sparklefairy
Wise Old Thumper
As a few of you may know, I have been having a nightmare trying to bond Storm with Aurora. Aurora had been living in a pen in storm's room. The 2 bunnies were ok, even sleeping side by side with the barrier between them. As soon as the barrier was lifted we had rolling fur flying fighting bunnies I tried the bath tub bonding, it kind of worked before, not this time. I tried the actual bath room. We had bunnies jumping into the bin and getting stuck behind the toilet :shock: i decided to leave it for a bit. I left aurora in the pen in storm's room and no more introductions for a while.
3 days ago, after I had cleaned the bunny room, I took storm out of the room to groom him and clip his nails. I opened the pen and let aurora hop round the room, as I have done each day, but this time I left the pen open when I put storm back into his room. Aurora was hopping, skipping and binkying all over the place. I had forgotten how fast and agile a young bunny could be. I guess storm had too. It has been a while since he has seen such behavior. His beloved gypsy was 10 years old. They had been together over 8 years, an old married couple. Maybe storm does not understand aurora's behavior? Maybe he is confused or even see's her sudden movement as a threat? I just don't know :?
I am not sure how well storm can see or hear these days. Aurora had been out of her pen for an hour and he didn't seem to notice her. She even went right up to him but it didn't register. It was only when aurora went right up to storm's face that he suddenly realised what was going on. He chased her away. Aurora seems to want to be friends. She kept going back to storm and he just chased her or tried to bite her. He even pulled some of her fur.
Despite this I left the pen open. Storm went to eat aurora's food, she went to eat from storm's bowl and they pooped in each other's poo trays. They pretty much ignore each other now I had bought aurora a little house, just incase she had to get away from storm. She goes inside some times, but she is not afraid to sleep in storms house too. Storm will still snap at aurora if she gets too close, but so far no fur pulling. I have been on night watch too. One advantage of having a baby who won't sleep. We can sit and watch bunnies at stupid o clock!
3 days ago, after I had cleaned the bunny room, I took storm out of the room to groom him and clip his nails. I opened the pen and let aurora hop round the room, as I have done each day, but this time I left the pen open when I put storm back into his room. Aurora was hopping, skipping and binkying all over the place. I had forgotten how fast and agile a young bunny could be. I guess storm had too. It has been a while since he has seen such behavior. His beloved gypsy was 10 years old. They had been together over 8 years, an old married couple. Maybe storm does not understand aurora's behavior? Maybe he is confused or even see's her sudden movement as a threat? I just don't know :?
I am not sure how well storm can see or hear these days. Aurora had been out of her pen for an hour and he didn't seem to notice her. She even went right up to him but it didn't register. It was only when aurora went right up to storm's face that he suddenly realised what was going on. He chased her away. Aurora seems to want to be friends. She kept going back to storm and he just chased her or tried to bite her. He even pulled some of her fur.
Despite this I left the pen open. Storm went to eat aurora's food, she went to eat from storm's bowl and they pooped in each other's poo trays. They pretty much ignore each other now I had bought aurora a little house, just incase she had to get away from storm. She goes inside some times, but she is not afraid to sleep in storms house too. Storm will still snap at aurora if she gets too close, but so far no fur pulling. I have been on night watch too. One advantage of having a baby who won't sleep. We can sit and watch bunnies at stupid o clock!