Rabbit has no pads, however, is surrounded by coarse hair on its toes and ankles. When a rabbit sits quietly, the underside of the metatarsal of its hind limbs, from the toes to the hocks, touches the ground. Heavier rabbits housed in wire cages often result in ulcerative foot dermatitis, also known as sore hock. Rabbit claws are very sharp, and if a person scratching a rabbit does not properly support its lower body when catching a rabbit, it will often leave extremely painful scratches as a souvenir.

Pets Xiaobian said that rabbits are very territorial. Both males and females have three sets of glands that they use when they engage in scent-signaling behaviors, including special mandibular glands whose openings are located on the inside of the chin—the chin glands, the anal glands, and a pair of pocket-like groin glands located in the perineum. The size of glands and the degree of territorial behavior were positively correlated with androgen secretion and sexual behavior. The territorial behavior of male rabbits was more frequent than that of female rabbits. Regardless of male or female, among the animals in the same group, the territorial behavior of rabbits with higher status was more frequent than that of rabbits with lower status, and the behavior of territorial marking was more obvious when animals of the same sex with lower status were present.

Rabbits can use this territorial behavior to show their rank in the group. Under natural conditions, whether adult male or female rabbits, when they are in their own territory, surrounded by their own scent and companions, when they encounter foreign invaders, two-thirds of the time to win.

Does use their jaw glands and groin glands to mark their young, and are openly hostile to young rabbits that are not their own. They take great care of the young rabbits of their own group, and fiercely chase and even kill foreign young rabbits.