A display of dominance at treat time is normal. As long as there ts no
real biting this should be allowed to happen. The other rabbits should
be fine with this because their order is already established. In fact
this is a healthy activity. This topic, incidentally is covered in one
of the articles in Rabbits 2008 magazine. When I get a chance I will
look it up. The order in our household is, of course, The Jump, then
tiny Zolo, then last, Wizard. Yeah little Zolo will stick his tail out
and the larger Wizard will back down.
When I get a chance I will video my boys at banana time. (Serious
treat! ;-) ) Chasing and butt nipping, yeah they do it every day.
Professor, The Jump, Zolo, Wizard, & Magic Brenda
Nona wrote:
> Yeah, I did something else stupid. And I hate to admit it, but it was
> the second time I did it after having sworn, of course, never to make
> that mistake again!
>
> I locked Hubble out of the condo she shares with Orpheus, and Orpheus in.
>
> The way it happens is this: At treat time, which is right before
> bedtime, Orphie sometimes gets very aggressive. So this brilliant
> human decided that on the days when he was being really mean, she
> would separate the buns by leaving one out in the x-pen attached to
> their condo and locking the other inside.
>
> So far, so good. Nobun gets bitten.
>
> The trick is to reverse the process and allow them both access to the
> condo where the litter box is.
>
> Oops!
>
> The worst part about it is I didn't notice all day, and Ira didn't
> notice in the morning either when he gives the buns carrot tops.
>
> No, actually the worst part is not that I didn't notice but that poor
> Hubble, locked away from her litter box -- again -- was so terribly
> upset.
>
> She knows she's supposed to use the box, and she couldn't.
>
> I didn't undertand why she was not giving me tooth purrs all day when
> I stopped to pet her.
>
> Now I do.
>
> Poor girl.
>
> Nona >> Stay informed about: Stupid 
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