Using crate in bonding

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peediepixie

Mama Doe

• May 25, 2008

• #1

Should you do this after the 2 rabbits have seen each other, or just put them in the crate straight away? Should you use a crate at all?

 

SmokyJoe78

Mama Doe

• May 25, 2008

• #2

Do you mean a travel case-thingie?
We took Smoky & Lizzie out in a carry-case in the car, after spending the morning in the bathroom together and getting on ok-ish. They were both so freaked by the car, they snuggled up together! :lol:

 

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janice

Wise Old Thumper

• May 25, 2008

• #3

peediepixie said:

Should you do this after the 2 rabbits have seen each other, or just put them in the crate straight away? Should you use a crate at all?

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You can use anything you want to bond them in providing it is big enough and it is totally neutral.

 

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Sooz

Wise Old Thumper

• May 26, 2008

• #4

I use a small indoor cage for bonding where possible, as it's top opening I find it easier to dive in and seperate if necessary than when using a crate.

 

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Woodlouse

Mama Doe

• May 26, 2008

• #5

Agree with Sooz that something with a open/opening top makes separating easier IF necessary!

 

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peediepixie

Mama Doe

• May 26, 2008

• #6

I've got a pen set up in the shed which is divided in two sections but they'll be able to see each other.

 

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janice

Wise Old Thumper

• May 26, 2008

• #7

If you are planning to bond them, can you not use the pen in the shed as your neutral territory, once they have both been in it, you will have lost your neutral area. It would be wasier to bond them in the pen rather than in a crate

 

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peediepixie

Mama Doe

• May 27, 2008

• #8

Oh, I never thought about it that way Janice. I was just going to lift the divider once he had been neutered but I wasn't thinking that their sides of the pen would become 'their' territory as well:roll: Back to the drawing board:?

 

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janice

Wise Old Thumper

• May 27, 2008

• #9

peediepixie said:

Oh, I never thought about it that way Janice. I was just going to lift the divider once he had been neutered but I wasn't thinking that their sides of the pen would become 'their' territory as well:roll: Back to the drawing board:?

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This is why so many people have problems with bonding.

If you have nowhere else you can keep them together, keep them apart and keep this space totally neutral and save it for the real bonding experience.