booboobunny
Warren Scout
began bonding around 1pm - they are in a large dog crate, empty except for hay.
for the first hour they had fights, so i stayed very close, half in the crate so i could easily separate if needed. since then they've calmed a lot.
now i'm sat a little further away, water spray bottle in hand!
we seem to have come to a stale mate though. for a while florence would go over to albie and nip his back and pull out fur. now whenever flo goes anywhere near albie he just runs away or jumps over her.
they are very calm at the moment, just foraging around in the hay, so we've made some progress at least. they are basically ignoring each other and just keep eating hay - i've never seen either of them eat so much of it, so at least their digestive systems will benefit! :thumb:
not sure where to go from here though - they'e not really interacting as flo can't get close enough to albie before he runs off.
they have both just been washing themselves at opposite sides of the cage and eating etc which i think are good signs. neither has slept yet or sat still for too long.
just as i've been writing this albie let flo come near him and she sniffed him and it was fine. he put his head down flat but she didn't groom him. i have tried putting a little bit of apple juice of both their heads but they didn't groom. flo is currently grooming herself whilst albie is sat just inches in front of her.
should i just keep putting piles of hay in as they eat together nicely and it gives them something to do? i also wondered if i should put a cardboard toilet roll thing in there as some kind of entertainment?
any advice or opinions on how this is going would be greatly appreciated!
sorry if this is written badly - it's difficult to type with one hand whilst watching the buns!
for the first hour they had fights, so i stayed very close, half in the crate so i could easily separate if needed. since then they've calmed a lot.
now i'm sat a little further away, water spray bottle in hand!
we seem to have come to a stale mate though. for a while florence would go over to albie and nip his back and pull out fur. now whenever flo goes anywhere near albie he just runs away or jumps over her.
they are very calm at the moment, just foraging around in the hay, so we've made some progress at least. they are basically ignoring each other and just keep eating hay - i've never seen either of them eat so much of it, so at least their digestive systems will benefit! :thumb:
not sure where to go from here though - they'e not really interacting as flo can't get close enough to albie before he runs off.
they have both just been washing themselves at opposite sides of the cage and eating etc which i think are good signs. neither has slept yet or sat still for too long.
just as i've been writing this albie let flo come near him and she sniffed him and it was fine. he put his head down flat but she didn't groom him. i have tried putting a little bit of apple juice of both their heads but they didn't groom. flo is currently grooming herself whilst albie is sat just inches in front of her.
should i just keep putting piles of hay in as they eat together nicely and it gives them something to do? i also wondered if i should put a cardboard toilet roll thing in there as some kind of entertainment?
any advice or opinions on how this is going would be greatly appreciated!
sorry if this is written badly - it's difficult to type with one hand whilst watching the buns!
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