Kissofcrimson
Exploring the pasture
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So earlier when cleaning my does cage she became extremely aggressive for the first time. Aggressive enough for me to do a double take and remove my hands. When I first got her she would scratch here and there, and I was fine with that, because it was an occasional thing. Within the last week though she's become so bad that I don't handle her and the only time I interact with her is when I'm cleaning her cage. Normally I take her out every morning to her outside run (she lives indoors in a large hutch) and bring in back in before it gets dark. But now when I try to pick her up she kicks and scratches the whole time. Nothing I do calms her down and so I put her back in her hutch. She's also gotten so bad with scratching she fights me the whole time I'm in her cage. I have to distract her with treats to be able to do anything with her and dislike doing that because I feel like I'm rewarding her for being mean.
I've had her since January and have handled her a lot, including trimming her nails and cutting down her fur. She's a French Angora. She's about 6-7 months now. Do they always go through this aggressive stage or is this something that will stick? I've considered breeding her (bought a buck recently) but reading on here I've seen that breeding aggressive does isn't exactly a desirable thing to do.
I've had her since January and have handled her a lot, including trimming her nails and cutting down her fur. She's a French Angora. She's about 6-7 months now. Do they always go through this aggressive stage or is this something that will stick? I've considered breeding her (bought a buck recently) but reading on here I've seen that breeding aggressive does isn't exactly a desirable thing to do.