janban
Warren Scout
We sadly lost our eldest house bunny, Smudge after several strokes, he was over 11 years old and had become disabled and had lost his sight due to cataracts the year before 
His companion Coco was wonderful with him in the last year acting as his 'carer' and guiding him back safely to their 'den' when he lost his way. But during his final month, he was so poorly, I think she became stressed and developed a severe eye infection, which the vet has said is staphylococcus. She was treated and it improved. But since Smudge's loss in August, she has developed it time and time again. We think this is because she is lacking the grooming of Smudge and maybe she is having as hard a time as us adjusting to the loss of our beloved Smudge. We have been offered a dwarf lop spayed doe who needs to be re-homed due to sad circumstances, she about the same age as our female Coco (5yrs) and wondered if anyone can give advice as to how to bond these two females. I have tried to introduce her to our other two house bunnies but the female of that pair is having none of it .
Can anyone give me advice as to how I would start as I have limited space due to the other pair occupying the other part of the house :roll: When I bonded Smudge and Coco together she was a baby and he a very placid, gentle 6 year old so I was able to put her pen in his area and he was happy to sit with her and 'get to know her' through the pen and her being young accepted him. But I'm afraid with both being female and of an older age it may not be so quite straight forward. :?
His companion Coco was wonderful with him in the last year acting as his 'carer' and guiding him back safely to their 'den' when he lost his way. But during his final month, he was so poorly, I think she became stressed and developed a severe eye infection, which the vet has said is staphylococcus. She was treated and it improved. But since Smudge's loss in August, she has developed it time and time again. We think this is because she is lacking the grooming of Smudge and maybe she is having as hard a time as us adjusting to the loss of our beloved Smudge. We have been offered a dwarf lop spayed doe who needs to be re-homed due to sad circumstances, she about the same age as our female Coco (5yrs) and wondered if anyone can give advice as to how to bond these two females. I have tried to introduce her to our other two house bunnies but the female of that pair is having none of it .Can anyone give me advice as to how I would start as I have limited space due to the other pair occupying the other part of the house :roll: When I bonded Smudge and Coco together she was a baby and he a very placid, gentle 6 year old so I was able to put her pen in his area and he was happy to sit with her and 'get to know her' through the pen and her being young accepted him. But I'm afraid with both being female and of an older age it may not be so quite straight forward. :?
