Vegan_Bunny
Warren Veteran
*Sigh*. Xena is starting to get so, so bad at feeding times. She is causing havoc and really going for Fiver and Shadowfax. It's been steadily getting worse over the past few months and I am now beginning to really dread feeding times. Shadowfax now runs off and starts thumping when I walk in at feeding time because she knows Xena is going to attack her. Fiver starts racing around and lunging at Xena whenever she comes near him because he's sick of being beaten up. I feel like every day we are on the verge of a huge fight.
At all other times they are 100% happy and relaxed with each other. They all groom, flop next to each other and love each other the rest of the time.
I have no idea what to do other than to completely separate Xena during the feeding time, which isn't going to be very practical. The problem is that it starts literally as soon as I walk in the room at feeding time or get up on a morning. They get fed twice a day and I scatter feed to try and avoid Xena choking because she literally inhales her food. She is the most food orientated bun I have ever come across. She acts completely starving and desperate and the aggression is so that she can get to the food first...problem is that she gets so focused on attacking the other two that she ends up chasing one round and round the room whilst the other scoffs as much as possible.
Anybody else have problems like this and have anything that can help? I feel so sorry for Xena. She was skin and bone when she was found and I suspect she had been kept with lots of other buns and I think "fighting" for her food is just ingrained into her.
At all other times they are 100% happy and relaxed with each other. They all groom, flop next to each other and love each other the rest of the time.
I have no idea what to do other than to completely separate Xena during the feeding time, which isn't going to be very practical. The problem is that it starts literally as soon as I walk in the room at feeding time or get up on a morning. They get fed twice a day and I scatter feed to try and avoid Xena choking because she literally inhales her food. She is the most food orientated bun I have ever come across. She acts completely starving and desperate and the aggression is so that she can get to the food first...problem is that she gets so focused on attacking the other two that she ends up chasing one round and round the room whilst the other scoffs as much as possible.
Anybody else have problems like this and have anything that can help? I feel so sorry for Xena. She was skin and bone when she was found and I suspect she had been kept with lots of other buns and I think "fighting" for her food is just ingrained into her.