Hello Everyone,
I have been looking at these posts for some months but never really had to post. Sorry about the morbid first post but would like someone to share their knowledge.
We bought two rabbits from a pet store about 7 months ago, a ginger lop (harry) and a white and brown lionhead (wills). They lived in a cage in the living room whilst we were at work and then let out for roughly 7 hours a day to roam the flat.
unfortuanatly they fell out over night about 3 months ago and fought very fearcely. Our vet reccomended that we split the cage with chicken wire and give them a month (after nueturing) so they could still smell each other and try to rebond
alas it was not to be as they would attack each other upon site, but they did cuddle up to each other by the wire at night, but as soon as they could get to each other (we tried to bond in our room as nutrual territory) they would fight.
Anyway it was clear that they were not going to get along and there was no way we could continue to keep them in half a cage each as it was waaay to small for them, so we saved up and got Wills a new cage last week. he loved it and so did Harry.
Today I came in at 3pm and Wills was in his cage, he came out of the little hutch bit and was fine, albeit a little subdued. I went to sleep and then my other half came in at 8pm she found that he was dead in the middle of the cage.
we will be taking him to the vets tomorrow but why has this happened? he had been VHD and Mixxy Vacced. was it beacause we seperated them? Could it be the new cage or stress from moving cages (he looked very happy with his new house tho) - just wanted to find out why this sort of thing happens as i would hate it to happen to Harry as well, i loved that little rabbit and its all so sad.
I have been looking at these posts for some months but never really had to post. Sorry about the morbid first post but would like someone to share their knowledge.
We bought two rabbits from a pet store about 7 months ago, a ginger lop (harry) and a white and brown lionhead (wills). They lived in a cage in the living room whilst we were at work and then let out for roughly 7 hours a day to roam the flat.
unfortuanatly they fell out over night about 3 months ago and fought very fearcely. Our vet reccomended that we split the cage with chicken wire and give them a month (after nueturing) so they could still smell each other and try to rebond
alas it was not to be as they would attack each other upon site, but they did cuddle up to each other by the wire at night, but as soon as they could get to each other (we tried to bond in our room as nutrual territory) they would fight.
Anyway it was clear that they were not going to get along and there was no way we could continue to keep them in half a cage each as it was waaay to small for them, so we saved up and got Wills a new cage last week. he loved it and so did Harry.
Today I came in at 3pm and Wills was in his cage, he came out of the little hutch bit and was fine, albeit a little subdued. I went to sleep and then my other half came in at 8pm she found that he was dead in the middle of the cage.
we will be taking him to the vets tomorrow but why has this happened? he had been VHD and Mixxy Vacced. was it beacause we seperated them? Could it be the new cage or stress from moving cages (he looked very happy with his new house tho) - just wanted to find out why this sort of thing happens as i would hate it to happen to Harry as well, i loved that little rabbit and its all so sad.
