Liz47
Wise Old Thumper
This is purely just me pondering, nothing will be rushed into as there is no rush to unsettle anything with any of the bunnies. Besides Jake has only neutered last monday and I will be away a couple of nights the end of next month and would need to be around so nothing will change any time soon. I've been doing lots of research on trio's and have read a lot seems to depend on the individual bunnies so will give some info on them and Beano and Gordon's current bond and would you be able to help me see if they could potentially make a good trio?
So I have Beano (spayed female) and Gordon (neutered male), they're both five years old and were bonded together when they were both under a year. Bonding was very smooth with them, at first Gordon was nervous and wanted to run away or freeze when Beano approached. There was no fighting or fur pulling and only very slight humping from Beano. Within a week there were snuggling and perfectly bonded, although I still took things slow with introducing space there was no issues. Beano is the dominant one, and does have a bad habit of nipping Gordon whenever she wants him to move, groom her etc although she does groom him a lot and they spend a lot of time lied down side by side, although I don't see Gordon groom her very much at all, he's far more interested in grooming himself! :lol: Beano also chases him at feeding time so I have to be quick with the pellets as they did have a fight which I presume was over this, they just kept going at each other so I had to separate but as soon as I put them in the pen to be rebonded they were fine and went back in the bedroom together again fine. It was just shocking to see them fighting, fur was flying and they both ended up with a few small scabs.
I did actually begin a trio with my bridge bun Boris, I don't think I posted it on here as I was having a bit of a break at the time as I was busy with college etc. Beano took to him straight away although Gordon was less impressed with a bit of fur pulling and chasing from him directed at Boris, Boris just kept out of his way. Boris groomed Beano a bit and all three were eating in front of each other and there was peace most of the time so I do think that would've worked. I however couldn't continue with the bonding as Boris took ill, he must have been poorly for a while but showed no symptoms (liver tumours and kidney failure) and he needed to be admitted to the vets often and my vets wouldn't let another rabbit stay with them, let alone another two! So rather than risking putting them back together after when Boris was ill I put him back with me in my bedroom where I kept him comfortable until he had to be pts. Beano and Gordon settled fine back on their own, there was no scuffles or anything after the removal of Boris.
So it would be Jake I may consider bonding with them this time, he is very laid back, estimated to be young at around 6 months. However before we adopted him he was kept with a male (both unneutered) and he ended up biting the other males bits, I don't know if this was during a fight or whether the other male just humped him and obviously wasn't impressed so just bit what was in front of his face! But would he remember this as a bad experience of other rabbits? Or male rabbits and therefore more likely be iffy around Gordon?
Sorry for the huge post there!! Just a lot to ponder but have plenty of time, all three bunnies have enough space and are happy atm as we try to give Jake as much attention as possible, they're all indoors so this is easy.
So I have Beano (spayed female) and Gordon (neutered male), they're both five years old and were bonded together when they were both under a year. Bonding was very smooth with them, at first Gordon was nervous and wanted to run away or freeze when Beano approached. There was no fighting or fur pulling and only very slight humping from Beano. Within a week there were snuggling and perfectly bonded, although I still took things slow with introducing space there was no issues. Beano is the dominant one, and does have a bad habit of nipping Gordon whenever she wants him to move, groom her etc although she does groom him a lot and they spend a lot of time lied down side by side, although I don't see Gordon groom her very much at all, he's far more interested in grooming himself! :lol: Beano also chases him at feeding time so I have to be quick with the pellets as they did have a fight which I presume was over this, they just kept going at each other so I had to separate but as soon as I put them in the pen to be rebonded they were fine and went back in the bedroom together again fine. It was just shocking to see them fighting, fur was flying and they both ended up with a few small scabs.
I did actually begin a trio with my bridge bun Boris, I don't think I posted it on here as I was having a bit of a break at the time as I was busy with college etc. Beano took to him straight away although Gordon was less impressed with a bit of fur pulling and chasing from him directed at Boris, Boris just kept out of his way. Boris groomed Beano a bit and all three were eating in front of each other and there was peace most of the time so I do think that would've worked. I however couldn't continue with the bonding as Boris took ill, he must have been poorly for a while but showed no symptoms (liver tumours and kidney failure) and he needed to be admitted to the vets often and my vets wouldn't let another rabbit stay with them, let alone another two! So rather than risking putting them back together after when Boris was ill I put him back with me in my bedroom where I kept him comfortable until he had to be pts. Beano and Gordon settled fine back on their own, there was no scuffles or anything after the removal of Boris.
So it would be Jake I may consider bonding with them this time, he is very laid back, estimated to be young at around 6 months. However before we adopted him he was kept with a male (both unneutered) and he ended up biting the other males bits, I don't know if this was during a fight or whether the other male just humped him and obviously wasn't impressed so just bit what was in front of his face! But would he remember this as a bad experience of other rabbits? Or male rabbits and therefore more likely be iffy around Gordon?
Sorry for the huge post there!! Just a lot to ponder but have plenty of time, all three bunnies have enough space and are happy atm as we try to give Jake as much attention as possible, they're all indoors so this is easy.