Hello everyone, I'm currently the momma for 2 does. One is a hand raised french lop and english lop cross, who is now almost 3. She is very dominant and protective of me and doesnt usually let me pet the other bunny, but she does love to be picked up and cuddled by me and occasionally my fiance. In fact she loves to be with me anywhere I go and will jump from his arms to me if I'm close enough. She loves to get herself in the pouch pocket on my hoodies and stays there for a rather long time. But shes got a problem with sitting in my lap, she tends to dig at my shirt and my breasts and tends to nip and bite through the clothing. I've tried telling her no and putting her down where then she'll thump and circle back around to jump back in my lap, and continue the digging and nips where I then put her back down. I cant figure out why she does it even though I know shes an attention bug, she will still do it if I'm petting her but seems to stop if I snuggle her tighter? Is she just a weirdo or is there something I'm missing?
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Mariam+Theo
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She probably just wants to be snuggled more. I would either snuggle her tighter or put her down and not cuddle her anymore when she acts that way.
The problem then is if I put her down and shes not done she will keep trying to jump into my lap even when I'm not paying attention to her at all. I tell her no and push her head down and she just goes and attempts from another angle.
Mariam+Theo
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Is she spayed? I'm not sure this is an issue spaying would fix, but it might help.
I was planning on spaying her but have decided I would like to try to breed her this year, before she gets too old. She has a perfect temperament other then the scratching and nibbles. And I would like to continue that temperment, if I can avoid the scratches and bites.
Mariam+Theo
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Breeding her might calm her down. After you breed her, make sure you get her spayed because the older she gets, the higher the chance of her getting cancer. Normally spaying doesn't change anything, but the dominance issue. When Theo got neutered he acted as nothing had happened, but neutering is different from spaying.
Yes. I am an animal care and management student, I was planning on getting her spayed anyways and especially before she turns 4. I'm hoping if kindling goes fine and all buns are happy and healthy to get her spayed after weaning and her milk drys up.
