I don't know how to tell this story really.
I have a wildie bun - Bella. She was spayed forever ago- when she was 8mth old. Vet couldn't find "much" but everything there was removed. They told me to never keep her with an un-neutered male just in case.
I successfully bonded her into my group - but a few months in, she started bullying Smirnoff & Flint - the two boys in the group. I separated her - assuming it was "wildness".
I had too many singles - so got Jacob a partner - had her spayed, & bonded Bella with Tony, my honeybunny foster. All good. All bonded really easily, & left me with 3 pairs, a trio & a group. I was inventive with space - building runs around runs, adding levels - only had a referred aggression problem if Jacob & Bella saw each other- so dealt with that.. But Bella does this weird pacing thing, if she's not got a lot of space - I've assumed stress related?
A neighbour brought a baby bun round a while ago - they had found her & assumed she was mine. I kept her single for a while, & spoke to a local Rescue about taking her when she was older, but for ease, & space after a couple of months I put her with the group. No hormonal issues, she's good as gold. Fully intended spaying her - but was quite relaxed about it as she was the only un-neutered here, & I figured if I waited until spring, could get away with a dog crate in the playhouse after her spay - no bond broken.
When Smirnoff followed Flint to the Bridge earlier thisyear - I figured Tony might settle into an all girl group & tried him & Bells with the girls. All good. No problems. This meant Bells space was doubled overnight.
They've lived like that for a few weeks. The bonds seem quite close - there aren't any pairs now, like there used to be.
Saturday I was doing my weekly "big clean". I had done the playhouse & I have a old wooden 4ft hutch with no door as a run shelter in the aviary - actually added in case Tony didn't learn how to operate the the catflap properly -although he had it down within the first few hours. It was basically just stuffed with hay & a bowl of water as it didn't seem to freeze in there. Checked the hutch for buns, rolled it onto it's back & emptied it into a binbag. Half hour later - after chucking bin bag onto pile of binbags - I saw it was moving. Opened it up - a baby bun fell out. Completely searched entire binbag & found 3 others. Put all dirty materials back into hutch to rebuild nest with buns, & rang poor Angie on here bawling my eyes out.
Knew I had one unspayed girlie, on closer inspection, she had obviously being feeding & she's white & I'd found a bit of white fur in the nest. But bar Tony - everybun else had been spayed by my vet. Tony, on inspection was a neutered male. My only other two males - were Calel, & Jacob - both neutered ages before & not in the group. Angie told me to check wildie - I did. She has one ball the size of my little fingernail. She is tiny, but this is disproportionate
I am absolutely gutted that I risked all my buns like this by putting an un-neutered male with them. I was a bit angry with my vets on the phone - this was never brought up as a possible issue. Bella is getting neutered for free tomorrow - & is currently pacing in my emergency set up - a 6x4 run on concrete.
I separated Mum & put her in the hutch, with the intention of locking the group in the playhouse for a couple of hours a day, so she could have the run of the aviary. I checked the babies 11pm Sat night - all were alive but not "full". I wanted to give her a chance at feeding them, but couldn't sleep, so went out with my milk at 5am. All were dead. So she did a better job when left alone, with Dad & a load of other buns than when I got involved
Feel like a complete Girlie bun is booked in for a (free) emergency spay tomorrow , although have put her straight back in the group with no issues - she's going to the hutch a lot
I have a wildie bun - Bella. She was spayed forever ago- when she was 8mth old. Vet couldn't find "much" but everything there was removed. They told me to never keep her with an un-neutered male just in case.
I successfully bonded her into my group - but a few months in, she started bullying Smirnoff & Flint - the two boys in the group. I separated her - assuming it was "wildness".
I had too many singles - so got Jacob a partner - had her spayed, & bonded Bella with Tony, my honeybunny foster. All good. All bonded really easily, & left me with 3 pairs, a trio & a group. I was inventive with space - building runs around runs, adding levels - only had a referred aggression problem if Jacob & Bella saw each other- so dealt with that.. But Bella does this weird pacing thing, if she's not got a lot of space - I've assumed stress related?
A neighbour brought a baby bun round a while ago - they had found her & assumed she was mine. I kept her single for a while, & spoke to a local Rescue about taking her when she was older, but for ease, & space after a couple of months I put her with the group. No hormonal issues, she's good as gold. Fully intended spaying her - but was quite relaxed about it as she was the only un-neutered here, & I figured if I waited until spring, could get away with a dog crate in the playhouse after her spay - no bond broken.
When Smirnoff followed Flint to the Bridge earlier thisyear - I figured Tony might settle into an all girl group & tried him & Bells with the girls. All good. No problems. This meant Bells space was doubled overnight.
They've lived like that for a few weeks. The bonds seem quite close - there aren't any pairs now, like there used to be.
Saturday I was doing my weekly "big clean". I had done the playhouse & I have a old wooden 4ft hutch with no door as a run shelter in the aviary - actually added in case Tony didn't learn how to operate the the catflap properly -although he had it down within the first few hours. It was basically just stuffed with hay & a bowl of water as it didn't seem to freeze in there. Checked the hutch for buns, rolled it onto it's back & emptied it into a binbag. Half hour later - after chucking bin bag onto pile of binbags - I saw it was moving. Opened it up - a baby bun fell out. Completely searched entire binbag & found 3 others. Put all dirty materials back into hutch to rebuild nest with buns, & rang poor Angie on here bawling my eyes out.
Knew I had one unspayed girlie, on closer inspection, she had obviously being feeding & she's white & I'd found a bit of white fur in the nest. But bar Tony - everybun else had been spayed by my vet. Tony, on inspection was a neutered male. My only other two males - were Calel, & Jacob - both neutered ages before & not in the group. Angie told me to check wildie - I did. She has one ball the size of my little fingernail. She is tiny, but this is disproportionate
I am absolutely gutted that I risked all my buns like this by putting an un-neutered male with them. I was a bit angry with my vets on the phone - this was never brought up as a possible issue. Bella is getting neutered for free tomorrow - & is currently pacing in my emergency set up - a 6x4 run on concrete.
I separated Mum & put her in the hutch, with the intention of locking the group in the playhouse for a couple of hours a day, so she could have the run of the aviary. I checked the babies 11pm Sat night - all were alive but not "full". I wanted to give her a chance at feeding them, but couldn't sleep, so went out with my milk at 5am. All were dead. So she did a better job when left alone, with Dad & a load of other buns than when I got involved
Feel like a complete Girlie bun is booked in for a (free) emergency spay tomorrow , although have put her straight back in the group with no issues - she's going to the hutch a lot
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