I bought a baby doe 2 wkd ago for a 2 yr old buck and they hit it off from the getgo. I bought a 2nd baby doe today and my 1st baby doe is attacking the 2nd one? How can I socialize them so that they are companions? The buck is kind to both of them.
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does are naturally extremely territorial, it's in their nature to protect their food source. my advice would be to separate the does, so they can see each other but not reach each other. when the first doe realizes she still has plenty of food and water, she should react friendlier.
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If they are young does, they need to be separated from the buck and spayed before they can be with him and he needs to be neutered. Rabbits are very territorial and cannot live together as there is always the risk of fights, even a doe may turn on a buck and hurt them. Plus if they are not altered, they will just breed all the time and too soon, which can hurt the does and the young they might carry. So you need separate cages for them all until the does are old enough to be spayed. Even if the buck gets neutered or is neutered already, the does age they mature will become sexually mature and those hormones will drive them to fight for dominance and hump each other and even the buck. And a plus of having them spayed is they will live longer and avoid many of the problems of unspayed does, like cancer of their reproductive organs which hits 70% of pet does.
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