maisydaisystar
Alpha Buck
Hi all,
I have previously bonded rabbits, but some advice would be appreciated.
I started bonding my neutered boy with a very gentle sweet un neutered girl,( who i got from a friend ) it was love at first sight, both showed fantastic signs, we had humping by both, eating together, layed out beside eachother, and then the lovely grooming from him to her.
signs were so good that i didn't seperate them, all was well, until a few days later i noticed that toffee the female, was constantly grunting if he came anywhere near her, and kept running away, he started thumping his feet and chasing her, and then they were circling eachother, which i stopped straight away. when he lunged for her i decided to seperate them. I was sooooo dissapointed,
I think my mistake was letting them have too much space too quickly.
I have started bonding from the beginning again today on neutral ground, they seem to be fine with eachother, ignoring, eating etc: until he tries to hump her, (she doesn't try humping him anymore) at that point she make lots of grunting sounds, runs away or tries to nip him, i have to seperate before she can as it's always face to face. She nipped me which was fine as i had thick gloves on, i am obviously nervous that they will have a full on fight.
I can have them both face to face nussled up together while i groom them both on the top of their heads, and they will stay there for ages but as soon as i stop he is trying to hump again, and she freaks out.
they are now in seperate hutches and i will swap them over after every session, she is obviously not happy with all the humping, I do intent to get her neutered at some point when i have the money, just wanted to bond them before as i know it can be done depending on the rabbits.
will this pairing still work like it did in the beginning, or will it stay broken?
I have the option of returning her to my friend, but i would rather keep her now i have her,
Please can i have your expert opinion
thanks
I have previously bonded rabbits, but some advice would be appreciated.
I started bonding my neutered boy with a very gentle sweet un neutered girl,( who i got from a friend ) it was love at first sight, both showed fantastic signs, we had humping by both, eating together, layed out beside eachother, and then the lovely grooming from him to her.
signs were so good that i didn't seperate them, all was well, until a few days later i noticed that toffee the female, was constantly grunting if he came anywhere near her, and kept running away, he started thumping his feet and chasing her, and then they were circling eachother, which i stopped straight away. when he lunged for her i decided to seperate them. I was sooooo dissapointed,
I think my mistake was letting them have too much space too quickly.
I have started bonding from the beginning again today on neutral ground, they seem to be fine with eachother, ignoring, eating etc: until he tries to hump her, (she doesn't try humping him anymore) at that point she make lots of grunting sounds, runs away or tries to nip him, i have to seperate before she can as it's always face to face. She nipped me which was fine as i had thick gloves on, i am obviously nervous that they will have a full on fight.
I can have them both face to face nussled up together while i groom them both on the top of their heads, and they will stay there for ages but as soon as i stop he is trying to hump again, and she freaks out.
they are now in seperate hutches and i will swap them over after every session, she is obviously not happy with all the humping, I do intent to get her neutered at some point when i have the money, just wanted to bond them before as i know it can be done depending on the rabbits.
will this pairing still work like it did in the beginning, or will it stay broken?
I have the option of returning her to my friend, but i would rather keep her now i have her,
Please can i have your expert opinion
thanks