what sex is my rabbit... Please read...give your advice

[Country Living Farm]

Ok, I bought what I thought was a male. Well my other male was trying to mate with it. Are rabbits like male dogs who will mount anything that moves? If not, then he is a she. I looked under the skirt and it is hard to tell. The rabbit in question is a Flemish Giant about 3 months old. I guess the question is, will male rabbits mount other males or just the females?

 

[Emzyyy]

well I saw a male rabbit mount a balloon so Im guessing their like dogs.

 

[Southernbelle]

They will mount other males, especially young ones. It's a dominance/pecking order thing. I always house each young buck seperately. They can get nasty to each other.

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

Females will also mount other females. And possibly a male if seperated from other rabbits for to long..

 

[Southernbelle]

At three months old, you should see the start of his scrotum. If you flip him on his back and look at him you'll see 2 holes close together: the lower one is the anus. If you press gently, but firmly, above the second hole you can tell the sex. At 3 months old on the male, the penis should come out completely, slightly curved with a pointy tip. The female will have what looks like a loop or a slit. Hope that helps.

 

[txchickie]

I've seen a female mount another female. Cattle do it, dogs do it, etc.....it can be for many reasons.

 

[hen-thusiast]

We have two fixed bunnies (one of each sex). The sister is always mounting her brother (she prefers his head area). It's weird, she's very aggressive for being fixed.

FYI - if you have two male rabbits together you might want to either separate them or have them fixed. My understanding is that unfixed male rabbits may try to castrate each other.