Hello, I'm just after some advice on how to proceed with our two rabbits who are about 6 months old and are brother and sister. Septimus was neutered a few weeks ago but Hester hasn't been done yet. They have been living very happily together and have never been apart. Before the neutering we noticed Septimus was very interested in Hester's leg and kept shoving his face in there. We even mentioned it at the vets at vaccination time and the vet couldn't see anything amiss with the leg at the time. :?
But recently I've had a look at the leg and can see an injury there about 1.5cm in length. It doesn't look infected and she is very well in herself. We are keeping her in a temporary cage while he is staying in the hutch. The plan is that if it heals up, he might forget all about it and revert to normal behaviour. So they don't lose touch with each other, we have been letting them spend supervised time together in the evenings. But he can't leave her leg alone and we're really worried that the situation won't resolve itself. Would it be better to keep them completely apart until it's fully healed so that he gets a chance to unlearn the problem behaviour? They both seem really happy together, with no aggression so apart from this it seems a real shame they can't be together. I haven't got the space really to keep them apart long term so if anyone can suggest anything to help I'd be so grateful!
But recently I've had a look at the leg and can see an injury there about 1.5cm in length. It doesn't look infected and she is very well in herself. We are keeping her in a temporary cage while he is staying in the hutch. The plan is that if it heals up, he might forget all about it and revert to normal behaviour. So they don't lose touch with each other, we have been letting them spend supervised time together in the evenings. But he can't leave her leg alone and we're really worried that the situation won't resolve itself. Would it be better to keep them completely apart until it's fully healed so that he gets a chance to unlearn the problem behaviour? They both seem really happy together, with no aggression so apart from this it seems a real shame they can't be together. I haven't got the space really to keep them apart long term so if anyone can suggest anything to help I'd be so grateful!