Jennie13
New Kit
I’ve been trying to bond Dylan and Efa since the end of October. Both rabbits approx 2-3, both neutered, Dylan being introduced to my existing girl.
They’ve been much more difficult than my previous bonds, and I’ve taken it back to basics and restarted a couple of times. They seem to be in a much better frame of mind for bonding at the moment and we’re up to about half an hour of time together without any fighting.
Im much better at recognising the signs of potential problems and calming the situation down before it escalates into a fight, but I’m wondering if I’m holding them back too much and preventing the normal nip and chase.
My gut feeling at the moment is that these two are not ready for that kind of interaction without it breaking into a fight so I do spend a lot of time stroking them and talking to them to keep them calm. I’m just a bit worried this interference might be making things worse. I’m happy for the bond to take as long as it takes, I just wanted some thoughts on whether preventing fights should be my main priority at this point over taking that next step.
It’s been a long slog to this point and having seen a definite improvement I don’t want to mess it up!
They’ve been much more difficult than my previous bonds, and I’ve taken it back to basics and restarted a couple of times. They seem to be in a much better frame of mind for bonding at the moment and we’re up to about half an hour of time together without any fighting.
Im much better at recognising the signs of potential problems and calming the situation down before it escalates into a fight, but I’m wondering if I’m holding them back too much and preventing the normal nip and chase.
My gut feeling at the moment is that these two are not ready for that kind of interaction without it breaking into a fight so I do spend a lot of time stroking them and talking to them to keep them calm. I’m just a bit worried this interference might be making things worse. I’m happy for the bond to take as long as it takes, I just wanted some thoughts on whether preventing fights should be my main priority at this point over taking that next step.
It’s been a long slog to this point and having seen a definite improvement I don’t want to mess it up!