Kristen
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I am house sitting and got a call from my mom, her male rabbit attacked her female. He bit her face, I couldn't understand my moms description of the wound. All I know is that there was a lot of blood and it is a large hole. She is currently driving roughly 2 hours to the closest emergency vet.
We've had problems with her male rabbit since getting him at 2 months old, hes now almost a year. He's shown some agression to us, but never anything serious. Shes been working on the slow bonding and it's gone well so far, until tonight. I wasnt there to monitor so I'm not sure how it all happened, and my mother was rightfully too upset to tell me the details. All I know for sure is he was making growling noises and lunged for her face. Now her female seems to be crying, bleeding and tried to bite my mother when she tried to grab her to calm her and examine it is all understandable. I'm sorry for this being so long, my point is:
Since he's shown agression for so long (he is neutered) and he is very anti social and just not friendly unless you're showering him with treats and even then he will get angry fast. Do any of you have tips to help him? I'm sure my mom is furious with him and possibly thinking of getting rid of him out of anger. But I do not believe she will when she calms down, despite his behavior he is loved. My 4 year old brother calls him his baby and bestfriend. I just want to try everything I can to help him because I know if the behavior continues to get worse my mom will weigh the options more seriously.
We've had problems with her male rabbit since getting him at 2 months old, hes now almost a year. He's shown some agression to us, but never anything serious. Shes been working on the slow bonding and it's gone well so far, until tonight. I wasnt there to monitor so I'm not sure how it all happened, and my mother was rightfully too upset to tell me the details. All I know for sure is he was making growling noises and lunged for her face. Now her female seems to be crying, bleeding and tried to bite my mother when she tried to grab her to calm her and examine it is all understandable. I'm sorry for this being so long, my point is:
Since he's shown agression for so long (he is neutered) and he is very anti social and just not friendly unless you're showering him with treats and even then he will get angry fast. Do any of you have tips to help him? I'm sure my mom is furious with him and possibly thinking of getting rid of him out of anger. But I do not believe she will when she calms down, despite his behavior he is loved. My 4 year old brother calls him his baby and bestfriend. I just want to try everything I can to help him because I know if the behavior continues to get worse my mom will weigh the options more seriously.