LPH_NY
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So I have this buck I held back from one of my first litters. He's 17 weeks old. He has always been very personable, just like his Flemish Giant father. I wouldn't say he's uber laid back like a house rabbit might be, but I'm happy with how sociable he is. He's not shy. As soon as you open the cage door, he comes right out. Nudges my hand to get me to pet him if I'm not doing so right away.
The thing is, over the last week or so, every time I hold him he's tried to nibble my clothing. And he often gets my skin underneath.
I was bitten pretty hard multiple times by his mother. She started out sweet and loveable and then at 4 months she turned into the killer bunny from Monty Python. Two litters later she only got worse and bit chunks of flesh out of my husband's knuckles. I'm terrified that my sweet and handsome buck might be changing into a monster rabbit, too.
Is the frequent nibbling at my clothing a possible sign that he might soon start biting my bare skin? Is there anything I can do to stop this behavior? I don't hold him more than 5 minutes at a time at his size and age.
I know that he is very interested in meeting a doe. Anytime they are caged side-by-side for exercise and grazing he spends an awful lot of time flirting and showing off. But they are both much too young to let him have his way. Should I completely remove him from the barn where the does are and not let them be side by side anymore? Could the clothing nibbling be driven by his hormones?
The thing is, over the last week or so, every time I hold him he's tried to nibble my clothing. And he often gets my skin underneath.
I was bitten pretty hard multiple times by his mother. She started out sweet and loveable and then at 4 months she turned into the killer bunny from Monty Python. Two litters later she only got worse and bit chunks of flesh out of my husband's knuckles. I'm terrified that my sweet and handsome buck might be changing into a monster rabbit, too. Is the frequent nibbling at my clothing a possible sign that he might soon start biting my bare skin? Is there anything I can do to stop this behavior? I don't hold him more than 5 minutes at a time at his size and age.
I know that he is very interested in meeting a doe. Anytime they are caged side-by-side for exercise and grazing he spends an awful lot of time flirting and showing off. But they are both much too young to let him have his way. Should I completely remove him from the barn where the does are and not let them be side by side anymore? Could the clothing nibbling be driven by his hormones?
