peri and poe
New Kit
Hi,
I have a 2 year old female rabbit that i've had since she was 8 weeks old. She is spayed and is very sweet and gentle.
2 days ago we decided to get a 8 week old male rabbit as a friend (we are planning to neuter him as soon as possible and then try bonding them)
The first day we kept them seperate Poe (male) was in my room whilst Peri (female) stays in my sisters room however as my room is way too small and cramped my dad said we had to move Poe into my sisters room with Peri.
We moved Poe's cage besides Peri's but far enough that she couldn't reach him.
Peri seemed to be afraid and wouldn't come near anyone from my family, she basically hid in one of her cardboard box and was very tense.
She is allowed to be freely roam in the room so we let her out thinking Poe would be safe inside his cage but we saw approach Poe's cage and try to bite his face and nose.
We then moved Poe's cage but since there is nowhere else for the cage to go, we put it on top of Peri's knowing she wouldn't be able to reach it.
Although Peri has since calmed down and was sort of returning back to her usual self (she was licking my sister and relaxing), we have noticed that she tries to charge at us sometimes for now apparent reason.
This new behaviour is really startling to me and makes me upset-she never behaved aggresively to use before that.
I think she may be behaving like this because she although she can't see Poe, she can still smell and hear him so she's still acting territorial.
My questions are:
Why is she directing all the agresssion out on us all of a sudden?
What should i do about Poe? As he seems to be the reason she is wound up
Do i have to move him out of the room? (this doesn't seem to really be an option)
Or will Peri eventually get used to him being in the room?
Any help in this would be useful, this situation with her and Poe is really stressfull and upsetting
I have a 2 year old female rabbit that i've had since she was 8 weeks old. She is spayed and is very sweet and gentle.
2 days ago we decided to get a 8 week old male rabbit as a friend (we are planning to neuter him as soon as possible and then try bonding them)
The first day we kept them seperate Poe (male) was in my room whilst Peri (female) stays in my sisters room however as my room is way too small and cramped my dad said we had to move Poe into my sisters room with Peri.
We moved Poe's cage besides Peri's but far enough that she couldn't reach him.
Peri seemed to be afraid and wouldn't come near anyone from my family, she basically hid in one of her cardboard box and was very tense.
She is allowed to be freely roam in the room so we let her out thinking Poe would be safe inside his cage but we saw approach Poe's cage and try to bite his face and nose.
We then moved Poe's cage but since there is nowhere else for the cage to go, we put it on top of Peri's knowing she wouldn't be able to reach it.
Although Peri has since calmed down and was sort of returning back to her usual self (she was licking my sister and relaxing), we have noticed that she tries to charge at us sometimes for now apparent reason.
This new behaviour is really startling to me and makes me upset-she never behaved aggresively to use before that.
I think she may be behaving like this because she although she can't see Poe, she can still smell and hear him so she's still acting territorial.
My questions are:
Why is she directing all the agresssion out on us all of a sudden?
What should i do about Poe? As he seems to be the reason she is wound up
Do i have to move him out of the room? (this doesn't seem to really be an option)
Or will Peri eventually get used to him being in the room?
Any help in this would be useful, this situation with her and Poe is really stressfull and upsetting