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Flemish rabbit behavior

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Question
My rabbit (Buck) is @ 9 months old. He has been fixed and is very tame. We recently moved into a new home and I have given him his own room. His cage is still in there. My problem is that he has recently became very aggressive. He has bitten me 3 times. He drew blood. I'm scared of him every time I go in there. What is wrong?

Answer
Sometimes changes can bring out problems. Also, flemish giants are very late to mature, so it is possible that he just now matured into his adult temperament. Seeing as how he is fixed, I would not be quick to blame it on hormones, but even fixed rabbits can sometimes have hormonal aggression issues.

Have you noticed any pattern to his biting? Does he only bite when you try to get him out of his cage? When you try to feed him? Etc? If there is a common theme behind his biting, it will likely be easier to figure out how to solve it.