Rabbit that bites

[bluemini]

In my experience there are two types of biters. Mean ones, and the nibblers that weren't paying attention. I have been bit only once, but that was because he was playing with a peice of paper, and I went to move him over, and he grabbed my hand instead of the paper. My "OW! NO!!" and nose thump I think was acceptable in that situation. I have also had a couple of actually mean rabbits. You open the cage door and they are grunting and lunging. I was never bit, because they gave plenty of warning and I was fast enough, but hey are in the freezer. That is very genetic from what I have seen, and intolerable. One I had, I bred her to my nicest buck and got two litters. Out of those two litters, only three or four of the kits actually had a nice personality. The rest were showing aggression by 10 weeks. Another only showed agression when bred, so we let it go because she was a good momma, but the of the three does we didn't butcher out of her, two were also very vicious, and it just started when they got bred and continued on when they were open. So now, they don't get chances. If they are mean at all, they are gone. There are plenty of friendly rabbits to replace them with even.

And a note on smacking them... in my mind, that would only make a mean rabbit affraid of you. So while it may not bite you, what about the next person that sticks their hand in? Just another thing to think about.

Yeah I told them that it would make it worse but they havent replied back yet,it would make them fearful/cage aggressive or I would think .

 

[bluemini]

Well they havent replied yet but they ARE using her for breeding so if its genetics or whatever could be passed down WILL . I think they should have gave that some though before breeding her . Anyways will update when/if they reply ! im a bit mad over this because they dont seem to care at all ....well my opinion

 

[Stratmoore Farms]

I can't really say that I have had any biters, but I did have a doe that was pretty crazy back in the Summer. She is a full NZ that is a bit over two years old and had never been bred. I traded a buck for her to a guy that needed a buck. Anyway, she was crazy. Every time I tried to touch her she would go crazy trying to attack me. I decided to breed her anyway. After the first mating, she calmed down some. After she delivered her first litter, she calmed down completely and is one of the gentlest does that I have now.