Does anyone have a rabbit|?

[willhub]

Hi.

Does anyone have a rabbit? If so, how do you get them to jump over tall things and stop ******* everywere? The garden is like a mine field, all you sea is bits of feces and its very annoying walking on it and I need to somehow train him to only go to the toilet in one place or only do it in his cage.

Also, he keeps going at my dad and today he did it at me, like shoots at us at lightning fast speed into our legs, he missed mine but he never misses my dad's, nearly every time he like jumps and dives into his legs and trys to bite them, also he always seems to flick urine at us, we walk up to him and he just flicked his black legs around and sprays it like a metre and aims at us. Other things he likes to do is when I pick him up I have to wear a coat because he constantly try to eat my shoulder and trys to struggle and stand on my shoulder then jump off. Basically, he's an bad rabbit and I dont understand why, I wish I could go outside and walk up to him and stroke him or pick him up but nope he wont have any of that he just goes into attack mod

Any suggestions?


Thanks
Willz.

 

[willhub]

We have 2 house rabbit, a boy and a girl that have both been neutered. The girls are actually the worse and can be quite aggressive.

The blokes are very chilled once you have had them done, as mentioned above get a tray with hay in, every time they wee or poo pick it up or wipe with kitchen towell and place in the tray.

After a while they will start using the tray.

OUrs are as good as gold, they have the rn of the house and go out when ever they like when we are in.

The stopped nipping cables a long time ago thank god!!!

Ours are about the size of two large cats so they don't get any bother ;o))

He's an outdoor rabit, so I get a take up the hay that is soaking in pee and put it in a try and put it somewere in the garden and that should help?

 

[willhub]

He has a cage, we have a pig aswell, a guinea pig, and well they aint together, I think the pig would be sunday dinner to the rabbit.

Also I notice that the rabbit also LOVES to hump the manchester united football in the garden , its pretty disturbing tbh.

My mum says we wont have the rabbit neutered as its too old and would be too stresfull.

Show it this, and watch it's behaviour instantly improve.

But he's not a wild rabbit

 

[willhub]

you have a very rare alpha rabbit there.


Or have you been near an Australasian genetic lab?

He's not australian from what I see lol whats an Alpha rabbit?

Put it in a pot.

I dont want to eat rabbits, we have much chicken to eat last thing I want is a rabbit, also a couple of pigeons live in the tree at the end of the garden and some others visit now and again so we've got some food supply there .

 

[willhub]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvS5OhRetsU

check out that video, wait for it to buffer than go to the end, you can see my rabbit , look at him he's the devils pet .

Yup I have, ok so they live in the house but it doesnt make any difference, they used to be outside when I didnt live in this flat, and they were litter trained then.

Firstly the best piece of advice I can give you is to get him neutered as soon as possible, it will help his grumpiness more than I can say. All rabbits have in their brains is the need to mate, and so get very frustrated when they cant do that, and so take it out on the people around them. There is more than likely a lady rabbit somewhere in the area, and your rabbit can smell her, and is going mental trying to do what he is genetically programmed to do.

When you have got him neutered, then you can work on the toilet training, because he isnt necessarily urinated because he needs to go, hes urinating again because of part of his male tendancies to breed and in this case mark his territory.

You need to pick up his poo, and pop it in a litter tray, also try and spot when hes had a wee and get a bit of tissue and mop it up, and put that in the litter tray too. Line the tray with newspaper to help absorb the smell, and you can also get something called carefresh which is great for absorbing stuff too.

You will need to be persistent with this for a couple of weeks but then he will be fine. Seriously though, go and get him neutered because that will sort out most of the problems. I'd put money on there being another bunny in the area which is driving him crazy as he lives outside.

Shout if you need anymore help, have kept bunnies for years, and always happy to help others.

Is he not too old though? We've has him about 3+ years and after that he was with an owner for about a year and after that he was, possibly he's up to 6+ years old. He was ignored at his first home though the kids got bored of him I heard.

I told my mum when they take him to the vet, ask the vet whats the minimum age for them to be neutered but she wont she thinks she is a know it all because she's owned pets before

 

[willhub]

From the look on the owners face i think he's been far to "friendly" with that rabbit

The rabbit proberbly has a ring on his other hand , Oh I mean leg...

You can then make a very tasty rabbit stew, hmmm
WIn-win situation

When my rabbit dies, we'll dig a big hole in the ground and pop him in it and I'll put his name on some stone, his name is bugs BTW.

 

[willhub]

No hes not too old, the vet can advise you but if your asking how to stop him acting like he is, then thats how to do it.

Plus hes a pretty big rabbit to be in a cage that small, how long is he in there for during the day? Is he able to get out and run about safely at all. Hes probably got a lot of pent up energy from being a cage that size for long periods.

Please dont think im having a pop at you by the way, I am just trying to offer you advice.

The garden is fully fenced off so he has the whole garden to rome around, its a good sized garden, about 20 meteres by 5-6 meters. I'll go take a pic of the cage and post it.

 

[willhub]

So he runs loose during the day most days?
Again im not trying to have a pop, just checking hes getting enough exercise and stimulation to help his mood.

I know you are not having a go . Most days he does but some days he does not go out now, in the summer he can be out from 8AM to about 9 at night, but its usually going to be about 12 noon to about 7PM now.

 

[willhub]

Cage (Yes we need a new one, too expensive to really afford one though.)

Rabbit (Bad quality)

 

[willhub]

Is the guinea pig a boy or a girl, and do they get on ok?

The guinea pig is a boy and I dont think they do get on, he is seperated from the rabbit, when we first bought him about 1-2 years ago we tried them but they were going crazy just running about and we were scared for the guinea pig looked like the rabbit might of killed it in the end. First rabbit we had aaaaaggges ago must have been about 10 years took chunks out of the guinea pig we had, my dad let the guinea pig go in a field near by, poor thing .

How much does neutering cost? If my parents wont pay I think I might put my PC upgrades and bike upgrades on hold and pay for him to get it done.

 

[willhub]

S'ok I was just checking the guinea pig wasnt a girl driving him mental with her smell. In my experience unless you buy the guinea pig and the rabbit together, and theyve always been together from a very young age, it doesnt usually work mixing them as youve discovered. They come from different parts of the world and havent naturally mixed together in the wild, so the same usually goes in captivity.

Im sure there are some rabbit/guinea pig pairs who get on fine though.

There are loads that do.

Shame they dont get one the rabbit and pig must be really lonely , the pig never goes out he's in his cage all the time , and his pen for the summer is about 1.5 meter by half a meter and all he does is hing behind this wood thing or eat grass, he's still scared of everyone.

 

[willhub]

Poor rabbit he died in anastetic today at the vet , he has an ulcer on his tounge and needed it operating on but something went wrong in anastetic and now he's died , its awfull I was crying for ages it was like a family member just went and now I go into the garden it feels all lonely everything does really so sad he's gonee feel like I will never get over it .

 

[willhub]

Whats the rolleyes for?
What were you thinking?

 

[willhub]

Rubbish to you but you have to realise to a lot of people they aint, my rabbit did spray pee a lot infact ones he did it in my face but oh well thats life, he was a good pet and I'm upset to see him go. Also not all rabbits are like that..

 

[willhub]

thanks
I dont think its ok to feed them cream crackers, I dont see why they cant stay out 24/7, its fine but with bugs I was worried he would tunnel out so we kept him in at night and rainy days.

 

[willhub]

Apparently apple brances are party to rabbits give them a try, my rabbit never took to them though.