Hi there.. some thoughts please.
My 7 month neutered male brother bunnies (bonded pair) who are the sweetest pair suddenly seemed to have a burst of teenage testosterone inject through their systems and engaged in what seemed to be a battle for dominance today.
It started with the one chasing at a fast pace the other which I initially thought was playing. But then they were lunging at each other and the one being chased would provoke the other. I just sat on the ground by them because they were not biting or clawing, and felt like they needed to work it out. But I must admit is was alarming to see. They were in quite a trance ignoring me (they usually are more skittish) and at one point both grinding their teeth. This lasted for about 90 minutes.
They then moved and stayed in separate rooms (Self separated), and later ultimately called a truce and ate from the same bowl together.
But there is still the odd tension from time to time and now they are doing the stretching out in front of each other tactic… like I’m so relaxed in front of you I don’t even care.
It’s quite funny to watch actually.. such teenagers… but…. Any advice if this escalates? I can easily separate them with my set up. Should i intervene even if they are not injuring each other?
After the one seriously chasing the other one out from under the bed (where they sleep) a few hours later they were lying under the bed together again.
So they seem to have some rules of engagement in this war!
Advice and thought please! Is this a dominance thing, should I intervene?
Thanks!
My 7 month neutered male brother bunnies (bonded pair) who are the sweetest pair suddenly seemed to have a burst of teenage testosterone inject through their systems and engaged in what seemed to be a battle for dominance today.
It started with the one chasing at a fast pace the other which I initially thought was playing. But then they were lunging at each other and the one being chased would provoke the other. I just sat on the ground by them because they were not biting or clawing, and felt like they needed to work it out. But I must admit is was alarming to see. They were in quite a trance ignoring me (they usually are more skittish) and at one point both grinding their teeth. This lasted for about 90 minutes.
They then moved and stayed in separate rooms (Self separated), and later ultimately called a truce and ate from the same bowl together.
But there is still the odd tension from time to time and now they are doing the stretching out in front of each other tactic… like I’m so relaxed in front of you I don’t even care.
It’s quite funny to watch actually.. such teenagers… but…. Any advice if this escalates? I can easily separate them with my set up. Should i intervene even if they are not injuring each other?
After the one seriously chasing the other one out from under the bed (where they sleep) a few hours later they were lying under the bed together again.
So they seem to have some rules of engagement in this war!
Advice and thought please! Is this a dominance thing, should I intervene?
Thanks!