Recent content by Yaya8a

Thanks for the reply, I don’t think it’s her nails as I just recently trimmed them. I’m going to look Into the anti chewing spray. I will look up the videos about it, thanks!

Can carpet digging be a hormonal behavior for a female rabbit? My rabbit is 8 months old now and all of sudden she has started to dig and completely destroy the carpet in the room she free roams. Oddly enough she only goes for the corners or edges where the carpet meets the baseboard. She hasn’t...

A UV light? They didn’t even use that 😬 they went off solely by the lesions. After doing just a visual exam they said they were almost certain it was syphilis.

No, i really don’t think it’s food residue or staining. You can actually feel the small scabs on the corners of her mouth. They are more on the yellow side in color. And yes! I suspect that is what happened with my rabbit as well. She did the 4 week treatment and it went away but then we stopped...

The yellow crusting and lesions are mainly on the outside of the mouth. & the lesions seem to be mostly in the corners of the mouth. I’ve taken some pictures as best as I can without stressing her even further. They are from the sides and corners of her mouth and then from the front. I’ve...

Thank you for responding! & yes, I immediately took it as a red flag When they told me that it was not necessary to treat my buck. Since this has been going for so long once it cleared up and there were no active lesions they told me that contact between rabbits should be fine. So yes, in the...

When the vet first diagnosed it she told me they usually do injections (I’m assuming it’s the Pen G you’re talking about) but due to COVID she said they were not readily available at the moment. Instead she went with the azithromycin to be given orally. She told me it would work just as well...

I’m posting this in hopes that any experienced rabbit owners here can guide me or make any suggestions. Ok, so over three months ago now my doe (which is now 7 months old) was diagnosed with rabbit syphilis. The vet prescribed antibiotics (azithromycin) to be given for 10 days. Fast forward it...

He seems to be the most aggressive only while in his pen. During the day I let him free roam in an area of my home and I am able to pet his head or sit next to him without any real signs of aggression. Just the occasional chewing on my clothes and nipping while he does that. Before my doe was...

Well it gives me hope his temperament can improve then. I will absolutely keep working with him especially because I have children. The rabbits are mine and I always teach them to be respectful of my animals. My youngest is 3 though and I’m scared one day she will think it’s ok to pet him like...

This is a good point, I wonder if his mother was cage aggressive too and he picked up on it. I did also get my doe from the same person but I know for sure she had a different mom. Whatever it is I just hope he learns that im not trying to hurt him.

he is gorgeous! And I’m starting to think the bigger rabbits are nicer haha.. it’s the small ones that are feisty! Like in the dog world with chihuahuas. Thank you I really hope he fully learns to trust me as well.

Yes, that is what I’m hoping for! That once he is neutered this behavior will stop. I don’t want to give up on him. From now on I will do that, refill water and pellets when he is out and about. The nipping outside of the cage has gotten much better as he learns to trust me more. It’s just scary...

Yes! They usually do love bananas. My doe loves it even though I try and not over feed it. I don’t know if the food would distract my buck enough for the aggression to stop though. I’m afraid he will skip the banana and go for my hand again 😂🥴

I’ve also wondered the same thing, if maybe as a kit an adult rabbit injured him or something because we brought him home at about 8 weeks old. & even at that young age he was already nipping and bitting us. I figured it was just because he was so young and as he got older it would get better...