Jesselle
Mama Doe
susie came to live with us and to bond with neville on 14th march. she's a spayed 3 yr old nethie who has bonded with neville and myself (she licks me a lot and follows me around).
i was with them 24/7 for the first 4 days they were together and for a lot of the day after that. OH was there intermittently.
it now appears that susie has a real aversion to my oh. she will come over to sniff him and will bolt to the other side of the room, sometimes peeing just afterwards. she's warmed up to taking food from him, but will still bolt. if i smell of him, she will act afraid of me too.
is this a territorial thing? or does she just dislike him? my feeling is that she bonded with neville and myself, and to her, OH is a 'stranger' and she hasn't worked out where she wants to place him. she's top rabbit btw...
any thoughts?! and how can we get her to bond with OH a little more?
i was with them 24/7 for the first 4 days they were together and for a lot of the day after that. OH was there intermittently.
it now appears that susie has a real aversion to my oh. she will come over to sniff him and will bolt to the other side of the room, sometimes peeing just afterwards. she's warmed up to taking food from him, but will still bolt. if i smell of him, she will act afraid of me too.
is this a territorial thing? or does she just dislike him? my feeling is that she bonded with neville and myself, and to her, OH is a 'stranger' and she hasn't worked out where she wants to place him. she's top rabbit btw...
any thoughts?! and how can we get her to bond with OH a little more?
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