BevBunny
Mama Doe
I've asked before about people having buns and cats, and know that people have mixed experiences of them getting on.
We've decided to get two cats. My bunnies live in the lounge (they have free run of the room when we're in, and a dog crate with a fenced off part of the lounge when we're out) so the cats would be shut out of the lounge when we're out of the house, but the rest of the time they'd potentially be together - obivously we'd be careful about supervision until we knew it was 'safe'.
So we've been thinking hard about the best way to do this. I think we're better off getting kittens with the theory that we can hopefully teach them how to treat the bunnies. I don't expect the bunnies and cats to be 'friends', I just don't want them to be scared of each other or to attack each other.
I should say that my bunnies are both very friendly and laid back, so I can sit them on my lap when they first meet the kittens to make sure its very controlled. I can't decide if I'm more scared of the cats hurting the bunnies or vice versa!
Should we still do this in neutral territory? Is it likely to cause issues with my bunnies bond? Any experience of these sorts of things? Or advice?
We've decided to get two cats. My bunnies live in the lounge (they have free run of the room when we're in, and a dog crate with a fenced off part of the lounge when we're out) so the cats would be shut out of the lounge when we're out of the house, but the rest of the time they'd potentially be together - obivously we'd be careful about supervision until we knew it was 'safe'.
So we've been thinking hard about the best way to do this. I think we're better off getting kittens with the theory that we can hopefully teach them how to treat the bunnies. I don't expect the bunnies and cats to be 'friends', I just don't want them to be scared of each other or to attack each other.
I should say that my bunnies are both very friendly and laid back, so I can sit them on my lap when they first meet the kittens to make sure its very controlled. I can't decide if I'm more scared of the cats hurting the bunnies or vice versa!
Should we still do this in neutral territory? Is it likely to cause issues with my bunnies bond? Any experience of these sorts of things? Or advice?