tanya_306
Alpha Buck
Last week my 20 week old Castrated French Lop and spayed dwarf lop were bonded! They had been living side by side very happily since Harry the French lop arrived when he was 8 weeks old. Since then he has grown and been castrated, then had time to recover! The two rabbits went to stop with my friend who owns a rabbit rescue. She bonded them and they were in love. No fur pulling or chasing from the start. They stopped for three days together and showed no sign of aggression.
I collected the two rabbits on Saturday afternoon and they travelled home in a pet carrier together. Again, no issues. They just snuggled up. When we got home they went into their indoor pen and instantly went to their food- eating back to back so no issues with not trusting each other. About 9pm Saturday evening, I left the rabbits grooming each other and looking very relaxed. At 10pm I heard a commotion and ran down to see that Holly, the dwarf lop had pulled lots of fur from Harry and also bit through his eye lid. I cleaned up his eye and stopped the bleeding but it looked awful. We needed up in the Emergency Vets that night.
Harry is now home, after spending two nights at the vets. I haven't put him in with Holly again but he is happily running up to her pen to see her and they are showing no aggression towards each other. However, I am VERY worried about bonding them again. If Holly can cause £400 worth of damage the first time, what is she going to do next time?!!
Is it best to keep them apart or is it likely to be safe to bond them again? We bought Harry to live with Holly because her old Frenchie husband died.
Advice welcome! Thank you
I collected the two rabbits on Saturday afternoon and they travelled home in a pet carrier together. Again, no issues. They just snuggled up. When we got home they went into their indoor pen and instantly went to their food- eating back to back so no issues with not trusting each other. About 9pm Saturday evening, I left the rabbits grooming each other and looking very relaxed. At 10pm I heard a commotion and ran down to see that Holly, the dwarf lop had pulled lots of fur from Harry and also bit through his eye lid. I cleaned up his eye and stopped the bleeding but it looked awful. We needed up in the Emergency Vets that night.
Harry is now home, after spending two nights at the vets. I haven't put him in with Holly again but he is happily running up to her pen to see her and they are showing no aggression towards each other. However, I am VERY worried about bonding them again. If Holly can cause £400 worth of damage the first time, what is she going to do next time?!!
Is it best to keep them apart or is it likely to be safe to bond them again? We bought Harry to live with Holly because her old Frenchie husband died.
Advice welcome! Thank you