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How to stop my adult male rabbit from attacking younger males?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 23 days old | 1lb

I have one adult male rabbit ,two minor female rabbits and one more young male rabbit.From past two weeks the adult male rabbit has become aggressive and he always bites the other male rabbit .Today he almost killed the younger rabbit.Can you advise what I need to do

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Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Published on May 24th, 2018

You need to separate the bucks (males). The adult sees the younger buck as a rival, especially in the presence of the does (females). It would be recommended to separate the bucks from each other and from the does. A doe can begin to breed as early as 6 months of age. Leave them together and you may find yourself overwhelmed with rabbits very quickly.

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