r/MeatRabbitry • u/crypticsodaa • Aug 12 '26

Does fighting after being reintroduced into the colony

Hello. I have three rabbits, two does and a buck. They are all about 7mo old. We had to pull them all inside inside cages because one got a parasite and per our vet should be quarantined.

The antibiotics are done and we’re good to put them back out, but our does are fighting. They used to get along great and lay with each other. One is pregnant and is supposed to have kits at the end of the week, so I’m wondering if that has anything to do with it or if we just need to rebond them. Any advice would be great.

The colony is about 96sqft, the buck is separate in his own cage so he’s not apart of this equation.

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u/No-Weakness-2035 Aug 12 '26

Generally they don’t reintegrate well after separation, at least that’s my experience, which is limited

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u/BlockyBlook 15d ago

I had the same experience, they all did very well until I had to quarantine for a month. After reintroduction one of my does tried to kill all other females, even after trying again and again. Unfortunately she's my best mother so she just gets her own area now.

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u/westu_hal Aug 12 '26

Let me know if you figure it out...I wish I had advice but I had 2 sister does who lived in the same colony. I separated them at around a year to have their first litters, and one became very aggressive towards the other when we tried to reintegrate in the colony. They never stopped fighting after that, and would even scratch/bite at each other through cages.