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Date Posted: 19:51:27 05/11/06 Thu
Author: Jennie
Subject: How to stop male pet rabbit attacking me?

Does anyone have any advice about what to do with a young male rabbit who has started to attack me when I try to catch him to put him in his hutch at night? This involves him attempting (and in one case succeeding) to leap up and bite me when cornered (or even when not cornered), and last night following me out of the run as if chasing me when I went to get a stick to fend him off.

The rabbit (Coffee) is one of a pair of 6-month-old brothers. Both were desexed two days ago. His brother (Fluffy) has no behavioural problems other than a fear of proximity to Coffee, who has been routinely attacking him. I have stopped putting them into the hutch together because of these assaults. Nobody behaved violently towards Coffee before he started attempting these attacks about three weeks ago (he only bit me for the first time two days ago). Until three weeks ago, when I went into the run to catch them at night, both rabbits, particularly Coffee, would just try to avoid being caught by running away.

Coffee and Fluffy are out in the yard for most of the day and several hours at night, and at least one sometimes stays out overnight when we can't catch him. However, because we live near a reserve, we try lock them up at night in case a fox gets them. They are well-fed and otherwise healthy.

Perhaps the castration will have a delayed effect on Coffee's behaviour? Otherwise, I'm assuming that I'll have to exert more immediate violence on him if he continues to attack me, while continuing to handle him gently at other times? With little kids around, we won't be able to keep him unless this behaviour improves.

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