Thought I would post a bit of an update on our bunnies to get some feed back. Haven't been on here for a while as been quite busy with one thing and another.
We have had our house rabbit Harvey for 2 years and we got him a girlfriend, Honey, at the end of November, we had their cages by each other and let them out one at a time and we are still doing that. We also put them together in the room where their cages are and in neutral territory as often as time allows.
We have had some grooming of each other during bonding sessions. And when one is in their cage and the other is out they will sniff and "kiss" each other through the bars. They will also happily lie down by the other's cage. All of which are good signs I believe.
However, when we put them together they are still fighting. It doesn't seem too bad in that no one gets hurt - just a lot of nipping and jumping into the air and fur flying.
We really want to get them to the point where we can leave them out together because as we both work full time it seems so unfair having them shut in all day (particularly because before we got Honey Harvey was left out all the time). Some one did tell me to just leave them to work out their differences but I just can't watch them fight in case one of them does get hurt. We always separate them and pull them apart and then hold the one who started it down by the other so they can't nip but will just be by the other.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or can tell me where I might be going wrong. I would really appreciate it!!
Love Louisa xx :lol:
We have had our house rabbit Harvey for 2 years and we got him a girlfriend, Honey, at the end of November, we had their cages by each other and let them out one at a time and we are still doing that. We also put them together in the room where their cages are and in neutral territory as often as time allows.
We have had some grooming of each other during bonding sessions. And when one is in their cage and the other is out they will sniff and "kiss" each other through the bars. They will also happily lie down by the other's cage. All of which are good signs I believe.
However, when we put them together they are still fighting. It doesn't seem too bad in that no one gets hurt - just a lot of nipping and jumping into the air and fur flying.
We really want to get them to the point where we can leave them out together because as we both work full time it seems so unfair having them shut in all day (particularly because before we got Honey Harvey was left out all the time). Some one did tell me to just leave them to work out their differences but I just can't watch them fight in case one of them does get hurt. We always separate them and pull them apart and then hold the one who started it down by the other so they can't nip but will just be by the other.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or can tell me where I might be going wrong. I would really appreciate it!!
Love Louisa xx :lol: