Hey everyone! My little Brownie is my first bunny & I raise him together with my boyfriend. We're a little.. happy.. family. We got Brownie when he was 2 months old (got him in June 2016). He was the sweetest, cutest little bun ever (eventhough he liked destroying everything he wasn't supposed to)!
Things started changing when he got to around 6 months. He started peeing on the couch, overall spraying EVERYWHERE (we had pee on the floors and walls and just everywhere.. it was gross) & he also started lunging and biting us (Mainly in his little cage area). My boyfriend got bit countless times & I got bit a few times as well. I learned not to touch him in the cage.. because these bites are crazy painful and bloody. And frankly I was overall scared of touching him. My boyfriend on the other hand.. didn't :nono, which is why he had many more bites than I did. My boyfriend was absolutely fed up with everything and wanted to give him away, but I pushed on getting Brownie neutered instead.
He was neutered last month some time (can't really remember), so he was 8 months old at that point. His behavior has changed so much for the better since! He has absolutely stopped spraying (we don't let him on the couch just yet.. tried once and he just went ahead and peed) & for the most parts, seems to be less aggressive towards us as well. However my boyfriend got bit the other day trying to show off that he isn't biting anymore & he also got bit today.
Now here's the thing.. He's absolutely a doll overall (he has started chewing more stuff again though but that doesnt matter) & he has even let us pet him more than a couple of times! And today he went to my boyfriend and lowered his head for the pets, so my boyfriend naturally pet him & then it happened.. Brownie just bit him out of nowhere and there was blood everywhere and my boyfriend was cursing and..
It's just upsetting because I love Brownie & I believe we can live with him, but my boyfriend has had it up to idk where with the biting (He has suffered A LOT).
I was actually just wondering.. if anyone knows how to behave or what to do about this and/or why Brownie would just up and bite while being cuddled? I asked my boyfriend if it could have been a nip gone bad, but he said that Brownies teeth were way in there (he wasn't even letting go right away, when trying to pull finger away).:cry1:
Thanks in advance! Hope you all have a nice day
Things started changing when he got to around 6 months. He started peeing on the couch, overall spraying EVERYWHERE (we had pee on the floors and walls and just everywhere.. it was gross) & he also started lunging and biting us (Mainly in his little cage area). My boyfriend got bit countless times & I got bit a few times as well. I learned not to touch him in the cage.. because these bites are crazy painful and bloody. And frankly I was overall scared of touching him. My boyfriend on the other hand.. didn't :nono, which is why he had many more bites than I did. My boyfriend was absolutely fed up with everything and wanted to give him away, but I pushed on getting Brownie neutered instead.
He was neutered last month some time (can't really remember), so he was 8 months old at that point. His behavior has changed so much for the better since! He has absolutely stopped spraying (we don't let him on the couch just yet.. tried once and he just went ahead and peed) & for the most parts, seems to be less aggressive towards us as well. However my boyfriend got bit the other day trying to show off that he isn't biting anymore & he also got bit today.
Now here's the thing.. He's absolutely a doll overall (he has started chewing more stuff again though but that doesnt matter) & he has even let us pet him more than a couple of times! And today he went to my boyfriend and lowered his head for the pets, so my boyfriend naturally pet him & then it happened.. Brownie just bit him out of nowhere and there was blood everywhere and my boyfriend was cursing and..
It's just upsetting because I love Brownie & I believe we can live with him, but my boyfriend has had it up to idk where with the biting (He has suffered A LOT).
I was actually just wondering.. if anyone knows how to behave or what to do about this and/or why Brownie would just up and bite while being cuddled? I asked my boyfriend if it could have been a nip gone bad, but he said that Brownies teeth were way in there (he wasn't even letting go right away, when trying to pull finger away).:cry1:
Thanks in advance! Hope you all have a nice day