Craig 1965
Warren Veteran
Observations live from the kitchen here. Have just opened up Leo for his first mornings look at the world here (not let him out) and let Lillian out for her breakfast run. She hasn't shown any realy zest to go straight outside although when she does go out, it's usually a quick run up to the grass, 20 minuts nomming and back in again. Not today!
No, today she was like "open the door will you - I want to go and see Leo". And it was as clear and evident as this. This demonstrates to me that rabbits have a developed memory and awareness of significant things that effect them. Lillian remembered Leo from yesterday and not only that, she had awareness of belief that he was still there.
It didn't look much as though Leo had spent the night in his bedding area - but I suspect he's been up wooing the soft toy all night - which he continued to 'harrass' when I opened up the hutch to the world here. So his hormonses are definately raging and there's no way I can do any introduction just yet. Either that or they didn't yank his plums off!!
The very significant observations are that when Lillian felt ready to bond to Henry, she sat, patiently and expectantly outside his cage - which took a few weeks of various strategies. Once Lillian had accepted Henry and was relaxed about it, the bond and introductions went ok.
This morning, Lillian went straight over to Leo's door, and just sat there - she's still parked there now. She's nosing through the bar, picking out stray bits of hay and straw to eat through the bars. She keeps running to the side of the hutch to see if there's another way it, and Leo inside, follows. So they share an awareness and predictiveness.
There's no bar biting that I can see - Leo is pre occupied with floofy soft toy but noses up to the door and they spend some moments just sitting nose to nse smelling each other. I don't se any aggressive stance from either bunny - Lillians tail is relaxed and she just seems to show as excited/curious/inquisitive. Leo is taking it all in his stride - which is good as far as I know, and is also not showing any sign of aggression/bar biting or anything like that. He wants to come out and once Lillian is in. I'll let him have a roam and see what he thinks of the new surroundings. But Lillian is just so reluctant to leave the area around Leo's hutch. Most odd.
Laters plus video of Leo exploring....
No, today she was like "open the door will you - I want to go and see Leo". And it was as clear and evident as this. This demonstrates to me that rabbits have a developed memory and awareness of significant things that effect them. Lillian remembered Leo from yesterday and not only that, she had awareness of belief that he was still there.
It didn't look much as though Leo had spent the night in his bedding area - but I suspect he's been up wooing the soft toy all night - which he continued to 'harrass' when I opened up the hutch to the world here. So his hormonses are definately raging and there's no way I can do any introduction just yet. Either that or they didn't yank his plums off!!
The very significant observations are that when Lillian felt ready to bond to Henry, she sat, patiently and expectantly outside his cage - which took a few weeks of various strategies. Once Lillian had accepted Henry and was relaxed about it, the bond and introductions went ok.
This morning, Lillian went straight over to Leo's door, and just sat there - she's still parked there now. She's nosing through the bar, picking out stray bits of hay and straw to eat through the bars. She keeps running to the side of the hutch to see if there's another way it, and Leo inside, follows. So they share an awareness and predictiveness.
There's no bar biting that I can see - Leo is pre occupied with floofy soft toy but noses up to the door and they spend some moments just sitting nose to nse smelling each other. I don't se any aggressive stance from either bunny - Lillians tail is relaxed and she just seems to show as excited/curious/inquisitive. Leo is taking it all in his stride - which is good as far as I know, and is also not showing any sign of aggression/bar biting or anything like that. He wants to come out and once Lillian is in. I'll let him have a roam and see what he thinks of the new surroundings. But Lillian is just so reluctant to leave the area around Leo's hutch. Most odd.
Laters plus video of Leo exploring....