rabbit biting each other

Question
hi
hope you can help we .have two female rabbits .
one keeps biting the other, they are under a year old, she bites her back and pulls the skin up and somtimes there is furr all over the place.i believe they are a dutch and lopp mix
thanks ronnie

Answer
Dear Ronnie,

You should separate the rabbits immediately, before they do very serious injury to each other.  Rabbits are very territorial, and once they reach sexual maturity they may begin to fight, even if they have lived peacefully together when they were babies.  This isn't uncommon.

Both rabbits must be spayed, not only because this will reduce aggression,  but also because unspayed, unbred female rabbits have a very high risk of uterine cancer.  You can find a good rabbit vet here:

www.rabbit.org/vets

Once the bunnies are spayed, you can try to rebond them with instructions from the articles here:

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-a=00062824-sp00000000&sp-q=bonding&user=enter...

but if they have been having very serious fights, the bond may not be repairable.  Only time will tell.  If they continue to fight after the spays and after re-bonding efforts, you may have to give up and keep them separate for their own safety.

I hope this helps.

Dana