Bunny Boo.
Warren Scout
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I got my bunny (peanut) nearly a week ago, I got him from a breeder who was adamant that he was a boy, even after i said that at 8 weeks old it can be difficult to get it right but as she was so sure i went with it!! Well HE is a SHE! Now is this going to cause a major problem? I have a 8 month old spayed female (May) who i intended to get a husbun for and to make the bonding process easier, now i have a girly bunny and I'm worried this is doomed to start with. My plan was to wait until peanut was old enough to get neutered/spayed and then try and bond after the recovery time, but having been to the vets today to have Peanut vaccinated (and for them to tell me he was a girl) the head nurse who is a bunny expert has told me i should bond them now before any hormones kick in and then have her spayed before they do kick in! I'm totally confused, i really want to do the best thing for them and give them every opportunity for this to work. So whats the correct way to do this? should i wait and get her spayed, and bond after recovery or do i bond them together now and get her spayed in a few months time before the hormones kick in? Peanut is a continental giant and May is a french lop x Belgium hare. Peanut weighs 2.07kg and May weighs 4.1 kgs. They both have there own set ups at the moment with there runs lined up next to each other so they are about 2 inches away from each other, Peanut does a lot of binkys around her run and shows a lot of attention towards May and May seems to have a mixed reaction towards her, one minute she's on guard with her tail up right and trys to chase her off and the next minute she's laying flat out up against the wire!!!:roll: They both eat either side of the run and i"ve watched them both groom themselves quite happily, then out of the blue May will run at the wire and display unhappy behaviour!! I do believe this is because she's being territorial over her run. Any advice would be much appreciated as i really don't know the best way to go from here!!!:|:|
Peanut
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May
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I got my bunny (peanut) nearly a week ago, I got him from a breeder who was adamant that he was a boy, even after i said that at 8 weeks old it can be difficult to get it right but as she was so sure i went with it!! Well HE is a SHE! Now is this going to cause a major problem? I have a 8 month old spayed female (May) who i intended to get a husbun for and to make the bonding process easier, now i have a girly bunny and I'm worried this is doomed to start with. My plan was to wait until peanut was old enough to get neutered/spayed and then try and bond after the recovery time, but having been to the vets today to have Peanut vaccinated (and for them to tell me he was a girl) the head nurse who is a bunny expert has told me i should bond them now before any hormones kick in and then have her spayed before they do kick in! I'm totally confused, i really want to do the best thing for them and give them every opportunity for this to work. So whats the correct way to do this? should i wait and get her spayed, and bond after recovery or do i bond them together now and get her spayed in a few months time before the hormones kick in? Peanut is a continental giant and May is a french lop x Belgium hare. Peanut weighs 2.07kg and May weighs 4.1 kgs. They both have there own set ups at the moment with there runs lined up next to each other so they are about 2 inches away from each other, Peanut does a lot of binkys around her run and shows a lot of attention towards May and May seems to have a mixed reaction towards her, one minute she's on guard with her tail up right and trys to chase her off and the next minute she's laying flat out up against the wire!!!:roll: They both eat either side of the run and i"ve watched them both groom themselves quite happily, then out of the blue May will run at the wire and display unhappy behaviour!! I do believe this is because she's being territorial over her run. Any advice would be much appreciated as i really don't know the best way to go from here!!!:|:|
Peanut
May