hmmmm what to do?

well as most of you prob know ive been steadily bonding, having a few fights, steadily bonding.....

i think i have defo decided now that huslu is to be a single bun, sad on my part, but i think he is much happier this way. another factor which has helped me decide is that he seems to have developed a nasal infection, he's been checked out and ive isolated him away from the others. he is now living back inside and on a course of abx. i think he will just stay inside
now my dilema... sprout and tulip are going to live together properly on friday. im off for the whole weekens do can keep a good eye on them but all seems to be rosey there, YAY! this now leaves boo single, so i need to decide if im going to try and bond her into the pair to make a group or bite the bullet and get her a friend of her own?

can i ask too, how many of you have done the car journey bonding technique? how did you do it and does it really work?

hmmm a tricky one :? as you know boo did live with a girlie before coming to you, and i think that was a success because i had no choice but to put them in the same carrier to bring them home. what she would be like with a pair of buns though i honestly dont know. fat lot of good i am eh? :lol: :lol:

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Can you not put all three into bonding mode? So instead of just trying the pair add boo too?

This is just my personal opinion and I know I may well be in the minority but I really dont like the idea of 'forced bondings' using fear tactics such as car journeys etc. I know it can work but for me it is not an option I would take.
Phill is great at bonding groups of Buns so she may well have some tips as to how to intergrate Boo into the bonded pair.
Good Luck!
Janex

i have to say jane the thought of it worries me a little. what if they faught in a cat carrier? :shock:
i once had a group of 4, tocho and his wife clover to which i introduced 2 baby bunnies, both females. and they were just fine, is that because they were babies? i must say i was braver then and just let them get on with it! tocho quite enjoyed his hareem :lol:

JCO said:

This is just my personal opinion and I know I may well be in the minority but I really dont like the idea of 'forced bondings' using fear tactics such as car journeys etc. I know it can work but for me it is not an option I would take.

Janex

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I'm interested you said that.

When i first heard about it, I was surprised it was recommended. I've only ever done it when buns are already having car journeys already to go to the vets. I've done it twice - for my first bonding (2 boys, I didn't know it wasn't the best pairing - but they get on great now & have 2 girls with them), & to re-bond 2 sisters after they'd been spayed. They were orphans (at 2 weeks old) & hormones caused them to fight, so they were separated at 5 months for about a month. I really wanted them back together, as they'd got on so well before. It worked. I did think it sounded harsh at the time (although my first bun was in a 3 foot hutch til I knew better - sorry Smirnoff ), so I just accepted it as "what you do"

When it was suggested to me I thought it was a good idea - Jack and Milly had spent an hour or so getting to know each though - I didn't just stick them in a carrier and put them in the car. They didn't - although Jack had been chasing Milly round a bit - fight they seemed to like each other from the start.

if i was going to bond boo into the group, and remember sprout and tulip are not actually living together permanately at the moment. should i wait until their bond seems very strong and then introduce boo or just start to introduce her fairly quickly once they are living together so they are all relatively new?