matjoliver
Warren Scout
This might seem like a stupid question. I know rabbits are supposed to be group animals, but has anyone ever found rabbits that just seem to prefer being alone?!
We've had Malone for a few weeks now and he just doesn't seem to settle with our other three rabbits. We've bonded, separated due to coming home to find bit of Malone's ears missing, rebonded, separated and rebonded again. Just when we thought things were ok, we came home to find more bits of his ears missing - poor guy.
We're now trying a different approach to the bonding. On closely watching him, Daisy will groom him (which he doesn't return) if he's trapped in a corner, but otherwise if she goes near him, he freaks out and makes a grunty/squeeky kind of noise and runs away.
He always sat alone when they were in a four and just doesn't seem to integrate/socialise well with the others.
He looks longingly at them when he's separated with a metal gate, but stays clear of them when he's in with them. Generally he just seems to look sad
Should we just give up and put him on his own, or keep trying to bond (it just seems to stress him out and he looks really uncomfortable with the whole thing)?!
Thanks for any advice :thumb:
We've had Malone for a few weeks now and he just doesn't seem to settle with our other three rabbits. We've bonded, separated due to coming home to find bit of Malone's ears missing, rebonded, separated and rebonded again. Just when we thought things were ok, we came home to find more bits of his ears missing - poor guy.
We're now trying a different approach to the bonding. On closely watching him, Daisy will groom him (which he doesn't return) if he's trapped in a corner, but otherwise if she goes near him, he freaks out and makes a grunty/squeeky kind of noise and runs away.
He always sat alone when they were in a four and just doesn't seem to integrate/socialise well with the others.
He looks longingly at them when he's separated with a metal gate, but stays clear of them when he's in with them. Generally he just seems to look sad
Should we just give up and put him on his own, or keep trying to bond (it just seems to stress him out and he looks really uncomfortable with the whole thing)?!
Thanks for any advice :thumb: