As title really.
I'm ridiculously worried about my baby buns.
They are a buck and a doe (from different litters). When I got them, the breeder said that they'd be fine to keep together and that I needed to get them neutered between 4 and a half to 5 months for him, which is 5 to 5 and a half months for her. The vet has agreed that (with the caveat that I keen an eye on him for humping behaviour) this sounds feasible and I don't need to separate them.
The breeder said they'd be fine and they were already bonded together and all would be fine.
I'm now at 4 months for her. And over the last few days we've noticed she'll chase him and mount him and try to hump him. He'll try to run away, but otherwise isn't really very bothered. She also occasionally pulls out a clump of fluff.
I have posted on here a few times with various questions, and the answer always comes back - Separate them.
I don't have the facilities to separate them and have them so they can still see each other. I do have a large double hutch with a ramp - so I can seal the ramp and one can live upstairs and one can live downstairs.
We try to give them at least 4 hours of 'hopping around' each day. I do have the facilities to have two runs next to each other. Or Mr and I have discussed letting them in together for say half an hour every day with one of us in the run with them to split them up if necessary. Before returning one to their separate run.
Also - if I separate them, should they have 'sides' should one hutch and run always be hers, and one alwasy his? Or should I alternate so that they are still used to the smells of each other?
Is the humping normal? Is it playing? Am I paniking and separating them and causing them additional anguish when they're just being buns?
What I guess I'm asking is, am I being mean separating them? Is this just her telling him she reckons she's boss, and not sexual? She doesn't seem to care what part of him she mounts.
It just seems such a shame to separate them - they're not fighting properly, and they're absolutely cute as buttons with the mutual grooming and cuddling up together for almost all the time.
Can anyone please advise?
I'm ridiculously worried about my baby buns.
They are a buck and a doe (from different litters). When I got them, the breeder said that they'd be fine to keep together and that I needed to get them neutered between 4 and a half to 5 months for him, which is 5 to 5 and a half months for her. The vet has agreed that (with the caveat that I keen an eye on him for humping behaviour) this sounds feasible and I don't need to separate them.
The breeder said they'd be fine and they were already bonded together and all would be fine.
I'm now at 4 months for her. And over the last few days we've noticed she'll chase him and mount him and try to hump him. He'll try to run away, but otherwise isn't really very bothered. She also occasionally pulls out a clump of fluff.
I have posted on here a few times with various questions, and the answer always comes back - Separate them.
I don't have the facilities to separate them and have them so they can still see each other. I do have a large double hutch with a ramp - so I can seal the ramp and one can live upstairs and one can live downstairs.
We try to give them at least 4 hours of 'hopping around' each day. I do have the facilities to have two runs next to each other. Or Mr and I have discussed letting them in together for say half an hour every day with one of us in the run with them to split them up if necessary. Before returning one to their separate run.
Also - if I separate them, should they have 'sides' should one hutch and run always be hers, and one alwasy his? Or should I alternate so that they are still used to the smells of each other?
Is the humping normal? Is it playing? Am I paniking and separating them and causing them additional anguish when they're just being buns?
What I guess I'm asking is, am I being mean separating them? Is this just her telling him she reckons she's boss, and not sexual? She doesn't seem to care what part of him she mounts.
It just seems such a shame to separate them - they're not fighting properly, and they're absolutely cute as buttons with the mutual grooming and cuddling up together for almost all the time.
Can anyone please advise?