Fighting Buns

[b] My daughter has 2 male buns both about 7 month old they have both been together for 6 months with no problem. This morning they have started fighting. The only thing that has changed is she put her 2 Guinea pigs in with them about 10 days ago but all seemed fine. Any ideas please.

Oh gosh!, why did she put guinea pigs in with them?, rabbits shouldn't live with guinea pigs for a variey of reasons, are the boys neutered?

Are the boys neutered Ruffin?

If they are not neutered then this will be why, and they should be separated before they do each other some serious damage. they both will have hormones Raging. It may be possible to bond them again after they have been neutered and all those hormones have calmed down.

If they are not neutered they will continue to fight.

Lots of people think that gineas can go in with buns, but they shouldn't really, its not good for either of them. Its a common mistake though.

[b] She has taken one of the buns out to stay in the house for now he seems to have a scratch on his nose bless him he has had it rough in his little life absesses had to have his front teeth removed due to maliclusion she is going to take them for neutering next week now so I know who will be paying for that! She put the piggys in on advise from a local inner city farm here in Sheffield I said at the time that it wasnt a good idea but what do I know.

Yup like Katie said, the ol' snip will sort them out and they should be able to be rebonded quite successfully. Lots of people still keep piggies and bunnies together and people still advise it. It isn't ideal. But hey she might not want to listen to her old Dad

It is a fallacy that guinea pigs and rabbits can live together. It is probably because both animals are seen to be so benign and peaceful. However, it is like putting together two foreigners because they cannot read each others' language and that can cause aggression.

The two boys need to be neutered and with same sex pairs, little changes can cause aggression to flair. Maybe the guinea pigs triggered referred aggression, where the dominant rabbit gets agitated about something and then attacks the submissive bun.

We had a wild rabbit come into the garden and approach the compound. Both of my rabbits were really interested, but when Gloria approached the fence, Wolfie chased her and nipped her a lot. I had to put her in the hutch until the wildie went away.

Once they are neutrered and recovered, she will have to re-introduce them and hopefully, they will be OK again. I have just bonded a pair of neutered males so it can be done.

[b]Thanks for all the advice (not so mutch of the old though ) I hope they will rebond as they have allways up till now loved each others company. Talking of wild buns a few years ago my daughter thought she had a rat in the lounge after all the shreeking had died down she found a tiny wild bunny under her TV one of her cats had caught it and brought it in and anouther one of her cats was protecting it woudnt let the other cat near it she kept the bunny for around 2 years when it unfortunatly passed away

Awww wee wildie.

Charlotte (catswhiskers) has a wild bun called Easter that she got the same way.