youve been reading my posts i guess
I found bonding two difficult but worth it...the trio was not on....so i added a fourth.....and its been hard and long....and yes there were injures..
the worst injuries were before i had bonded the trio..willow jumpedover her enclosure overnight and was attacked by Bif..and she defended herself leavingbif with no fur under her neck and raw skin where the fur had been pulled. I was horrifed and kept them apart for months and months placing willow in the rottie crate and exercising her seperately but not as often as she should purely because of bif attacking her through the pen bars etc
willow has sustained two minor wounds on her ear that didnt need treating even by me....bif had two scabs on each cheek that we could feel but no open wounds.....
she suddenly stopped biting and fell in love with Bandit too like she did bertie..but bertie will always be her beloved. Bandit is a lionhead and is about the size of poor old oscar her dead husbunny..and her brother was a lionhead the rescue said so she feels safe there. She and Bertie still love each other but bertie also loves willow...well frenchies ogehter birds of a feather etc.
whenever there was signs of stress etc i did give in and seperate them as bif has a long term stress related condition and bandit was suffering with his tummy at the rescue with his new owner and back at the rescue and with is till he was neutered.
they seemed to have finally bonded except bandit hadnt washed willow and bertie properly and bif had only quickly washed willows face. of course berties bifs man and willow is the other woman so last night during exercise time whilst i cleaned out their bonding pen willow decided halfway hrough to chase bif but bif did keep on sniffing willows bits! bandit however was fine..he didnt nip or chase willow and the two frenchies loved the space.
But because of the tussle i put them back into the pen. we had bertie tussling bandit and bif and then stopped..but he does have tummy ache..he smells a bit with wind..my mum fed him a whole banana whilst i was in the kitchen:shock: she wont do that again
the fights havent been blod letting etc but fur pulling can lead to raw skin andinfection.
I would say it depends on the bunny....i know that Bif bless her is getting braver and braver and much much more relaxed and nowhere near as much soft poos lately...our vet will be proud of her and pleased.
to think this time last year i had spent the holiday with her death sentence over our heads..then i went for a second opinion and hey presto shes here today.
the arguements are usually over the litter trays no matter how many i put in..litle buns sleep in them and get sat on by desperate frenchies and frenchies sleep in them and get peed on by desperate littlies..so like bunnies:lol:
it depends on bunnies as much as it depends on the bonders.
