touie
Wise Old Thumper
just tried to bond Caramel with Twinkle it lasted about 5 mins :?
Caramel has a history of being a bitey rabbit, she took clumps out of Fudge's back when i tried to bond them, she has had Sugarplum through the run wire a couple of times :evil: although she got on well with her sister I did spot a large bite on toffee just before she died too It looks as though she likes company, at the moment she's stretched out along Sugarplum and splodges run :?
I thought it might be worth a go though seeing as their hutches have been next to each other since christmas and Caramel usually stretches out next to Twinkle's run when they're out together and i've never seen any aggression between the two of them through the wire.
I took them both into the bathroom and started off with twinkle sat on my lap Caramel came up and had a sniff no sign of aggression at all then I put twinkle down and sat out the way they were both nose to nose caramel with her ears up in an interested pose, Twinkle not too sure!!! All of a sudden caramels ears went back and nipped twinkles face :evil: Twinkle didn't react and Caramel was looking interested again so i left them, Caramel did the same again so i separated them
Twinkle wasn't at all hurt and didn't react to Caramel's aggression at all which was good. Now I'm wondering if I did the right thing separating them so quickly, on the one hand Caramel could have got worse and Twinkle could have got hurt. On the other hand she could have been testing for a reaction and calmed down if she didn't get one? :?
Not sure whether to try again later or not? :?
Caramel has a history of being a bitey rabbit, she took clumps out of Fudge's back when i tried to bond them, she has had Sugarplum through the run wire a couple of times :evil: although she got on well with her sister I did spot a large bite on toffee just before she died too It looks as though she likes company, at the moment she's stretched out along Sugarplum and splodges run :?
I thought it might be worth a go though seeing as their hutches have been next to each other since christmas and Caramel usually stretches out next to Twinkle's run when they're out together and i've never seen any aggression between the two of them through the wire.
I took them both into the bathroom and started off with twinkle sat on my lap Caramel came up and had a sniff no sign of aggression at all then I put twinkle down and sat out the way they were both nose to nose caramel with her ears up in an interested pose, Twinkle not too sure!!! All of a sudden caramels ears went back and nipped twinkles face :evil: Twinkle didn't react and Caramel was looking interested again so i left them, Caramel did the same again so i separated them
Twinkle wasn't at all hurt and didn't react to Caramel's aggression at all which was good. Now I'm wondering if I did the right thing separating them so quickly, on the one hand Caramel could have got worse and Twinkle could have got hurt. On the other hand she could have been testing for a reaction and calmed down if she didn't get one? :?
Not sure whether to try again later or not? :?