The Bonding Of The Five !!!!!

I have been toying with the idea for a while now of bonding my Lops together into a group. I have 5 Lops (not counting housebun Rosie!) - 2 pairs, and one single. I have been setting up this past week to do it, and started in 3 days ago. I was rather nervous about it, as I had a really bad bonding experience where one of my buns got seriously hurt a few years ago, and have been very reluctant about doing it ever since! I have proceeded with caution, as I have 3 boys and 2 girls.....so I feared it might either be a difficult bonding, or might not happen at ALL. The first day was rather traumatic for me....there was a LOT of fur flying, though no real injury. Herbie caught a toenail in the ear during a scuffle and lost a couple drops of blood, but I cleaned it and found it was VERY tiny. There were some pretty major scuffles going on that first day, but I decided to perservere. Day two was much quieter.....still a few little skirmishes, but also a substantial amount of sitting together and quiet time. Today was day 3.........and WHAT an improvement!!!!! I think that things are looking REALLY promising now.....here is what is going on today!!!!! Happy, happy, happy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking great so far! Our 5 are 3 boys and 2 girls aswell.

Aww that looks good!
Well done bunnies, keep it up!
My bonding of two starts this weekend - I AM SCARED! lol
xx

Blimey :shock:

I go faint at the thought of bonding a pair

I hope they all make a big happy family

Janex

What a lovely group of bunnies!....I love lops

Awww, those pics are so sweet. I hope it continues to go well they look like a good group

Natsanth said:

Aww that looks good!
Well done bunnies, keep it up!
My bonding of two starts this weekend - I AM SCARED! lol
xx

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scares the life out of me and I've never even attempted it...lol...I'm sure it can be done tho!!

Oh wow! Looking good so far... well done you your nerves of steel! :lol:

They make a very very pretty group

Oh wow, you have my greatest respect as I flap with bonding 2!

as long as you do it on neutral ground it will be fine,we have never had a problem bonding groups.we have mixed breeds,sizes,babies and adults all in a group now.we neuter the males and do a doe at a time when money allows!!

All 5 of these buns have been neutered for quite some time, so I think that has helped immensely! I wouldn't even have ATTEMPTED a bond if even 1 of them was not spayed/neutered!!! :shock:

thats great they look so happy hope it all goes well from here on in!!

awww they luck so cute together

do i spy squishy?

u have given me confidence to do a four now!

Hope all continues to go well and what lovely lops !

Ah how cute is that little group!!

Good luck hope it continues to go well.

Helen x

I spy a Dottie (or is it Lottie?) I remember when she had babies last summer. Bless her heart she looks very happy
Is that why your after Maggie?! A little lop to go in with the wonderful 5 you have there? :lol: BTW her ear lopped last night

I have just bonded another one to my group of four, only another two to mix now when Monty is better!

I just let them have the run of the whole garden and the seperate them at night for the first week after that they all seem to have sorted themselves out

I am totally in awe (and in love!)

Please tell me how you dealt with the first night with them together. Did you leave them all in together and watch them all the time? Did you just trust to luck?

I have spent 3 nights last week whilst bonding two separate pairs as I couldn't trust that nothing would kick off overnight (as is my previous experience).

My OH and I would love it if we could bond some of our pairs together. (We now have 6 pairs) but I don't really want to risk breaking up a pair if it ruins that relationship.

I think it's wonderful what you have achieved!

Well done on the bonding!
They look great all snuggled up!
I would love to bond my 2 pairs but i'm too scared!