Swissgreys
New Kit
A month ago we sadly had our old buck pts, leaving our 2 year old doe on her own.
Daisy has been ok (she saw the body and accepted he was gone) but she clearly misses having another rabbit around.
Daisy is very affectionate and spent hours grooming her previous partner.
But I live in Switzerland, and is is almost impossible to find a single male here.
So after searching for weeks, yesterday was the big day when Daisy got to meet Chico - a three year old, castrated ex-breeder bun.
We took Daisy with us and she and Chico were introduced on neutral territory at the breeders.
Initial signs were excellent - some humping (from both) but also some mutual grooming, and no major chasing.
They were together for a couple of hours in the bonding pen and then traveled home together (90 mins) in the same carrier.
Once we got home we put the carrier into a large neutral pen on the grass in the back garden.
Things were ok for about 20 mins and then Daisy got quite aggressive and 'attacked' Chico - there was lots of fur flying but no injuries.
We broke the fight up by shouting at them (so they were't locked together in any way).
At that point we caught them both and moved them to a smaller pen in a neutral area thinking the sudden increase in space might have been an issue.
At this point Daisy became super aggressive and was really going for Chico - naturally we separated them immediately.
We put them both in the garage (another neutral location) in small separate pens next to each other overnight.
Daisy is fascinated by Chico and I can't decide if she is being aggressive or excited when she sees him.
Chico seems very nervous.
I am desperate to make this work, and can take it as slowly as needed, but now they have fought is there any chance Daisy will calm down and accept Chico, or should we return him and start over with a different rabbit?
Any help, advice or insight would be really appreciated.
This Forum got me through my last rabbit bonding so I am hoping we can do it again.
Daisy has been ok (she saw the body and accepted he was gone) but she clearly misses having another rabbit around.
Daisy is very affectionate and spent hours grooming her previous partner.
But I live in Switzerland, and is is almost impossible to find a single male here.
So after searching for weeks, yesterday was the big day when Daisy got to meet Chico - a three year old, castrated ex-breeder bun.
We took Daisy with us and she and Chico were introduced on neutral territory at the breeders.
Initial signs were excellent - some humping (from both) but also some mutual grooming, and no major chasing.
They were together for a couple of hours in the bonding pen and then traveled home together (90 mins) in the same carrier.
Once we got home we put the carrier into a large neutral pen on the grass in the back garden.
Things were ok for about 20 mins and then Daisy got quite aggressive and 'attacked' Chico - there was lots of fur flying but no injuries.
We broke the fight up by shouting at them (so they were't locked together in any way).
At that point we caught them both and moved them to a smaller pen in a neutral area thinking the sudden increase in space might have been an issue.
At this point Daisy became super aggressive and was really going for Chico - naturally we separated them immediately.
We put them both in the garage (another neutral location) in small separate pens next to each other overnight.
Daisy is fascinated by Chico and I can't decide if she is being aggressive or excited when she sees him.
Chico seems very nervous.
I am desperate to make this work, and can take it as slowly as needed, but now they have fought is there any chance Daisy will calm down and accept Chico, or should we return him and start over with a different rabbit?
Any help, advice or insight would be really appreciated.
This Forum got me through my last rabbit bonding so I am hoping we can do it again.