bunnylover4
Warren Scout
Hi all
After a bit of advice. Gizmo are gummy bunny recently had to have an abscess removed from his head/ear so as it was a major surgery and had to be open to allow drainage we had to separate him from Alex. So gizmo moved indoors and Alex stayed in her hutch with supervised visits. The first day gizmo was home Alex was grooming him and being very sweet but she kept trying to clean the poorly ear so had to separate again.
now gizmo is recovering well (although he is on long term antibiotics to keep inner ear abscess infection controlled) so we wanted to try getting them together again however Alex is now grunting and won't tolerate him in the hutch at all . We tried in gizmos indoor hutch and again she went mental on him. Which we can't afford to happen as he can't defend himself with no teeth.
They have never been a loving couple and they basically lived together fine but play time had to be separate as Alex is territorial and as our other rabbits come in the house too she wouldn't give gizmo any peace. In the hutch she would snuggle into him for warmth and groom him so there is some affection there.
We are now trying anything to get these two back together. I tried rushing things the other day and it went wrong which was very upsetting so I am now going back to basics . I have them shut in the kitchen (neutral territory) and Alex is grooming gizmo and snuggling him. How long should I leave them like this? Also how often should I try putting them together and long before trying them somewhere else.
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After a bit of advice. Gizmo are gummy bunny recently had to have an abscess removed from his head/ear so as it was a major surgery and had to be open to allow drainage we had to separate him from Alex. So gizmo moved indoors and Alex stayed in her hutch with supervised visits. The first day gizmo was home Alex was grooming him and being very sweet but she kept trying to clean the poorly ear so had to separate again.
now gizmo is recovering well (although he is on long term antibiotics to keep inner ear abscess infection controlled) so we wanted to try getting them together again however Alex is now grunting and won't tolerate him in the hutch at all . We tried in gizmos indoor hutch and again she went mental on him. Which we can't afford to happen as he can't defend himself with no teeth. They have never been a loving couple and they basically lived together fine but play time had to be separate as Alex is territorial and as our other rabbits come in the house too she wouldn't give gizmo any peace. In the hutch she would snuggle into him for warmth and groom him so there is some affection there.
We are now trying anything to get these two back together. I tried rushing things the other day and it went wrong which was very upsetting so I am now going back to basics . I have them shut in the kitchen (neutral territory) and Alex is grooming gizmo and snuggling him. How long should I leave them like this? Also how often should I try putting them together and long before trying them somewhere else.
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