Should I still process them ?

blk90s13

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I found out today that my rabbits are bitting each other pretty bad I did notice it till today I dont know why the 12 weeks old males are bitting each other


I am thinking its safer if I dont process them and eat them right ?
 

dbunni

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Why wouldn't you process them? If they are together, they are probably fighting/biting because they are becoming sexually active. They are trying to dominate and breed. I've seen 3 week old buns do the same. After 8 weeks, most of our babies have been separated to keep this from happening.
 

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Nothin' wrong with those boys besides hormones!

I once had a 10 week old Jersey Wooly buck that mutilated his 4 brothers because I was slow getting them separated. I had to sell the brothers for snake food, because they were too torn up to be sold as pets, and too small to make dressing out worth my while. I put the aggressor on a raffle table at the next show I attended. The buck had never shown the slightest sign of aggression toward me, was actually quite people friendly, but I couldn't forgive him for what he had done (even if it was really my fault). I figured that, if I felt that way about him, we didn't need to be around each other!
 
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