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hi,
I have a 3 month old male lion-head dwarf I've had for almost 3 weeks now and he's been nothing but an absolute joy sense receiving him! I am training him for the house so I put a small bit of a training pad in his cage. well a few days ago we changed his bedding and last night I put in a new pad except this time it took up the majority of its cage. He did fine with it at first he nibbled at it and moved it around to his liking as usual but last night he began darting back and forth in his cage like mad and grunting. I woke up this morning and went to feed and water him but the pad was in his water bowl so I tried to move it and he attacked me. I also tried moving it with a water bottle and he also attacked that. He didn't have much of an issue with me petting him but for some reason he's being OVERLY territorial. I understand they can be territorial but it all just happened overnight! I've spoken to him kindly and shown him i mean no harm but I'm not sure if that is enough... What should I do??? Please help. I love him dearly and don't want either of us to have issues. It would be a lot of help if I could get some advice in this specific matter.
thank you
AnswerHi,
it is likely that your rabbit has hit sexual maturity. Not sure by what you mean 'attacked', but either was upset at you moving around in his personal space (cages are like warrens/dens to them) while he was there, or he also may have been trying to mount your arm.
Either way the behavior is hormonally driven. He is in the age range where sexual maturity occurs. The solution is to research and find a good rabbit vet around you that regularly does neuters/spays and get your rabbit fixed. It will take 4-6 weeks for the hormone levels already in his body to stabilize to their new, lower levels. You will get a much calmer bunny that doesn't react because of high hormone levels.
Also ask the vet to double-check the sex of your bunny, they are often sexed wrong when they are really young.
Start here:
www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html
to find a House Rabbit Society recommended vet near you.
You will need post-op antibiotics, pain meds like metacam for your rabbit so he continues to eat and drink, and he'll need to be kept caged to prevent him from running and jumping hard while the stitches heal. You'll have to monitor his stitches to make sure they are healing ok.
In the meantime try to do what you need to do in his cage, when he's outside the cage. Will cut down on the cage aggression.
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