ShivyRex
Mama Doe
So I am in the process of my sixth bond in 11years of keeping rabbits and there is always something different with every bond!
Buddy - my boy - lost his wife bun 2 weeks ago after a subacute development of pasturella (post mortem and tissue samples confirmed). I adopted Jessica on Friday - she's a slightly larger pure white lop with blue eyes. She's very sweet but does go into a trance like state every so often and 'scans' by moving he head side to side. My vet thinks this is a behaviourioural coping mechanism from a previous not very nice experience I.e. being kept in a small hutch. The rescue say she was found as a stray.
Anyway I put them in a separated run in the kitchen on friday and buddy was very interested in her - lots of thumping. Saturday they went to the vet in separate carriers (Buddy vaccination booster) and then I put them together when I got home.
It's all gone rather well though the attention is 90% from buddy to Jessica. He is humping her incessantly. Sometimes she gives in sometimes she runs away. Buddy has also groomed her but mainly due to banana on her head. She has not humped or groomed him once. She just doesn't seem that fussed about him.
When I pick Buddy up his man bits are out (he's neutered) and he just won't leave her be. I feel sorry for her. There's no aggression whatsoever but should I separate them to give her a break? Hes gonna get over this right? Thanks
Buddy - my boy - lost his wife bun 2 weeks ago after a subacute development of pasturella (post mortem and tissue samples confirmed). I adopted Jessica on Friday - she's a slightly larger pure white lop with blue eyes. She's very sweet but does go into a trance like state every so often and 'scans' by moving he head side to side. My vet thinks this is a behaviourioural coping mechanism from a previous not very nice experience I.e. being kept in a small hutch. The rescue say she was found as a stray.
Anyway I put them in a separated run in the kitchen on friday and buddy was very interested in her - lots of thumping. Saturday they went to the vet in separate carriers (Buddy vaccination booster) and then I put them together when I got home.
It's all gone rather well though the attention is 90% from buddy to Jessica. He is humping her incessantly. Sometimes she gives in sometimes she runs away. Buddy has also groomed her but mainly due to banana on her head. She has not humped or groomed him once. She just doesn't seem that fussed about him.
When I pick Buddy up his man bits are out (he's neutered) and he just won't leave her be. I feel sorry for her. There's no aggression whatsoever but should I separate them to give her a break? Hes gonna get over this right? Thanks