At the moment, at mine there are 25 bunnies. 13 are mine & live in 2 bonded pairs, & a bonded 9 (Baby bun now better & back in the group - although fed separately so i can keep an eye on her). I have a couple of outdoors buns - singles in hutches, & the rest are all in 3 other rooms (separate from my own buns). all 12 fosters are singles except for the 2 baby boys - there's been no fights yet & they are neutered so never had to separate - good job, cos not sure where they would go!! Of the 12 - there are 3 neutered boys & 2 spayed girls ready for rehoming by a Rescue (I think Jill knows about 4 of these). 2 are Birmingham buns (males), 2 are strays (a boy & a girl) & 1 is a gorgeous little English spot boy, who needs to be less timid - & the remaining 2 are Calel - biting bun & Treacle his girlfriend.
If we're honest - Calel & partner will stay here. His aggression is so odd - sometimes fine - weeks with nothing but nose rubs & licks & then he just goes psycho. i honestly wouldn't trust him with anyone. So that's 15 buns - in 4 groups.
Now the remaining un-neutereds (4 boys, 1 girl) are getting done at the end of November (payday ). So in theory, by mid December, i'll have 7 boys & 3 girls needing to be re-homed - 8 singles & a boy/boy pair - unless a Rescue decides a girlfriend would be better for them. Now ALL my time is taken cleaning out the caged buns. The bonded group of 9 are a breeze - floor sweep & litter tray empty daily, & I just disinfect stuff once a week. They're all on excel - so pellets every night, veg for brekkie & a bale of hay broken & shoved in every couple of days. I do feed Flint (tends to put on weight) & Kendra (too small & thin) seperately.
They have their own room, but I will have more space when the 10 have gone (I'm stopping free-adding ) In theory another 2 rooms, with the remaining room being for the pairs. (This is for when i am at work - when i'm home, I have buns running round the house & garden!!)
At the min with the cage cleaning - I'm getting to bed at about 1- 1.30am, & getting up at 5.30am. I have a horse too. I'm not complaining - I love the buns, but my time with them is spent cleaning/nail clipping etc, very little just "being" with them.
I just paid £400 for some vaccs(own buns only - none of fosters except Calel & Treacle are done) - . I'm timing it from now on, so that all buns will get vaccs at end of April & probably just annually - although i will see my bank balance situation every October.
Anyway the point of my ramblings What if I put a couple more into my bonded 9 :?: It would be giving some of my temp buns a forever home. Most of temp buns are caged for 12 hours a day as they have to share run-space & some of cages are too small - they are temporary after all - although buns like Dusk & Dawn have been here since early July - due to giving birth!!.
My job just changed, so I will have a couple of hours extra a day, NOT spent on the M1 :roll: , & financially - I'll do ok. I do have bunny insurance for up to 25 buns, although I'm thinking of cancelling & buying a pair of designer shoes every month - cos that would be cheaper!!
Time wise - I'll have more cos less caged buns.
Course this depends on the buns aswell - they may look at the 9 & say " no way am i living with that lot!!!" :lol: bearing in mind I'm "boy-heavy" - I only want to add in male/female pairs really, don't want to upset group dynamics & have too many of one sex.
ANYWAY!!! What do you guys think? I've had over 20 buns since early July. It was only ever meant to be a short term thing, but there's so many in Rescues & needing help at the min, that they may be here for a good while yet. But how does everyone feel about big bonded groups? Is it me being selfish? My 9 are fantastic. Smirnoff has come out of his shell now, & the quieter ones seem to copy the bolder ones - although i can see it wouldn't work for every bun. If there's more "no s" than "yes es" I'll leave all 10 as fosters :lol:
One thing that did concern me - all my buns are of a similar age. i don't have any "older" buns, or older bun experience - so it might be a bit of a shock when they all become pensioners together :?
And a quick space check - how much room should groups have?
If we're honest - Calel & partner will stay here. His aggression is so odd - sometimes fine - weeks with nothing but nose rubs & licks & then he just goes psycho. i honestly wouldn't trust him with anyone. So that's 15 buns - in 4 groups.
Now the remaining un-neutereds (4 boys, 1 girl) are getting done at the end of November (payday ). So in theory, by mid December, i'll have 7 boys & 3 girls needing to be re-homed - 8 singles & a boy/boy pair - unless a Rescue decides a girlfriend would be better for them. Now ALL my time is taken cleaning out the caged buns. The bonded group of 9 are a breeze - floor sweep & litter tray empty daily, & I just disinfect stuff once a week. They're all on excel - so pellets every night, veg for brekkie & a bale of hay broken & shoved in every couple of days. I do feed Flint (tends to put on weight) & Kendra (too small & thin) seperately.
They have their own room, but I will have more space when the 10 have gone (I'm stopping free-adding ) In theory another 2 rooms, with the remaining room being for the pairs. (This is for when i am at work - when i'm home, I have buns running round the house & garden!!)
At the min with the cage cleaning - I'm getting to bed at about 1- 1.30am, & getting up at 5.30am. I have a horse too. I'm not complaining - I love the buns, but my time with them is spent cleaning/nail clipping etc, very little just "being" with them.
I just paid £400 for some vaccs(own buns only - none of fosters except Calel & Treacle are done) - . I'm timing it from now on, so that all buns will get vaccs at end of April & probably just annually - although i will see my bank balance situation every October.
Anyway the point of my ramblings What if I put a couple more into my bonded 9 :?: It would be giving some of my temp buns a forever home. Most of temp buns are caged for 12 hours a day as they have to share run-space & some of cages are too small - they are temporary after all - although buns like Dusk & Dawn have been here since early July - due to giving birth!!.
My job just changed, so I will have a couple of hours extra a day, NOT spent on the M1 :roll: , & financially - I'll do ok. I do have bunny insurance for up to 25 buns, although I'm thinking of cancelling & buying a pair of designer shoes every month - cos that would be cheaper!!
Time wise - I'll have more cos less caged buns.
Course this depends on the buns aswell - they may look at the 9 & say " no way am i living with that lot!!!" :lol: bearing in mind I'm "boy-heavy" - I only want to add in male/female pairs really, don't want to upset group dynamics & have too many of one sex.
ANYWAY!!! What do you guys think? I've had over 20 buns since early July. It was only ever meant to be a short term thing, but there's so many in Rescues & needing help at the min, that they may be here for a good while yet. But how does everyone feel about big bonded groups? Is it me being selfish? My 9 are fantastic. Smirnoff has come out of his shell now, & the quieter ones seem to copy the bolder ones - although i can see it wouldn't work for every bun. If there's more "no s" than "yes es" I'll leave all 10 as fosters :lol:
One thing that did concern me - all my buns are of a similar age. i don't have any "older" buns, or older bun experience - so it might be a bit of a shock when they all become pensioners together :?
And a quick space check - how much room should groups have?