Pip&Milo
Warren Scout
Okay so as you might have seen in the stories and photos section we have been bonding Milo and our new girl bun Rory!
We are currently on day 3. They have been previously living side by side and so far the bonding is going so well.
We have seen zero signs of aggression and there hasn't even been any dominance behaviour. They basically have settled together as though they were meant to be. From day one we have seen grooming and both flopping next to each other. On day 1 and 2 they had 20 minutes. Today we gave them an hour together in their neutral space and when we separated them they seemed very upset and Rory was thumping and grunting because she couldn't get to Milo.
Because of this we decided to put them together in the room where they live. We were worried the change from the 'neutral space' to the room where they generally live would cause problems but they have been together now eating grooming and sleeping together for 4 hours! We will seperate them when we go to bed tonight but i basically wondered what people think? Is this just a match made in heaven that will just work? Should we continue to be wary? Things with Molly (the rescue we previously tried to bond Milo with) were so negative from the start that this almost seems too easy!
Anyway i'm mostly rambling i was just sort of looking for reassurance that we were doing things right! any advice from you lovely experts will be greatly appreciated
We are currently on day 3. They have been previously living side by side and so far the bonding is going so well.
We have seen zero signs of aggression and there hasn't even been any dominance behaviour. They basically have settled together as though they were meant to be. From day one we have seen grooming and both flopping next to each other. On day 1 and 2 they had 20 minutes. Today we gave them an hour together in their neutral space and when we separated them they seemed very upset and Rory was thumping and grunting because she couldn't get to Milo.
Because of this we decided to put them together in the room where they live. We were worried the change from the 'neutral space' to the room where they generally live would cause problems but they have been together now eating grooming and sleeping together for 4 hours! We will seperate them when we go to bed tonight but i basically wondered what people think? Is this just a match made in heaven that will just work? Should we continue to be wary? Things with Molly (the rescue we previously tried to bond Milo with) were so negative from the start that this almost seems too easy!
Anyway i'm mostly rambling i was just sort of looking for reassurance that we were doing things right! any advice from you lovely experts will be greatly appreciated