roxyllsk
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
This is my crazy bunny Molly again. I seem to have the digging / dumping of the food dish taken care of - I have an old bird dish clipped to the wall low enough that the 2 buns can reach it, but high enough that Molly can't dig the food into oblivion.
Molly is male and not yet nuetered (he's about 6 months old). I thought he was a she when I got him as a baby, but then ... well, it became obvious she was a he !
He went through a spell when he was 4 months old where he was humping his friend Mac, who is a nuetered male a bit older than he is. Molly seems to have stopped doing this when Mac chased him a few times.
But now Molly looks like he's trying to build a nest - he drags the fleece off the top level of his condo, and very neatly arranges it in one of the 2 litterpans ; then he carries mouthfuls of hay and shredded phone book and adds that ; now he's been pulling hair out of his tummy and putting that there.
Is it normal for males to do this ? He is most def a male and will be getting fixed pretty soon, as soon as my vet fund recovers from a sick dog.
It doesn't really bother me that much ... it's just odd as I've never had a bun do this before.
I should add that Molly was really teeny tiny when I got him. He was from a woman who goes to the livestock auctions and buys the 'meat' bunnies, then rehomes them for a small fee ($5 - she is NOT really making anything off them, but wants to help). Molly was most def the runt of the litter, but she also felt that this litter was maybe 4 weeks old. Anyway, Molly is still small, but has a great coat, is very active and healthy otherwise. He probably doesn't even weigh 2 1/2 lbs. He's about 7 months old now.
This is my crazy bunny Molly again. I seem to have the digging / dumping of the food dish taken care of - I have an old bird dish clipped to the wall low enough that the 2 buns can reach it, but high enough that Molly can't dig the food into oblivion.
Molly is male and not yet nuetered (he's about 6 months old). I thought he was a she when I got him as a baby, but then ... well, it became obvious she was a he !
He went through a spell when he was 4 months old where he was humping his friend Mac, who is a nuetered male a bit older than he is. Molly seems to have stopped doing this when Mac chased him a few times.
But now Molly looks like he's trying to build a nest - he drags the fleece off the top level of his condo, and very neatly arranges it in one of the 2 litterpans ; then he carries mouthfuls of hay and shredded phone book and adds that ; now he's been pulling hair out of his tummy and putting that there.
Is it normal for males to do this ? He is most def a male and will be getting fixed pretty soon, as soon as my vet fund recovers from a sick dog.
It doesn't really bother me that much ... it's just odd as I've never had a bun do this before.
I should add that Molly was really teeny tiny when I got him. He was from a woman who goes to the livestock auctions and buys the 'meat' bunnies, then rehomes them for a small fee ($5 - she is NOT really making anything off them, but wants to help). Molly was most def the runt of the litter, but she also felt that this litter was maybe 4 weeks old. Anyway, Molly is still small, but has a great coat, is very active and healthy otherwise. He probably doesn't even weigh 2 1/2 lbs. He's about 7 months old now.
sometimes small buns or young buns are hard to sex........also, the humping of the other rabbit does not indicate male behavior as both female and male rabbits hump.
