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New Kit
On the advice of my vet (rabbit savvy) , I’ve started introductions for my 6 month old doe and 10 week old buck .
I had planned to wait at least 3 months until buck was neutered etc but the vet said the sooner it’s done the better .
I have a pen in neutral territory and I’ve been popping them in there .
My doe has actually been very sweet and appears more than comfortable - grooming herself , flopping and eating .
She sniffs and licks the buck with an attempt at humping .
The baby buck however , is very scared and he honks and runs whenever she comes near him . He jumps out of the pen in panic and sits shaking and doesn’t move .
So far we’ve been putting them in together with food and treats which my doe laps up the boy is too scared to eat .
They’ve been in an hour each time and we’ve had 4 sessions over 1.5 days .
The plan is to do this twice per day but I’m not sure if it’s too stressful for my little buck ?
He gets so frightened he just stays still but my doe comes up to him and licks him and puts her head down to the ground so the problem isn’t her .
The fact he’s honking makes me feel bad for him but is this a case of being cruel to be kind in the long run?
I had planned to wait at least 3 months until buck was neutered etc but the vet said the sooner it’s done the better .
I have a pen in neutral territory and I’ve been popping them in there .
My doe has actually been very sweet and appears more than comfortable - grooming herself , flopping and eating .
She sniffs and licks the buck with an attempt at humping .
The baby buck however , is very scared and he honks and runs whenever she comes near him . He jumps out of the pen in panic and sits shaking and doesn’t move .
So far we’ve been putting them in together with food and treats which my doe laps up the boy is too scared to eat .
They’ve been in an hour each time and we’ve had 4 sessions over 1.5 days .
The plan is to do this twice per day but I’m not sure if it’s too stressful for my little buck ?
He gets so frightened he just stays still but my doe comes up to him and licks him and puts her head down to the ground so the problem isn’t her .
The fact he’s honking makes me feel bad for him but is this a case of being cruel to be kind in the long run?