I made a post a while ago about rabbit bonding in derby/options and didnt really get an answer, but i just realised i put it in rabbit chatt didnt see this bit at the time lol :roll: putting it in the right bit might of helped! :lol:
So ive had a crappy start to the year and lost 2 buns , my last bun was very close to her partner so i want to bond her asap as its been a few weeks now and all seems settled.
I have now 2 single girls and a pair of bonded boys. I have decided to split my boys as they have been fighting more and more over the last month and im worried that 1might get hurt and well if their scuffling then surly cant be 100% happy together.
So im thinking i can hopefully bond 1 boy to each girl which would work out great! ive spent so much at vets recently if im just looking after 4 buns they can have the best with the money saved and can have all my extra time tho i will miss having so many.
So what are the best options for bonding? i will do bella and smokey 1st shes a very dominant diva but was very affectionate to her mate and hes quite quiet and submissive and i think they might work. i did the dating method once when i bonded her before but cant remeber exactly what i did, and im unsure about when i can move him into her shed, do i get rid of her scent from their? or move her out of their while boding then move them both in their? also i was confused by reading about to much space to soon? when i get them in the shed do i block off the run part for a while/how long? also i usually let them free run in garden on alternate days so do i not do that straight away?
I will then use that method for bonding trixe and bright if that works :thumb:
I dont think theirs anyone round here that can help, ive tried 3 rescues but they only bond their own buns and the bording places that did offer bonding have closed! So ive decided to try it myself and im kind of frightened but i just want things to get back to normal and to know their all happy!
Thanks for reading and any help, this was supposed to be a short post oops :lol:
So ive had a crappy start to the year and lost 2 buns , my last bun was very close to her partner so i want to bond her asap as its been a few weeks now and all seems settled.
I have now 2 single girls and a pair of bonded boys. I have decided to split my boys as they have been fighting more and more over the last month and im worried that 1might get hurt and well if their scuffling then surly cant be 100% happy together.
So im thinking i can hopefully bond 1 boy to each girl which would work out great! ive spent so much at vets recently if im just looking after 4 buns they can have the best with the money saved and can have all my extra time tho i will miss having so many.
So what are the best options for bonding? i will do bella and smokey 1st shes a very dominant diva but was very affectionate to her mate and hes quite quiet and submissive and i think they might work. i did the dating method once when i bonded her before but cant remeber exactly what i did, and im unsure about when i can move him into her shed, do i get rid of her scent from their? or move her out of their while boding then move them both in their? also i was confused by reading about to much space to soon? when i get them in the shed do i block off the run part for a while/how long? also i usually let them free run in garden on alternate days so do i not do that straight away?
I will then use that method for bonding trixe and bright if that works :thumb:
I dont think theirs anyone round here that can help, ive tried 3 rescues but they only bond their own buns and the bording places that did offer bonding have closed! So ive decided to try it myself and im kind of frightened but i just want things to get back to normal and to know their all happy!
Thanks for reading and any help, this was supposed to be a short post oops :lol: