Help with new bunnies?

Question

i just got 2 new bunnies: a female and a male. i got my male neutered so they cant have babies. my female is starting to bite and kick, and she gets very scared and hides when you come near her cage. she has been handled since she was very young and treated just like my male bunny and he's very sweet. why is this and what can i do to make her friendly again? oh, i also hold her evey day.

Answer 1

you should have the female spayed, it not only helps with hormonal issues but also prevents her from getting cancer. Without her being fixed her chance of getting cancer by the age of *i think* 4 or 5 is very high

Answer 2

if the female isn't spayed, you might want to try that. I'm guessing that it could be hormonal.

Answer 3

Females should be spayed asap if you're not breeding them.

Also, if this is new behaviour, she may be sick.

Take her to the vet asap.  

Answer 4

Often, when there is a behavioral change around 4-10months of age, it's hormonally motivated.  She's hit maturity, her hormones are kicking in, she's cranky, territorial, and would rather you leave her alone.  In addition to solving or helping the behavioral issues, spaying your rabbit will double her lifespan on average.  85% of female rabbits get reproductive cancer by age 5.  It is fatal.  Unspayed females average around 5-6 year lifespan.  Spayed it's 10 years+.  It's very dangerous to hold a kicking rabbit, while struggling they can snap their very thin spines and paralyze themselves.  

Also, many, many, many rabbits HATE to be held.  To them, it's like being scooped up by a predator.  They're just waiting to find out when they become lunch.  It's a scary thing.  Would YOU like it if some creature twenty times your size grabbed you off the ground and held on to you every day?  Probably not, huh?  Even if your other rabbit tolerates it, he probably doesn't enjoy it.  Rabbits tend to be a lot friendlier, less stressed, and happier to interact with you if they are allowed to stay on the ground and you come to their level and do not restrain them when it's not necessary.