clutterydrawer
Wise Old Thumper
Some of you know that my bonded pair Skye and Herb started scrapping last week. I separated them and put them in adjacent pens separated by more than 2 foot high barrier and hung a sheet over it so they could have some privacy and not get stressed out by seeing each other all the time. I pegged sheets over the tops of each pen too in case of jumping although neither of them have ever jumped high or shown any signs of wanting to.
I was intending to wait a fortnight then re-bond in a neutral area but yesterday after over a week with no problems Herb somehow managed to jump out of his pen, forcing off all the pegs, got into Skye's side, attacked her then jumped back into his own pen where I found him when I got back from work.
Poor Skye has awful injuries and has had to have her beautiful tail amputated. She is still at the vets after having a lot of work done under GA this afternoon. She is such a sweet gentle rabbit and I'm devastated that this has happened to her when I just wanted her to have a rabbit companion to keep her happy.
I went to visit her twice today at the vets to take her some herbs and give her noserubs. She seemed ok although understandably a bit groggy after the anaesthetic. Please think of her and wish her a problem-free recovery.
I realise I should have built some kind of elaborate fortress to keep them separate but I honestly believed they couldn't access each other. I have learnt my lesson and feel absolutely **** for failing her.
I was intending to wait a fortnight then re-bond in a neutral area but yesterday after over a week with no problems Herb somehow managed to jump out of his pen, forcing off all the pegs, got into Skye's side, attacked her then jumped back into his own pen where I found him when I got back from work.
Poor Skye has awful injuries and has had to have her beautiful tail amputated. She is still at the vets after having a lot of work done under GA this afternoon. She is such a sweet gentle rabbit and I'm devastated that this has happened to her when I just wanted her to have a rabbit companion to keep her happy.
I went to visit her twice today at the vets to take her some herbs and give her noserubs. She seemed ok although understandably a bit groggy after the anaesthetic. Please think of her and wish her a problem-free recovery.
I realise I should have built some kind of elaborate fortress to keep them separate but I honestly believed they couldn't access each other. I have learnt my lesson and feel absolutely **** for failing her.
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