Dolores22
Young Bun
I'll try to be as brief as possible. We initially had 2 rabbits who we adopted together so were already bonded and very close and happy. We then adopted a relatives rabbit as they were too busy for it. We kept the three rabbits separate by blocking off cages. We then decided to try and get a friend for the third rabbit. Last week she went to an RSPCA shelter where she was bonded with a male and apparently it was all great news.
Got them home yesterday. Both seemed fine at first but then we had issues with all 4. The new male was constantly humping the female and she bad marks in her back where fur is missing where he is obviously mounting her. This was upsetting my mum as she said the female kept trying to run away. Then, our original two rabbits caught sight of them in their cage and went absolutely barmy. Apparently they turned on each other in my mums words and fur flying everywhere as they were chasing each other. Any ideas why they did that? Mum and dad took them two away into house and after half an hour of running away from each other they finally made up again.
Now, the two new rabbits seem unhappy. She constantly runs away from him - if he enters part of the hutch she leaves it. She seems like she doesn't want to know although she isn't attakng him. She had once or twice let him groom her but other than that she seems quite annoyed that she is having to live with another rabbit. The poor male rabbit isn't harassing her he just wants company and to play I think but she is having none of it. We don't want him to be lonely and unhappy and we don't want her to be miserable. They have only known each other since Monday tbf but we are worried that she just doesn't want a friend.
Can anyone shine some light on this for us as to whether she is rejecting him and why the other two went for each other when they are so close!
Any help much appreciated - we just want happy bunnies!
Got them home yesterday. Both seemed fine at first but then we had issues with all 4. The new male was constantly humping the female and she bad marks in her back where fur is missing where he is obviously mounting her. This was upsetting my mum as she said the female kept trying to run away. Then, our original two rabbits caught sight of them in their cage and went absolutely barmy. Apparently they turned on each other in my mums words and fur flying everywhere as they were chasing each other. Any ideas why they did that? Mum and dad took them two away into house and after half an hour of running away from each other they finally made up again.
Now, the two new rabbits seem unhappy. She constantly runs away from him - if he enters part of the hutch she leaves it. She seems like she doesn't want to know although she isn't attakng him. She had once or twice let him groom her but other than that she seems quite annoyed that she is having to live with another rabbit. The poor male rabbit isn't harassing her he just wants company and to play I think but she is having none of it. We don't want him to be lonely and unhappy and we don't want her to be miserable. They have only known each other since Monday tbf but we are worried that she just doesn't want a friend.
Can anyone shine some light on this for us as to whether she is rejecting him and why the other two went for each other when they are so close!
Any help much appreciated - we just want happy bunnies!