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fighting rabbits

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Question
Dear Mr Lee Meyer
i have 2 rabbits witch whoom are brothers from the same litter one is mine an the other is my daughters in the last 5 weeks they have been fighting raly bad so i seperated them but there still next to each other an noe my rabbit is jumming over the barrier to get to the other bunny the barrier is a meter high so i dont know what else to do can you help me??

Answer
Hi,

you will need to set it up so that the doors are closed to where they are so they cannot get to one another.  They have hit sexual maturity and the only thing that will stop such behavior is to get them neutered by a good rabbit vet.  It cannot be just any vet.

GO here to see where a good rabbit vet is around where you live:

www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html

to find a House Rabbit Society recommended vet.

It's something you need to do to give them both back their quality of life, and yours too.  This behavior is hormonally driven and for it ot go away, that's what needs to be done.  Otherwise you can't have them be able to get to each other, otherwise you'll be seeing the vet for medical bills from fighting injuries.