martlou
Warren Veteran
Some of you will know that this week Teddy had been in stasis and at the vets from Sunday until Wednesday. Rosie moved in with him for the last 24 hours to encourage him to eat and it seemed to work as he really picked up. Things were progressing well, Teddy has been eating much better and though still a way from back to normal he was much better.
This morning we were woken up at 1.30 with a huge commotion downstairs, Martyn ran down and they were fighting. Rosie had hold of Teddy by his ear . He separated them, we stayed with them for a bit and they were fine until 4pm today. Not sure what happened, one moment they were fine, next moment there was just a ball of bunnies thrashing, Rosie had Ted's ear in her teeth and there was an awful screaming (presuming this was Ted, awful noise), Ted managed to run off, I scooped him up, his ear was bleeding. Took him back to the vets where they cleaned and glued it - she'd bitten all the way through .
I'm wondering if there's been a problem because Rosie was here on her own for a couple of days and she thinks he's an imposter bunny in her territory. Perhaps we should have thought to have a really good clean so it was as if they were both coming to a new place? The vets have leant us a puppy pen and told us to put one of the bunnies in it and keep swapping them round every few hours until at least Monday night. Rosie is in there are the moment, it's a bit small really but she's stopped (for now) trying to break out by chewing the bars. They've sniffed each other through the bars. I think we'll need to go and buy a bigger one tomorrow. I feel very guilty that they're going to be stuck in there, I know it's only a few hours at a time but they're free range at home and not used to being kept in a cage. We're also very worried this will set Teddy back in his recovery.
In sum, I feel traumatised and guilty. Rosie probably hates me as she's stuck in the cage and she was really scared when we were checking her feet to find the damaged claw. Ted probably hates me because every few hours I'm forcing drugs down his throat and we're always promising the bunnies we won't let anything bad happen to them, and now he has an ear that's been bitten the whole way through. I really need some good news stories about re-bonding please and any vibes going spare that Ted continues to recover and that they'll be friends again would be so much appreciated (though we've had more than our fair share already this week )
If you've managed to get to the end of the post, thank you.
This morning we were woken up at 1.30 with a huge commotion downstairs, Martyn ran down and they were fighting. Rosie had hold of Teddy by his ear . He separated them, we stayed with them for a bit and they were fine until 4pm today. Not sure what happened, one moment they were fine, next moment there was just a ball of bunnies thrashing, Rosie had Ted's ear in her teeth and there was an awful screaming (presuming this was Ted, awful noise), Ted managed to run off, I scooped him up, his ear was bleeding. Took him back to the vets where they cleaned and glued it - she'd bitten all the way through .
I'm wondering if there's been a problem because Rosie was here on her own for a couple of days and she thinks he's an imposter bunny in her territory. Perhaps we should have thought to have a really good clean so it was as if they were both coming to a new place? The vets have leant us a puppy pen and told us to put one of the bunnies in it and keep swapping them round every few hours until at least Monday night. Rosie is in there are the moment, it's a bit small really but she's stopped (for now) trying to break out by chewing the bars. They've sniffed each other through the bars. I think we'll need to go and buy a bigger one tomorrow. I feel very guilty that they're going to be stuck in there, I know it's only a few hours at a time but they're free range at home and not used to being kept in a cage. We're also very worried this will set Teddy back in his recovery.
In sum, I feel traumatised and guilty. Rosie probably hates me as she's stuck in the cage and she was really scared when we were checking her feet to find the damaged claw. Ted probably hates me because every few hours I'm forcing drugs down his throat and we're always promising the bunnies we won't let anything bad happen to them, and now he has an ear that's been bitten the whole way through. I really need some good news stories about re-bonding please and any vibes going spare that Ted continues to recover and that they'll be friends again would be so much appreciated (though we've had more than our fair share already this week )
If you've managed to get to the end of the post, thank you.
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