Alfie and Bubbles have been together about 3 wks and Bubbles was spayed last week. They were kept together and all was well until just over 24 hrs after her op, when Alfie started chasing her around the dog crate. I was worried that Bubbles would do herself some damage so I separated them.
On Friday, I put them together in the dog crate to try to rebond. Bubbles was a bit jumpy at first but Alfie groomed her after about 10 minutes and she groomed him a little while after. Things seemed back to normal, so I put them back outside in the hutch on Sunday but with the run shut off for now - I had scrubbed/ vinegar sprayed/painted the whole inside of the hutch while they'd not been in it too, so it should have been completely neutral. :?
As soon as they got in there, Bubbles got very skittish & ran away every time Alfie went near her which in turn made him chase her and sometimes pull fur. I was hoping it would settle down after a few hours but it's still going on. They'll happily share food, Bubbles will even nudge Alfie out of the way to get to the water bottle but she still seems wary of him if he moves too fast. What should I do?
This is all very new because their first meet was very uneventful - a little bit of humping, no chasing or anything and they just accepted each other. I'm also concerned because we're going away for the weekend on Friday. A neighbour was planning to feed them etc for me but I wasn't expecting all this to be going on.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I wish I'd left her spay until later but I was being optimistic (for a change :roll and assumed there would be no problems. Sorry this is so long.
On Friday, I put them together in the dog crate to try to rebond. Bubbles was a bit jumpy at first but Alfie groomed her after about 10 minutes and she groomed him a little while after. Things seemed back to normal, so I put them back outside in the hutch on Sunday but with the run shut off for now - I had scrubbed/ vinegar sprayed/painted the whole inside of the hutch while they'd not been in it too, so it should have been completely neutral. :?
As soon as they got in there, Bubbles got very skittish & ran away every time Alfie went near her which in turn made him chase her and sometimes pull fur. I was hoping it would settle down after a few hours but it's still going on. They'll happily share food, Bubbles will even nudge Alfie out of the way to get to the water bottle but she still seems wary of him if he moves too fast. What should I do?
This is all very new because their first meet was very uneventful - a little bit of humping, no chasing or anything and they just accepted each other. I'm also concerned because we're going away for the weekend on Friday. A neighbour was planning to feed them etc for me but I wasn't expecting all this to be going on.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I wish I'd left her spay until later but I was being optimistic (for a change :roll and assumed there would be no problems. Sorry this is so long.
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