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Rabbit siblings beginning to fight

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Question
I have a mother rabbit who gave birth to 8 babies. I was able to find homes for 5 of them. I have since kept 3 of them. I believe that 2 of them are boys and one is a girl, just recently the boys started fighting. So bad I have had to seperate one of the boys totally by himself. there is a gate that seperates them but they still fight thru the gate (the two boys). Right now I have the mother and one boy and girl together and one boy by himself. Will neutering both boys alleviate this problem? Will they ever get along again? Or should I find a home for the one boy that seems to be an outcast from only the other boy. The 2 females run from him (mom and daughter) cause he tries to mount them.  

Answer
I have found that neutering the males and giving them several days to get the hormones out of their system before reintroducing them seems to work ok.  It's the hormones that are making them fight and making life miserable for any female rabbit that may be around them.

You can find more information about spaying and neutering rabbits at http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabrefs.html#spay

Kim