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Table 3 Percentage of pair and group -housed rabbits reported to show social behaviours at differing frequencies

From: The current state of welfare, housing and husbandry of the English pet rabbit population

 

Never

Occasionally

Often

Playing with each other

5.3

31.8

62.9

Fighting (biting or scratching)

74.7

22.9

2.4

Resting in contact with each other

1.8

4.7

93.5

Grooming each other

4.4

12.1

83.5

Pulling out fur from each other

62.6

29.4

8.0

Mounting each other

34.4

51.6

14.0

Guarding items or areas from each other

77.3

19.0

3.7

Avoiding each other

72.9

25.8

1.3

Circling around each other

53.6

35.6

10.8

Chasing each other

22.5

54.8

22.7