HELP!!

[brittanyjean5]

I came up to my room where my rabbit lives and I find a huge pile of her hair in the corner of her cage as well as scattered in her cage! Why?! And I went to give her her pellet food and she bit me on the finger! What the hell is going on? She's never been aggressive I've had her since she was a baby. Someone please help! I don't know what to do!

 

[Watermelons]

Do you have any other animals?
How old is she? is she spayed?

 

[Pipp]

My guess is that she's around six months old and not spayed and very hormonal, although I've had the odd older rabbit build a nest after they were spayed.

She's building a nest, having a false pregnancy -- unless she's been around boy bunnies, in which case you'll have to keep checking the pile of hair and be prepared to raise a family.

My first bunny went from a sweet, cuddly little girl to a rabbit from h*ll -- wild-eyed, obsessively carrying around hay, hair and paper, nipping, grunting and peeing on my bed.

Took a good month after her spay, but she went back to being a sweet little rabbit again.


sas :bunnydance:

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Sounds like some of ours when they really got hormonal. Neutering mostly took care of the behavior issues, although one female still tried to build nests out of shredded newspaper.

 

[brittanyjean5]

Oh dear god! Should I get her spayed? She's never been around any other male bunnies! And your absurdly right. She's 8 months!

 

[MarisaAndToby]

Spaying is often beneficial. It can resolve unwanted behaviours like cage aggression and difficulties with litter training, just to name a few.

Female rabbits are also very succeptible to reproductive cancers, so spaying can help prolong their lives. It's definitely something to consider and most people here will suggest and encourage it.

 

[brittanyjean5]

Thank you everyone for all your help and advice!

 

[Pipp]

It will take longer but she will go back to being nice without a spay, but the chance of her life being shortened by uterine cancer is very high.


sas :bunnydance:

 

[Sweetie]

I would get her spayed as soon as you can. After she is spayed she should go back to being nice again.

 

[Acacia-Berry]

She's building a nest with her dew lap fur. I would have her spayed. I lost my mini-rex at 4 yrs 11 mths of age to reproductive cancer and complications with recurring abscesses/retrobulbar/ingrown teeth... It was the second worst day of my life to lose her and know I could have had at least 5 extra years with one simple and totally safe procedure.
Have her spayed.