Hi all,
This is probably be a bit of a long one but feeling very down at the moment and I'm hoping someone can offer some advice.
My boyfriend brought me 2 rabbits as a surprise about 3/4 weeks ago. I always had rabbits when I was younger so I was so pleased about them. They are 2 female about 18 weeks old now that he got from a well known pets store. One is a lop cross and one a Himalayan cross. We brought them a lovely large 2 story hutch and they have a run in the garden to run around in and they come into the house most nights to run around the living room. They have lots of toys to keep them busy and we try and keep them exercised and occupied.
This has all been going very well. They went into the vets last weekend to have their vaccinations, be weighed and had a health check which was all really good. This weekend we had them in the house as normally and the one female rabbit (D) started sniffing the other rabbits (B) back end. She then started to attack her. We split them up and thought they'd just had a bit of a argument but as soon as we put D back down on the floor she ran straight over to B sniffing her again and started attacking her. This time B retaliated and they were both fighting. It was horrible. We split them up for the night (one in the top story of the hutch and then one in the bottom) and then I phoned the vets on Sunday and they recommended getting them spayed as soon as possible. I have been swapping them over in the hutch to make sure they still smell each other and have been putting them in runs next to each other on the grass so they can still be next to each other through the wire but not fight. B has seemed normal since the incident but B has been quite and jumpy.
I booked them in for today and took them in first thing this morning to them be told by the vet that D was too small to be done today. I'm not very pleased with the vets as I was under the impression they were booked in to be spayed today and they had all there weights etc on the system from last weekend, but that's another story. Whilst I was there I was also informed that its not very likely the girls will be able to go back together after they have been spayed as they will remember the fight and its not a very good idea to have 2 female rabbits together as they don't often get on. I'm absolutely devastated that they might end up being split up. I am very cross with the pet store who sold us these rabbits as at no point did they advise it would be better to have a male and a female and now I'm faced with having to split them up forever.(I will be phoning the pet shop) The reason we brought 2 rabbits was so they could live together as they aren't supposed to be on their own. The vets have now kept B in to spay her and we are to take D back when B has her check up in 10 days to reassess her. They have also told me they need to be separate for 4 weeks to let their hormones settle down before reintroducing.
Can anyone give me some success stories where they have successfully rebonded 2 rabbits after spaying they have previously had a fight?
Sorry for the lengthy post I'm just so upset
This is probably be a bit of a long one but feeling very down at the moment and I'm hoping someone can offer some advice.
My boyfriend brought me 2 rabbits as a surprise about 3/4 weeks ago. I always had rabbits when I was younger so I was so pleased about them. They are 2 female about 18 weeks old now that he got from a well known pets store. One is a lop cross and one a Himalayan cross. We brought them a lovely large 2 story hutch and they have a run in the garden to run around in and they come into the house most nights to run around the living room. They have lots of toys to keep them busy and we try and keep them exercised and occupied.
This has all been going very well. They went into the vets last weekend to have their vaccinations, be weighed and had a health check which was all really good. This weekend we had them in the house as normally and the one female rabbit (D) started sniffing the other rabbits (B) back end. She then started to attack her. We split them up and thought they'd just had a bit of a argument but as soon as we put D back down on the floor she ran straight over to B sniffing her again and started attacking her. This time B retaliated and they were both fighting. It was horrible. We split them up for the night (one in the top story of the hutch and then one in the bottom) and then I phoned the vets on Sunday and they recommended getting them spayed as soon as possible. I have been swapping them over in the hutch to make sure they still smell each other and have been putting them in runs next to each other on the grass so they can still be next to each other through the wire but not fight. B has seemed normal since the incident but B has been quite and jumpy.
I booked them in for today and took them in first thing this morning to them be told by the vet that D was too small to be done today. I'm not very pleased with the vets as I was under the impression they were booked in to be spayed today and they had all there weights etc on the system from last weekend, but that's another story. Whilst I was there I was also informed that its not very likely the girls will be able to go back together after they have been spayed as they will remember the fight and its not a very good idea to have 2 female rabbits together as they don't often get on. I'm absolutely devastated that they might end up being split up. I am very cross with the pet store who sold us these rabbits as at no point did they advise it would be better to have a male and a female and now I'm faced with having to split them up forever.(I will be phoning the pet shop) The reason we brought 2 rabbits was so they could live together as they aren't supposed to be on their own. The vets have now kept B in to spay her and we are to take D back when B has her check up in 10 days to reassess her. They have also told me they need to be separate for 4 weeks to let their hormones settle down before reintroducing.
Can anyone give me some success stories where they have successfully rebonded 2 rabbits after spaying they have previously had a fight?
Sorry for the lengthy post I'm just so upset
