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Warren Scout
Hello!
Our buns, Sherlock and Navi, have been very friendly since Navi arrived here in April. Sherlock has been neutered, Navi hasn't been spayed. Our lovely Mrs Hudson died whilst being spayed and so we got Navi. Due to the circumstances in which we lost Mrs Hudson, we have tried to wait as long as possible before getting Navi spayed. I was hoping (foolishly perhaps) to wait until at least her first "gotcha day" had passed but was willing to go with Jan-Feb so she'd be at least a year old.
This morning, I found Sherlock and Navi totally loved up, snuggled and everything fine. About 3 hours ago, however, I went into the bedroom to find fur everywhere. They've seemingly had a spectacular falling out and it isn't getting much better. It isn't continuous, they'll hop around each other, lie down in the same room etc... but when one goes near the other, boom. I am *just a little* leaning towards believing the instigator is actually Sherlock. He tried to mount her (bless him, she's much bigger and it didn't go so well) and he hasn't tried to do this since the first couple of days of Navi being here. Navi has tried on a couple of occasions to "bow" to Sherlock and it doesn't seem to help all that much... however, Navi is no angel in this, she started thumping before when all was calm. But Sherlock seems to be the angriest. He has, up until now, probably been the dominant bun. He probably just about still is, Navi doesn't seem to be going out of her way to instigate chasing etc, it seems like it's him.
Sorry for posting because I know there's a lot of similar threads, but they usually centre on the unspayed rabbit being the angry one. That doesn't /seem/ to be the case here (though I didn't see the initial fight.)
I know Navi needs to be spayed. But before we rush into it I wanted to ask you guys if you think it'd be directly beneficial to this situation now? Is her unspayed...ness likely to be the cause?
Navi has never displayed any of the "typical" behaviour of an unspayed rabbit. She has never sprayed and is litter trained perfectly (as was Mrs Hudson before she was done too) and, again, because we lost Mrs Hudson under anaesthetic and displayed none of the poxy traits of an intact rabbit, I am being very, very cautious with Navi.
Edit: Just so you know, the buns are now separated. Sherlock in their usual house and Navi is currently hopping around and will live in the indoor tent. I will be swapping them around a lot and making sure each has plenty of free range time - on their own.
Thank you very much.
Stuart
Our buns, Sherlock and Navi, have been very friendly since Navi arrived here in April. Sherlock has been neutered, Navi hasn't been spayed. Our lovely Mrs Hudson died whilst being spayed and so we got Navi. Due to the circumstances in which we lost Mrs Hudson, we have tried to wait as long as possible before getting Navi spayed. I was hoping (foolishly perhaps) to wait until at least her first "gotcha day" had passed but was willing to go with Jan-Feb so she'd be at least a year old.
This morning, I found Sherlock and Navi totally loved up, snuggled and everything fine. About 3 hours ago, however, I went into the bedroom to find fur everywhere. They've seemingly had a spectacular falling out and it isn't getting much better. It isn't continuous, they'll hop around each other, lie down in the same room etc... but when one goes near the other, boom. I am *just a little* leaning towards believing the instigator is actually Sherlock. He tried to mount her (bless him, she's much bigger and it didn't go so well) and he hasn't tried to do this since the first couple of days of Navi being here. Navi has tried on a couple of occasions to "bow" to Sherlock and it doesn't seem to help all that much... however, Navi is no angel in this, she started thumping before when all was calm. But Sherlock seems to be the angriest. He has, up until now, probably been the dominant bun. He probably just about still is, Navi doesn't seem to be going out of her way to instigate chasing etc, it seems like it's him.
Sorry for posting because I know there's a lot of similar threads, but they usually centre on the unspayed rabbit being the angry one. That doesn't /seem/ to be the case here (though I didn't see the initial fight.)
I know Navi needs to be spayed. But before we rush into it I wanted to ask you guys if you think it'd be directly beneficial to this situation now? Is her unspayed...ness likely to be the cause?
Navi has never displayed any of the "typical" behaviour of an unspayed rabbit. She has never sprayed and is litter trained perfectly (as was Mrs Hudson before she was done too) and, again, because we lost Mrs Hudson under anaesthetic and displayed none of the poxy traits of an intact rabbit, I am being very, very cautious with Navi.
Edit: Just so you know, the buns are now separated. Sherlock in their usual house and Navi is currently hopping around and will live in the indoor tent. I will be swapping them around a lot and making sure each has plenty of free range time - on their own.
Thank you very much.
Stuart
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