carysannbunnymam
New Kit
Hi everyone!
I joined yesterday after googling fighting rabbits and found some of the posts really helpful. I apologise for the length of this first post in advance lol!
My buck, Toby, is 19mths, and I had him initially as a house rabbit. I moved home to my parents when he was about a year old. He started displaying disruptive behaviour, so the vet suggested I castrate him and then get him a little friend. So I got him a little girlfriend, Jemima. Not realising the time it takes for hormones to go down, I tried introducing them after a week. As she was only just 4 months, and he had only been castrated a week before...it didn't go well! He was hounding her and I had to seperate them, and have kept them this way for a month. I tried introducing them again yesterday and Jemima started attacking him. I pulled Toby out and got bit in the process by Jemima. She drew blood, so she was really going to hurt him if I hadn't got in the way!!
Their hutches are one on top of the other in the shed and they have a run which I have partitioned and they go in it for hours each day. They can see each other but can't get to one another. Jemima chases him up and down the length of the run, but he's not bothered by her, unless she provokes him.
So, what can I do to sort this out lol?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks xx
I joined yesterday after googling fighting rabbits and found some of the posts really helpful. I apologise for the length of this first post in advance lol!
My buck, Toby, is 19mths, and I had him initially as a house rabbit. I moved home to my parents when he was about a year old. He started displaying disruptive behaviour, so the vet suggested I castrate him and then get him a little friend. So I got him a little girlfriend, Jemima. Not realising the time it takes for hormones to go down, I tried introducing them after a week. As she was only just 4 months, and he had only been castrated a week before...it didn't go well! He was hounding her and I had to seperate them, and have kept them this way for a month. I tried introducing them again yesterday and Jemima started attacking him. I pulled Toby out and got bit in the process by Jemima. She drew blood, so she was really going to hurt him if I hadn't got in the way!!
Their hutches are one on top of the other in the shed and they have a run which I have partitioned and they go in it for hours each day. They can see each other but can't get to one another. Jemima chases him up and down the length of the run, but he's not bothered by her, unless she provokes him.
So, what can I do to sort this out lol?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks xx