Dinolauren
New Kit
Hi everyone!
I’ve been bonding my male/female pair of bunnies for about 2 weeks now. They’ve spent multiple occasions together for short bursts and that went so well (no fighting) that today and a couple of days ago they stayed together in a neutral area for several hours at a time. We had slight nipping by the male every now and again, the male dominantly grooming and one occasion of chasing but most of the time they either ignored each other, sat next to each other or played with the toys I put in the cage. today I fed them together. I fed them with their usual bowls that they eat in and they both allowed each other to share the bowls. They both had their heads in one bowl together with no sign of aggression at all just happy eating. In fact the male moved from eating in his separate bowl to eat with the female in her bowl. Is this a good sign?
I’m trying to work out when would be good to keep them together supervised for good. I don’t want to hinder the process by constantly putting them together and separating them. (They’re in adjasant cages) But I also don’t want to jump into anything in case it causes issues. One thing I am wondering about is the male is grooming the female (when she allows it) most of the time she runs away and when he grooms her he is being quite hard in pushing into her side and under her belly to groom. Is this normal behaviour? No mounting has happened yet and she has not yet groomed him.
Thanks for your help.
I’ve been bonding my male/female pair of bunnies for about 2 weeks now. They’ve spent multiple occasions together for short bursts and that went so well (no fighting) that today and a couple of days ago they stayed together in a neutral area for several hours at a time. We had slight nipping by the male every now and again, the male dominantly grooming and one occasion of chasing but most of the time they either ignored each other, sat next to each other or played with the toys I put in the cage. today I fed them together. I fed them with their usual bowls that they eat in and they both allowed each other to share the bowls. They both had their heads in one bowl together with no sign of aggression at all just happy eating. In fact the male moved from eating in his separate bowl to eat with the female in her bowl. Is this a good sign?
I’m trying to work out when would be good to keep them together supervised for good. I don’t want to hinder the process by constantly putting them together and separating them. (They’re in adjasant cages) But I also don’t want to jump into anything in case it causes issues. One thing I am wondering about is the male is grooming the female (when she allows it) most of the time she runs away and when he grooms her he is being quite hard in pushing into her side and under her belly to groom. Is this normal behaviour? No mounting has happened yet and she has not yet groomed him.
Thanks for your help.