Female rabbit attacks other female after taking babies away why?

I removed babies from there mother and put another female in with her, she attack her so bad she was missing hair on her back. I removed babies because they where getting to big for the cage they were in...no rude commentsFemale rabbit attacks other female after taking babies away why?
You really can't put two breeding females together if they're not litter mates that have grown up together and especially if one is all hopped up on hormones. Your mother rabbit acted as any self respecting mother rabbit would. Rabbits are territorial but the females are especially so and you don't want to mess with a pregnant doe or one who is coming off a litter. They're in that ';mode';.





Keep your unrelated or hormonal females housed separately from each other. Each rabbit is different but my girls are surprisingly viscious and sneeky when they are hormonal or jealous.





You did the appropriate thing in giving the babies their own place. Sorry about your other female. Check her for scratches/bites and treat them with Neosporin or whatever is appropriate. We all make mistakes and we're all learning. Chalk this one up to experience. :) Congrats on your babies.Female rabbit attacks other female after taking babies away why?
Females are very territorial, and she probably feels she's still protecting her litter even tho they are no longer there.





was this female there before the pregnancy? Or was she introduced after? (as in, was she a cage mate removed only during the pregnancy and then replaced... or was she new altogether?)





again, females will attack other females to show dominance. They don't tollerate a new addition well, and are generally solitary unless raised with their cage mates.





even then the dominant doe may fight to prove dominance.





my female didn't like anything. Our bird was fair game until we removed him to another room, she attacked my iguana when I was showing her more attention... this 6 foot girl with a tail that could break bones in my body was terrified of my rabbit.





My rabbit was very dominant, even AFTER she was spayed. So Spaying can help... but its not guaranteed to calm aggression.





however it will protect against reproductive cancers, UTI's and may at least calm her more.





you'd be better off separating them.





also... were the bunnies already weaned from mom? You shouldn't remove them until they're fully weaned from mom, or you could be putting their health at risk.





many breeders will wean babies at 7 weeks, but keep them in the same cage until 8 weeks or so.
Be very careful. Rabbits can seriously injure each other and even kill each other during fights.





Female rabbits are VERY territorial. Something that will help would be to have both of them spayed.





Afterwards you will still have to take time and patience to bond the two of them. NEVER leave them unsupervised until you're sure they're 100% bonded.





www.rabbit.org is a great site with information. This organization also has local chapters in many states and may be able to assist you in bonding your bunnies.





Good Luck!
maybe rabbits are territorial just like cats are. so you put another female rabbit in where there was already a female rabbit which just had babies, I am thinking you should not have done that.
Because the other female seems different and is more vulnerable. Remove the one that is attacking and try again after you sell the babies.
Well what whould you do if some woman walked up and tryied to take your kids. I'm sure you would do the samething or I would hope.
*rude comment*
Rabbits cannot be housed together. yes they will fight and even kill one another sometimes.


All rabbits should be housed in their own cage.


Young rabbits (kits) should be weaned from their mother at 8 weeks and seperated from their siblings byt 4 months to keep them from mating with each other and once they reach maturity (6 months) they will start fighting each other.





Get a book and do some research on rabbits. Learn about them or you are going to end up with more rabbit than you will know what to do.