Jasperello
Warren Scout
Background:
Zuccy is my indoor boy.
Poppy (f) & Charlie (m) are a bonded indoor pair lodging temporarily in my 2nd spare room.
Lola (f) and Jasper (m) are a bonded outdoor pair living a life of luxury in a huge shed and run!
Since Zuccy is now on his own, we attempted a trio with Pops, Charlie and Zucc. But after several attempts that ended up with me requiring two lots of stitches on my arms and I've now given that idea up unfortunately!
Various reasons mean Pops and Charlie can't stay inside so I toyed with the idea of a quad, or the 2 pairs living side by side.
Side by side attempts were not very promising and Jasp was not happy at sharing his garden and showed referred aggression towards Lola. So we took a chance to see what would happen if all 4 were put in a neutral place with the usual rules of bonding applying. I thought they would instantly show aggression and rule out any chance of a quad but I needed to be sure so armed with heavy duty gloves etc. I was ready to stop any fights before they started and prepared myself for disappointment...But, and it's a tentative but! It wasn't instant hate, and there may be a very small chance this could work! So with a bit of renewed optimism I'm going to keep attempting this and we'll see what happens. In an ideal world, by the end of summer the four of them will live happily ever after outside in the Bunny Lodge as we call it! But we'll see how this goes!
We are 5 sessions in now, and this is what they looked like yesterday
meanwhile, Jasp chose mummy cuddles instead for a bit!
Poppy (blue one) is the quiet one, she is more reserved and timid. Jasper (tri dutch) seems pretty easy going about it all. No mounting from him or aggression yet he was the one who was not happy at all when they were 'visiting' next door to him in the garden.
Now Charlie (English) and Lola (lionhead) are the 2 who are 'battling' it out as it were, for Top Bunny spot. Nothing major, just Charlie trying to mount Lola and she's resisting, except for once. We did have a quick lick from Lola to him once too and she's laid down so there are some positive signs there. But we'll see what happens again next time!
Zuccy is my indoor boy.
Poppy (f) & Charlie (m) are a bonded indoor pair lodging temporarily in my 2nd spare room.
Lola (f) and Jasper (m) are a bonded outdoor pair living a life of luxury in a huge shed and run!
Since Zuccy is now on his own, we attempted a trio with Pops, Charlie and Zucc. But after several attempts that ended up with me requiring two lots of stitches on my arms and I've now given that idea up unfortunately!
Various reasons mean Pops and Charlie can't stay inside so I toyed with the idea of a quad, or the 2 pairs living side by side.
Side by side attempts were not very promising and Jasp was not happy at sharing his garden and showed referred aggression towards Lola. So we took a chance to see what would happen if all 4 were put in a neutral place with the usual rules of bonding applying. I thought they would instantly show aggression and rule out any chance of a quad but I needed to be sure so armed with heavy duty gloves etc. I was ready to stop any fights before they started and prepared myself for disappointment...But, and it's a tentative but! It wasn't instant hate, and there may be a very small chance this could work! So with a bit of renewed optimism I'm going to keep attempting this and we'll see what happens. In an ideal world, by the end of summer the four of them will live happily ever after outside in the Bunny Lodge as we call it! But we'll see how this goes!
We are 5 sessions in now, and this is what they looked like yesterday
meanwhile, Jasp chose mummy cuddles instead for a bit!
Poppy (blue one) is the quiet one, she is more reserved and timid. Jasper (tri dutch) seems pretty easy going about it all. No mounting from him or aggression yet he was the one who was not happy at all when they were 'visiting' next door to him in the garden.
Now Charlie (English) and Lola (lionhead) are the 2 who are 'battling' it out as it were, for Top Bunny spot. Nothing major, just Charlie trying to mount Lola and she's resisting, except for once. We did have a quick lick from Lola to him once too and she's laid down so there are some positive signs there. But we'll see what happens again next time!
Everything crossed things continue to move in the right direction
