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Alpha Buck
Well, you ay remember that a few weeks ago I bonded these two bunnies:
Fat Fluff, Pickles (French lop):
and Honeybunny, Thumper:
The initial bonding was quite straight forward and they were really happy for a week, I gradually increased the space that they had and didn't rush anything. Anyway after a week for some reason they had a huge fight and injured each other - Pickles bit Thumper's bottom and they both had nasty wounds to the ears. So I split them both up and we have been backwards and forwards to the vet - both have been on Baytril and having wounds bathed twice daily.
They were quite content for a while to be able to see each other but not hurt each other but they are seeming more and more to find this frustrating and are sometimes having a go at each other through the mesh.
Thumper was getting quite stir crazy (even in a big double hutch), so I tried to rebond him with Sweep and Merry, Merry was having none of it and Thupmer also made it clear that he did not want to be there.
So Thumper is now in the back shed and Pickes in the front shed, with Sweep and Merry in a hutch in the middle - none of them can see each other.
Pickles is really happy and bounding around the front garden. Thumper is having a tantrum every now again and thumping his feet which I assume is out of frustration. Both bunnies are very similar in personality, they don't seem to realise that they are bunnies and they crave human interaction. Sadly we cannot have either to live in the house as my husband is allergic to them and it made him really ill when they came inside for the bonding.
Sorry for the long post, but just had to get all of that off my chest!
Fat Fluff, Pickles (French lop):
and Honeybunny, Thumper:
The initial bonding was quite straight forward and they were really happy for a week, I gradually increased the space that they had and didn't rush anything. Anyway after a week for some reason they had a huge fight and injured each other - Pickles bit Thumper's bottom and they both had nasty wounds to the ears. So I split them both up and we have been backwards and forwards to the vet - both have been on Baytril and having wounds bathed twice daily.
They were quite content for a while to be able to see each other but not hurt each other but they are seeming more and more to find this frustrating and are sometimes having a go at each other through the mesh.
Thumper was getting quite stir crazy (even in a big double hutch), so I tried to rebond him with Sweep and Merry, Merry was having none of it and Thupmer also made it clear that he did not want to be there.
So Thumper is now in the back shed and Pickes in the front shed, with Sweep and Merry in a hutch in the middle - none of them can see each other.
Pickles is really happy and bounding around the front garden. Thumper is having a tantrum every now again and thumping his feet which I assume is out of frustration. Both bunnies are very similar in personality, they don't seem to realise that they are bunnies and they crave human interaction. Sadly we cannot have either to live in the house as my husband is allergic to them and it made him really ill when they came inside for the bonding.
Sorry for the long post, but just had to get all of that off my chest!