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does anyone have 2 female rabbits...

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meandboys · 21/02/2008 22:58

...where one of them behave like a male?

My rabbits are chasing each other about, and one keeps trying to mount the other and is humping her (sorry for the info!!!)

When i brought them, i was told they were both girls, but would they be acting like this if they was the same sex???

Can someone please help, i dont really want little bunnies atm!

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BigBadMouse · 21/02/2008 23:13

Yes, IME two girls living together can do this quite often. Some breeds seem to do it more than others it seems. You have to make sure the humped one gets a break though or she might like to live alone.

That said, many a baby bunny has come about from pet shop sex identification.

How long have you had them and how old are they?

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meandboys · 21/02/2008 23:18

I got them in August and they was 14 weeks old when i got them, so they are about 10 months now.

They are both dwarf lop ears, do you think that may have anything to with there behaviour.

This is the 1st time i have seen them behaving like this!

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BigBadMouse · 21/02/2008 23:29

I would have thought you would have found out by now if you had one of each then. Maybe it is just 'spring' in the air.

I had two females who did this on and off throughout their 11 years together and they didn't start the behaviour until they were about the age yours are now from what I remember.

It is usually the more 'spirited' breeds that can be like it - Netherland Dwarves etc, but dwarf lops aren't always the most docile.

Have you had them spayed? tbh, I'm not sure if that would help with this or not (my two weren't spayed). Recommendation these days is that all girl bunnies are spayed to protect against uterine cancer (a major cause of early death in girly bunnies)

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meandboys · 21/02/2008 23:44

ty bbm, you have put my mind at rest for the moment. I was gonna wait up for dh to get home and tell home that we have confused rabbits!(dh works lates and finishes at midnight!)

Cant really afford to get the spayed atm, as my local vets wants £200 each rabbit

Thanks again

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twospecialgirls · 21/02/2008 23:47

i have three girls and a boy and they all hump each other i think they would hump anything tbh they all live in the same masssssive hutch and are one very happy humping inbread famialy lol
ooooo i only paid £70 to get my males wotsits off £200 is v expensive

BigBadMouse · 21/02/2008 23:56

blimey! £200 per bunny .

I think yours will be fine, all I would suggest is that if one seems to be doing all the humping that the humped one isn't getting too stressed about it all.

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meandboys · 22/02/2008 14:55

that was what my local abbey vets quoted (they are very expensive in this area!), but i will see what the other local vets quote.

They seemed to have stopped for the moment, but will keep an eye on them as its not fair if she is being chased about all the time!

Thanks for your advice

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goingfor3 · 22/02/2008 15:06

We ahve had two sets of female rabbits living together. One pair did this occainsionally and where happy to live together. We had to seperate the other pair as the one beig humped ended up having no fur on the back of her neck and was growing at all, she was much happier living on her own.

southeastastra · 22/02/2008 15:08

they're establishing the pecking order, the dominate one (the one humping) is trying to show the other who is in charge.

mine rabbits did it. but the dominant one was too aggressive so i had to split them into separate cages.

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meandboys · 22/02/2008 15:42

oh no, i dont have the space to seperate them and i really dont want to have to give them up

oh dear, what am i gonna do???

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southeastastra · 22/02/2008 16:04

i think about £70 is right for female to be speyed. they might be ok and establish an order without too much violence though maybe, keep a close eye.

BigBadMouse · 22/02/2008 20:19

yeah, they might be fine so don't worry yet. When my two were acting like that the less dominant of the two was happy to let the other take charge so there were no problems.

chocolatespiders · 22/02/2008 20:24

yep mine did this till they were neutered

BigBadMouse · 22/02/2008 20:26

aha! That answers my question then - wasn't sure if neutering would stop this sort of behaviour in a female bunny or not.

chocolatespiders · 22/02/2008 20:44

the neutering doesnt kick in for a few weeks.. but after 6 weeks post op they stopped doing it...

mine cost 70 each

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meandboys · 22/02/2008 23:29

wow, i will definately have to check out the other local vets price for nuetering then, i am totally shocked that my most local is trying to charge £200 each

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chocolatespiders · 23/02/2008 15:03

you could phone rspca.. they can normally tell you the cheapest vet in your area..

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