hartleyhare
Warren Scout
Peppermint - or Smint as she is more commonly known - has an appointment tomorrow to meet several prospective husbuns. We are both very excited about it. I hope the new love of her life is amongst them.
So exciting This has been us recently. We took our doe Dottie to meet a potential husbun at a rescue centre, unfortunately they didn't seem to like each other. Dottie was terrified and the boy kept going nose to nose with her and then swiping her across the face.
But.... Dotties second date at a another rescue was a completely different story. We think it was love at first sight, they've been inseparable ever since.
Wishing you all lots of luck x
She has been combed and had her nails trimmed so that she looks her absolute best
Conditions at the rescue seem to be worse than last time I visited even though there are less rabbits It's such a depressing place to visit.
Anyway, Peppermint was introduced to an intact male, who we were told was handed in as a stray and is around 18 months ( a guess on the rescue's part). She said she had given the combination vaccination herself in Nov just gone. His reaction to Smint was to fling himself at her and hump the living daylights out of her followed by several attempts to push his way underneath her. Having lived with a quiet, impeccably mannered elderly bun this new guy must have been like a bomb going off. She was very tolerant to him though and did not show any aggression to him at all. I think she was frozen to the spot!
They are now installed in Hooper's crate ( he is in Smint's crate ). The humping has gotten slightly less and I've seen him lying next to her a few times. She is still hunkered down not showing any interest with her eyes half closed. They ate a little bit of food together earlier.
I'm worrying now that I haven't let her grieve long enough. It's only been just over a week since Remmi died. I think she's had a big day today and that she is feeling tired and maybe a bit confused. I hope I haven't made her feel really miserable.
Most of the rabbits are not neutered or spayed and its only recently that she has managed to vaccinate them. I paid for 3 of them to be done last year as they seem to have mxyi outbreaks frequently. I expected that I would have to pay for the neutering, microchip and worming. He is a lovely boy and hopefully will be even more lovely once relieved of his raging hormones. She did say that she would take him back if I feel Smint is not happy.