Bunnies

[DanceDanceDance80]

I have 2 'female' bunnies. Weve had them 3 months.
We have a black mini lop and a grey n.dwarf. was told both are female. However the m.lop has been humping the dwarf the last couple of months on and off and today the m.lop has been pulling out her own fur and trying the pull the n.dwarfs fur and the m.lop has been building a nest in the undercover/sleeping area.
Can anyone advise what's going on please
Could it just be a phantom pregnancy??
The bunnies have been together from a very young age and are now 5 months old.
Thanks!

[TimeIhadaNameChange]

I'd go to the vet to check their gender, for a start!

You may be ok, though. I had two pairs of females, one in the house, one outside (I say 'had' - they're now back together again). Both pairs were very busy nest-building about a month ago. I think they're over it but it may just be because I moved them around and disturbed them.

[Bluebelltulip]

No harm in getting them checked but my female bunnies regularly hump and nest make, both definitely female.

[bunnygeek]

Definitely get them checked at the vet asap. At 5 months they are reaching their "teenage" stage which is when hormones can cause behaviour changes. Even same sex females may not stay friendly with one another once they're getting hormonal. Baby rabbits can't be considered bonded for this reason :(

Definitely time for a vet check and discuss spaying as well.

[DisplayPurposesOnly]

Have you had their sex checked by a vet? Pet shops are notoriously unreliable.

Suggest you get them both checked ASAP. Even if they are both female, they must be neutered; 80% of unneutered females get womb cancer.

If one turns out to be male, get him neutered ASAP. It takes a few weeks for him to stop being fertile.

If one is pregnant and it's early on, the vet may be able to terminate/neuter. If she is pregnant, make sure you separate the male BEFORE she gives birth. Females can get pregnant again as soon as they've given birth - that'd be exhausting for her, poor thing, and you don't want two litters on your hands!

[toomuchhappyland]

Bunnies in pairs naturally have one who is the dominant one who will hump the other (my female humps my male - they’re both neutered!). So it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve not got two girls. The nest-building, if not pregnancy, is a phantom pregnancy. You should get both of them spayed. Unspayed does get bad bunny pmt which makes them irritable and aggressive, and spayed does are much nicer pets. Plus, as noticed, if you don’t spay them, the chances are very high they will die prematurely of cancer.

[reluctantbrit]

First get the gender checked. Then get them spay, both. I had unspayed females and it wasn't pretty. One had phantom pregnancies every couple of weeks and got really aggressive against the other one, in the end she died of cancer, the main cause of death for unspayed females.