For the last couple of months or so Flop & Bramble kept scrapping. Lots of fur in the run and bald patches on Bramble but no injuries. Tried scatter feeding, locking them in the shed to reduce the space of a couple of days, removed all the litter trays so they couldn't get territorial over them, everything I could think of. Vet had checked them both over so healthy. They'd calm down for a bit and then the fur pulling would start. Blokey was thinking about how he could divide up the run so we could seperate them, it was getting that bad.
Finally last Sunday I was washing up and looked out into the garden and saw a wild bun on the path next to the shed. I opened the door and it legged it under the shed. Bramble was in the run and was sniffing all along the edge of the shed. Flop came over and she went for him. So obviously referred aggression.I stepped in and locked them back in the shed whilst OH tried to evict the wildie. Eventually we got it out of the garden and spent the next hour bun proofing it.
Admittedly we back onto a school field but it is surrounded by houses on all sides so it never occurred to me a bun could be living there!
As you can see the bun seems quite happy in the field - sorry pic is so rubbish
Finally last Sunday I was washing up and looked out into the garden and saw a wild bun on the path next to the shed. I opened the door and it legged it under the shed. Bramble was in the run and was sniffing all along the edge of the shed. Flop came over and she went for him. So obviously referred aggression.I stepped in and locked them back in the shed whilst OH tried to evict the wildie. Eventually we got it out of the garden and spent the next hour bun proofing it.
Admittedly we back onto a school field but it is surrounded by houses on all sides so it never occurred to me a bun could be living there!
As you can see the bun seems quite happy in the field - sorry pic is so rubbish