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Jasminebunny

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I got a pair of bunnies like a month or two ago , one of them is from my older bunnies litter which i own( she had babies and we gave them away to family members and they had to give them back due to a lack of time for letting them out ) .
Him and his friend ( who is a female , spayed) lola , get along fine but he bites us all , even when they are not together or in their cage ( they are free roamed with my other bunnies , ones a male others a female , they are all spayed or neutered apart from jasmine )
It's not even if you try to touch him , even when we feed him , he bites us !
It doesn't matter who feeds him .
Anyone know why he could be biting??
 
It’s he used with humans and have been socialized?

Do he only bite when he feels cornered or guarding his place.

Use glows when handling him and going to work in his place, don’t move the hand away and just ignore him if he attacks.

If the biting it’s caused by fear and trying to guard himself, he will later learn the hand won’t harm him and will be no threat towards him.

I know my buck would bite me just giving him food and cleaning his cage. He didn’t have to be in the cage, the curious coward came to watch and then got scared, so he would always start attacking me.

Did your bunny come from a child family if he did that. One of the reasons can be that he was handled without giving his consent and feeling safe which lead him to feel distrust towards humans. Kids have a hard time reading the subtle signals the bunnies show. This was the reason why my buck was highly aggressive towards people and would bite for almost everything.

I have trained everything away but sometimes he get frightened by my movement. He will bite towards my hand but I will only feel his teeth on my hand and then he pulls back. He knows I’m not a threat, otherwise he would bite down hard which he did in the beginning.
 
It’s he used with humans and have been socialized?

Do he only bite when he feels cornered or guarding his place.

Use glows when handling him and going to work in his place, don’t move the hand away and just ignore him if he attacks.

If the biting it’s caused by fear and trying to guard himself, he will later learn the hand won’t harm him and will be no threat towards him.

I know my buck would bite me just giving him food and cleaning his cage. He didn’t have to be in the cage, the curious coward came to watch and then got scared, so he would always start attacking me.

Did your bunny come from a child family if he did that. One of the reasons can be that he was handled without giving his consent and feeling safe which lead him to feel distrust towards humans. Kids have a hard time reading the subtle signals the bunnies show. This was the reason why my buck was highly aggressive towards people and would bite for almost everything.

I have trained everything away but sometimes he get frightened by my movement. He will bite towards my hand but I will only feel his teeth on my hand and then he pulls back. He knows I’m not a threat, otherwise he would bite down hard which he did in the beginning.
He's very used to humans , and he is acctually from my bunnies litter, i gave him away , but they had to give him back .
Um , he didn't live in a house with children , but there was 2 dogs , 2 cats and the granson did visit every weekend .
He used to bite , only if you try to pet lola ( the bunnie he lives with ) but now he just bites
my bunnies , have never really bitten , apart from one , cookie , he wanted me to move . :D

Thanks :):D:p:rolleyes:
 
Oh , he's like.. well he was born like the 22nd of june or july .
so like 6-7 months.
 
What I did to stop my bunny from biting me is scream even if it didn't hurt. Not an angry scream but a hurt scream. In bunny language, this means extreme pain. For my bunny, he would nip me as a sign of affection, but when he realized it hurt me, he stopped.
Bunnies aren't inherently aggressive. If he went through a traumatic experience, then go slow. Approach him from his side and give him space. If you approach him from his blind spots, then all he'll see is a big dark shadow coming for him and get defensive. If his bite draws blood, then wear gloves when dealing with him.
Another good thing to do is sit outside his pen/cage and let him get comfortable with your presence. Eventually, move in but DON'T touch him. Let him explore you.
If he is protective of his pen/cage, then you might want to let him out in a bunny-roofed area and he'll be less aggressive. Make sure to get down on the ground to his level and let him explore you. Eventually, he'll realize your not a threat and you can start to interact with him (like hand feed him or pet him)
Here's a good video from LennontheBunny
Hope this helps!
 
What I did to stop my bunny from biting me is scream even if it didn't hurt. Not an angry scream but a hurt scream. In bunny language, this means extreme pain. For my bunny, he would nip me as a sign of affection, but when he realized it hurt me, he stopped.
Bunnies aren't inherently aggressive. If he went through a traumatic experience, then go slow. Approach him from his side and give him space. If you approach him from his blind spots, then all he'll see is a big dark shadow coming for him and get defensive. If his bite draws blood, then wear gloves when dealing with him.
Another good thing to do is sit outside his pen/cage and let him get comfortable with your presence. Eventually, move in but DON'T touch him. Let him explore you.
If he is protective of his pen/cage, then you might want to let him out in a bunny-roofed area and he'll be less aggressive. Make sure to get down on the ground to his level and let him explore you. Eventually, he'll realize your not a threat and you can start to interact with him (like hand feed him or pet him)
Here's a good video from LennontheBunny
Hope this helps!

He's practicly free roamed , but as soon as i go near his cage to put the food in there , he runs in the cage and tries to bite you .
Thanks for the tips!
 

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