Tony&Pamela
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Hi
New to the forums and had some good reads already, with some very helpful opinions and advice for rabbits
We currently have 5 rabbits, all boys. We bought 2 of them around April time named Dennis & Thumper. We got these from Pets at Home. We were told they were from the same litter but when we went to take them in for their first jabs it became apparent Thumper was 4 months older than Dennis. They did get on when living together but Thumper would always want to hump Dennis. When the time was right, we had Thumper snipped, and he was on his own in an indoor cage for a week or so, so that his wounds could heal. However, when we tried re introducing him with Dennis, they started fighting. A lot of jumping, scratching, screaming and biting! So we pulled them apart and put them in seperate cages. We have tried a couple of times since to introduce them in the garden however they just keep going for each other.
The other 3 boys we have we got about a month ago and they live fine for now, although one of them is developing a lot quicker than the other and we're worried that when we get him snipped, will we have the same issue re introducing them?
We are moving house soon when the sale goes through, and i will be building a nice big house & run in the garden for the 3 boys and also for Dennis & Thumper. However, i'd rather only have to build the one house for Dennis & Thumper rather than one each. Will they be able to live together again? Why would they have fallen out?
Dennis is due to have the snip within the next couple of weeks and then about 4 weeks after that we are going to try and introduce them together again. I dont like the idea of them living their lives alone
If anyone has any advice or experience with this sort of issue, please help
Thank you
Tony & Pamela.
New to the forums and had some good reads already, with some very helpful opinions and advice for rabbits
We currently have 5 rabbits, all boys. We bought 2 of them around April time named Dennis & Thumper. We got these from Pets at Home. We were told they were from the same litter but when we went to take them in for their first jabs it became apparent Thumper was 4 months older than Dennis. They did get on when living together but Thumper would always want to hump Dennis. When the time was right, we had Thumper snipped, and he was on his own in an indoor cage for a week or so, so that his wounds could heal. However, when we tried re introducing him with Dennis, they started fighting. A lot of jumping, scratching, screaming and biting! So we pulled them apart and put them in seperate cages. We have tried a couple of times since to introduce them in the garden however they just keep going for each other.
The other 3 boys we have we got about a month ago and they live fine for now, although one of them is developing a lot quicker than the other and we're worried that when we get him snipped, will we have the same issue re introducing them?
We are moving house soon when the sale goes through, and i will be building a nice big house & run in the garden for the 3 boys and also for Dennis & Thumper. However, i'd rather only have to build the one house for Dennis & Thumper rather than one each. Will they be able to live together again? Why would they have fallen out?
Dennis is due to have the snip within the next couple of weeks and then about 4 weeks after that we are going to try and introduce them together again. I dont like the idea of them living their lives alone
If anyone has any advice or experience with this sort of issue, please help
Thank you
Tony & Pamela.