bunny mad lisa
Mama Doe
hi all
i have been trying to bond my two bunnies star and chester for months!!! I bring them in the house on neutral terriotory and things have improved. I usually have them together for 1 to 2 hours. At first they would fight but for a while now they have started grooming each other...however.... they'll look all happy and content licking away and then chester will start nipping at star,usually her feet or belly and then star gets annouyed and they usually fight (although i don't let it go too far)
They have also started battling for who will get groomed by pushing their noses together and nipping each other. Star will push her head under chesters and will get very annouyed.
There has been no mounting just the nipping and face nudging. I wonder if they haven't sorted out who is boss? chester is extremely relaxed around star and will do happy flops in front of her to be grooms but star isn't as relaxed and doesn't tend to move around much and will just put her head out to be groomed all the time. i am reluctant to let them live together at the moment as i think they will just fight. Chester, although a sweetie had been a bit aggressive with his past partner who was a very dominant bunny.
any thoughts....
i have been trying to bond my two bunnies star and chester for months!!! I bring them in the house on neutral terriotory and things have improved. I usually have them together for 1 to 2 hours. At first they would fight but for a while now they have started grooming each other...however.... they'll look all happy and content licking away and then chester will start nipping at star,usually her feet or belly and then star gets annouyed and they usually fight (although i don't let it go too far)
They have also started battling for who will get groomed by pushing their noses together and nipping each other. Star will push her head under chesters and will get very annouyed.
There has been no mounting just the nipping and face nudging. I wonder if they haven't sorted out who is boss? chester is extremely relaxed around star and will do happy flops in front of her to be grooms but star isn't as relaxed and doesn't tend to move around much and will just put her head out to be groomed all the time. i am reluctant to let them live together at the moment as i think they will just fight. Chester, although a sweetie had been a bit aggressive with his past partner who was a very dominant bunny.
any thoughts....