i have 21 8 week old bunnies in a coop. today we noticed one had a gash under the eye. someone has said that i need to separate boys and girls but i plan on butchering as soon as they get big enough. i know that same gender rabbits fight. what sould i do? they've all been together since about 4 or 5 weeks old with no trouble.
battle wound?
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B&B Happy goats
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Could be ......are they crowded and need more personal space ?
AmberLops
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I've never heard of 8 week-olds beating eachother up like that!
Did you see the fight happen? It almost looks like an injury from a sharp object rather than a bite...
It would be hard to separate 21 kits unless you have the extra cages.
You could try separating the males and females. It might help but I don't know that for sure.
That looks really bad...it's a deep wound. Any chance you can butcher this one sooner than the others?
A wound like that would require stitches or staples to heal. You could try suturing it if you want to...or skip all the hard work and butcher it now
Did you see the fight happen? It almost looks like an injury from a sharp object rather than a bite...
It would be hard to separate 21 kits unless you have the extra cages.
You could try separating the males and females. It might help but I don't know that for sure.
That looks really bad...it's a deep wound. Any chance you can butcher this one sooner than the others?
A wound like that would require stitches or staples to heal. You could try suturing it if you want to...or skip all the hard work and butcher it now
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B&B Happy goats
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Awesome, then maby AmberLops is right ? Did you find a wire it could of gotten caught on ? ....
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AmberLops
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With a cage that big there shouldn't be any issues...I think it was something else. And usually in a fight the wounds will be on the back, sides and top of the head..but under the eye seems like a really hard place for another rabbit to bite or scratch!
Bunnylady
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That cut looks nasty, but it will probably heal up fine - I've certainly seen worse. No need for stitches. I agree that it's an unusual place for a wound from fighting, particularly if it's the only mark on the rabbit - are there any nails or pieces of wire the rabbit could have run into?
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