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Mama Doe
This is my 3rd time bonding five rabbits. Once again, it is just introducing one into a pre-existing quad.
Since losing Elphie, her group has been a little off. We're all devastated by her loss - Morningstar and Yuki especially. Which means there's a new Wayward Bun on the scene.
Once more, I want to document their progress as best I can.
New girl is the lovely, but overweight, largish lop, Fabala Boo Hoppy-Lou. We picked her up yesterday. and let her have a day to settle. Once she has settled a little better and bonded better I'll introduce her properly. I feel like - now - this will be a fairly quick and smooth bond.
The Bunnies
Morningstar - Approx 6 year old blind blue crossbreed with white markings.
Yuki Winter - approx 4 year old white/agouti crossbreed, with a known lop fetish.
Niji Taco - approx 3 year old sable agouti nethie cross (probably!)
Enfys Blueberry-Muffin - approx 2.5 year old opal otter mini lop. Known to be nervous.
Fabala Boo Hoppy-Lou - approx 4 year old overweight chocolate(?) point largish lop. Overweight and short-sighted; scans a lot.
Day One - start - 2pm
The beginning was very scrappy, but mostly between the pre-existing buns. Fabala mostly hid in a corner and kept out of the way. As always, it was Yuki and Morning being the troublemakers. Over the past few hours, things have calmed down. Lots of eating and laying down in various permutations. Was getting a little worried about Fabala not eating, but she's had a nibble on some stuff now. There's been no grooming, but we have had a brief DBF from Enfys. Surprisingly, Yuki hasn't paid much attention to Fabala - it's the first lop he hasn't immediately fallen into giving her lots of love. However, when he hasn't been trying to show his dominance to Morning, he has been eating.
Fabala seems very quiet and submissive. I think she'll slot in well, but I'm hoping to see some more cuddling up and grooming of various rabbits soon. Especially seeing Fabala actually interact with some of the others. Still, I guess I can be relatively happy with progress so far.
Since losing Elphie, her group has been a little off. We're all devastated by her loss - Morningstar and Yuki especially. Which means there's a new Wayward Bun on the scene.
Once more, I want to document their progress as best I can.
New girl is the lovely, but overweight, largish lop, Fabala Boo Hoppy-Lou. We picked her up yesterday. and let her have a day to settle. Once she has settled a little better and bonded better I'll introduce her properly. I feel like - now - this will be a fairly quick and smooth bond.
The Bunnies
Morningstar - Approx 6 year old blind blue crossbreed with white markings.
Yuki Winter - approx 4 year old white/agouti crossbreed, with a known lop fetish.
Niji Taco - approx 3 year old sable agouti nethie cross (probably!)
Enfys Blueberry-Muffin - approx 2.5 year old opal otter mini lop. Known to be nervous.
Fabala Boo Hoppy-Lou - approx 4 year old overweight chocolate(?) point largish lop. Overweight and short-sighted; scans a lot.
Day One - start - 2pm
The beginning was very scrappy, but mostly between the pre-existing buns. Fabala mostly hid in a corner and kept out of the way. As always, it was Yuki and Morning being the troublemakers. Over the past few hours, things have calmed down. Lots of eating and laying down in various permutations. Was getting a little worried about Fabala not eating, but she's had a nibble on some stuff now. There's been no grooming, but we have had a brief DBF from Enfys. Surprisingly, Yuki hasn't paid much attention to Fabala - it's the first lop he hasn't immediately fallen into giving her lots of love. However, when he hasn't been trying to show his dominance to Morning, he has been eating.
Fabala seems very quiet and submissive. I think she'll slot in well, but I'm hoping to see some more cuddling up and grooming of various rabbits soon. Especially seeing Fabala actually interact with some of the others. Still, I guess I can be relatively happy with progress so far.