can apply bitter apple (pet stores will probably have this, too) to the forbidden surfaces and it will help deter this behavior.
As for the bunny biting you, be careful when handling so you don't stress or upset it. Get a book on bunnies or go to a bunny forum on a pet site for photos and descriptions of the proper way to hold/pick up a rabbit. And if you give it free rein of the house or space and ignore it, the bunny probably will keep giving you little bites to get your attention, so you may have to buy a cage or restrict it to certain rooms when you are not in the mood to play. The bunny I used to have actually bit through a phone cord and cut me off when I was talking to someone--luckily it didn't shock her, but it certainly surprised me! I guess she was tired of me talking to someone else and ignoring her!
2007-10-19 09:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yep, sounds like a pet bunny to me. That sort with the rings around the eyes, I can't remember what they're called at the moment, but they are a kind of dwarf rabbit so it may not be as young as you think.
Bunnies act a bit weird on occasion, mine will nip me if I'm ignoring him and he wants me to pet him. Also unneutered bunnies are more likely to nip. They're also harder to litter train, so if you're planning on keeping him, getting him neutered might be a good idea. But it sounds like your bunny was just 'playing' and wasn't trying to hurt you. If he does it again, blow in his face.
2007-10-19 09:49:16 · answer #4 · answered by jerrri 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits don't actually need bedding; just some litter in the corner or in a litter pan in the corner of the cage. I'm sure she isn't expressing displeasure with the bedding; rabbits just love to dig and rearrange their cages. Lots of them like to lie in their litter pans, too. Cages with deep plastic bottoms work best for me for indoor bunnies. The bottom helps keep the litter inside the cage. I have pics of the cage I'm talking about and lots more rabbit info on my website.
2016-05-23 19:37:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋