stampz
Warren Scout
Good morning all,
Over the weekend my girlfriend and I became the proud parents of two lovely ladies from a rescue centre (Lola and Mimi).
The bunnies are not yet spayed, but have been living together in the rescue already bonded for some months. However since bringing them home on Saturday we have started to notice some behaviour which is concerning us (we have researched and no a lot of this is normal, but just want clarication)
The first day they arrived home, both bunnies were fine, they explored their hutch and indoor run, and then later in the evening we allowed them out with us for a while to get used to more of the house, all was good, they were lying on the rug in the living room, legs stretched out looking very content.
However yesterday they started to act a little differently, Mimi started nipping and trying to mount Lola in the run (but not the hutch) and chasing her in the hutch. Also she was taking the odd clump of fur from her.
The when we let them into the living room again, Mimi was constantly mounting Lola, both from behind and on her head, and still nipping her and taking a lot more fur out. We have read that this is all normal and should stop with spayding, but we still feel a little wary about letting them carry on.
The lady in the rescue told us it was Lola who was the dominant one and not Mimi, so could this be Mimi trying to get herself to be more dominant in the new enviroment?
We are planning to get them both spayed as soon as we can, but until then, should we let this behaviour carry on until it subsides? Obviously we are not home all day, so they may well be doing it now and we cant split them up, which leads me to think we should do the same in the evenings...
Sorry for the long post, I'm just a little concerned.
Thanks
Over the weekend my girlfriend and I became the proud parents of two lovely ladies from a rescue centre (Lola and Mimi).
The bunnies are not yet spayed, but have been living together in the rescue already bonded for some months. However since bringing them home on Saturday we have started to notice some behaviour which is concerning us (we have researched and no a lot of this is normal, but just want clarication)
The first day they arrived home, both bunnies were fine, they explored their hutch and indoor run, and then later in the evening we allowed them out with us for a while to get used to more of the house, all was good, they were lying on the rug in the living room, legs stretched out looking very content.
However yesterday they started to act a little differently, Mimi started nipping and trying to mount Lola in the run (but not the hutch) and chasing her in the hutch. Also she was taking the odd clump of fur from her.
The when we let them into the living room again, Mimi was constantly mounting Lola, both from behind and on her head, and still nipping her and taking a lot more fur out. We have read that this is all normal and should stop with spayding, but we still feel a little wary about letting them carry on.
The lady in the rescue told us it was Lola who was the dominant one and not Mimi, so could this be Mimi trying to get herself to be more dominant in the new enviroment?
We are planning to get them both spayed as soon as we can, but until then, should we let this behaviour carry on until it subsides? Obviously we are not home all day, so they may well be doing it now and we cant split them up, which leads me to think we should do the same in the evenings...
Sorry for the long post, I'm just a little concerned.
Thanks
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