More rabbit issues, this time behaviour?

Question

Well I want to get my doe ready for 4-h. But we have a few behaviour issues, that she came with. And being my first rabbit, Im not quite sure how to train he rout of it.

1. She scratches, ALOT. When she doesnt get her way, she results to trying to dart out of your arms and scratchs as much as possible.

2. Randomly she will bite, she didnt used to. Now she will nip, and Its annoying, I dont want it to progress any further. In fact, id like it to stop completly.

3. When we go to put her back in the cage, she knows it. She begins scratching and darting, toward the cage and jumps in herself. Id like to be able to put her away without getting scarred.

If anyone can help, id love it. This will also help for the rabbit weve recently rescued, when he comes home he will need to be worked with too.

Answer 1

Her cage is too small and she's unspayed and hitting sexual maturity. That's my guess.

Unspayed female rabbits can be VERY territorial and moody. Having a small cage makes them even more territorial.

Check out the behavior section of http://www.rabbit.org/ - it's got more information that anyone can give in one "Yahoo! Answer".

EDIT: It doesn't matter if she's not pregnant - if she's not SPAYED, she will be aggressive. And how big is her cage? What are the dimensions? I'm not trying to be mean, but what you describe is TYPICAL behavior for intact females in small cages.

Answer 2

either shes

pregnant

has issues ajusting

doesnt like you 9 spend more time w/ her

yeah rabbits really do eat carrots. AND HAY IS CRUCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

if she does something wrong. Say " bad" in a slightly loud, but stern voice. remember, bunnies have sensitive hearing

Answer 3

My girl was the same a yr ago, so what I did is put long sleeves on and heavy duty gloves the the scratching and biting didn't hurt and did her not good, every day 3 times a day for the fist month  I would go out pick her up, and hold her, I NEVER let her go until she was quite for about a 1/2 second and upped the time as I went.  She learned quickly that biting and kicking got her nothing and the quicker she calmed down the quicker she got put down, after done she got a treat carrot or piece of apple and only got treats after a

"training class":)  She's great know, and loves attention.  Best of luck it'll take time

Answer 4

my first rabbit did this to me she would flip out and stuff and try to jump out of my arms! But I wrapped her in a towel with her  feet in and  she couldnt scratch me and it help to keep her still kinda. But try the towel trick except make take out 1 foot at a time and trim he nails!