Mischief and Tinker's Mum
Wise Old Thumper
UPDATE POST 64
This weekend is time to bond Robin with Bertie and Primrose! This will be a MMF trio. Primrose and Bertie are already a bonded pair and I’m adding in Robin.
I did attempt bonding a few weeks ago and although it was going ok, I had to stop as I didn’t give myself enough time and didn’t want to leave them unattended together when I had to go out. I’ve finally got a weekend off work though which means it’s bonding time!
I started at 5.20pm yesterday and it’s been going well. There was a bit of nipping and grooming and no nasty fights until 8 and a half hours into the bonding when a fight broke out! I was able to separate them though. After that there’s been a few fights but nothing too nasty. At 3am I was too exhausted to carry on sitting in the bathroom with them so I put Robin in a separate pen right next to them and went to bed. Then at 9am today I’ve started again. They’re currently sat eating together and the fighting has calmed down thankfully. The boys are lunging at one another but it’s not kicked off badly and they tend to lunge then back away without biting one another. If one does nip then the other doesn’t fight back which is good.
Fingers crossed it continues to go smoothly and I will have a happy trio soon! I’m definitely hopefully it can work because we’ve had a lot of positive behaviour! Before bonding they have been living in close proximity of one another and able to smell/ touch noses etc so that probably helps. I’ll keep you all updated! Here’s some pics.
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This weekend is time to bond Robin with Bertie and Primrose! This will be a MMF trio. Primrose and Bertie are already a bonded pair and I’m adding in Robin.
I did attempt bonding a few weeks ago and although it was going ok, I had to stop as I didn’t give myself enough time and didn’t want to leave them unattended together when I had to go out. I’ve finally got a weekend off work though which means it’s bonding time!
I started at 5.20pm yesterday and it’s been going well. There was a bit of nipping and grooming and no nasty fights until 8 and a half hours into the bonding when a fight broke out! I was able to separate them though. After that there’s been a few fights but nothing too nasty. At 3am I was too exhausted to carry on sitting in the bathroom with them so I put Robin in a separate pen right next to them and went to bed. Then at 9am today I’ve started again. They’re currently sat eating together and the fighting has calmed down thankfully. The boys are lunging at one another but it’s not kicked off badly and they tend to lunge then back away without biting one another. If one does nip then the other doesn’t fight back which is good.
Fingers crossed it continues to go smoothly and I will have a happy trio soon! I’m definitely hopefully it can work because we’ve had a lot of positive behaviour! Before bonding they have been living in close proximity of one another and able to smell/ touch noses etc so that probably helps. I’ll keep you all updated! Here’s some pics.
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