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Mama Doe
sure I have read on here in the past that thats ok Its got to be a good sign that there is no fighting
Sweetie said:Hi Everyone.
I notice that Cheryl has said that the sex doesnt matter, ie male/male, female/female or the more common male/female.
What are everyone elses thoughts about this?
The general idea I have from people on this forum as a whole is that male/female are the easiest and most successful
Thanks Guys
xx
melaniejb said:Wow! That was quick!
Thank you for your reply! I don't know how the rescue centre is doing it but when we went to visit them they seemed very experienced and caring so I'm sure that it will be done in the best way possible. I just hope and pray that they like each other... :?
i will keep the site updated!
Melanie
melaniejb said:We are getting them from the heathlands one at royston in Hertfordshire. It's quite a long way away (about 1.5 hours in the car each way) but we really wanted to rehome rabbits rather than buy them from a pet shop/breeder. we also wanted a lop and couldnt find any to rehome in london. i was quite surprised when we were looking for rabbits that there are so few rescue places in london.
lucyj said:Got 2 Dutch sisters, took them for vaccinations, turned out to be 2 dutch brothers! Vet said take back in 2 wks for neutering. After 1 week came home to find harly with big cut on head, had been fighting. Reintoduced them in garden 2 wks after neutering, fighting again (quite viscious) had to be seperated. Now 5 wks since neutering. Reintroduced a couple of days ago. Spent about 30 mins fighting/playing - not nearly as viscious as before (or would have split them up), jumping on one another and pulling fur, but then seperating for a while, then starting again. My partner said this was probably them just getting used to one another again and finding out who was boss. I've let them out together in garden twice since and seem to be pretty much stayin at opposite ends of garden, away from 1 another. Took them into house together last night. Harly seems scared of Honey. Tried to keep away, kept running/moving away frm him. Seemed to me like other one jst wanted to play, but I wasnt sure, but then they came nose to nose, had a sniff, and Honey scraped the ground with his front paws and sprayed some urine backwards. Is this aggresive behaviour? At times Harly thumped his back feet on the floor quite hard. I am hoping to reintroduce them to share a hutch and run (they did before the first fight). Ideally I want to perservere in getting them together,as I think it'll be better for them as they do seem lonely without the other. Harly has seemed bored the last couple of weeks, and very quiet compared to usual, but I don't want to stress Harly out by forcing them together if he is going to be unhappy with this. I kept Harly in the hutch and run that they are hopefully both to live in, as he is the less dominant one, but I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing. Someone told me I should now swap them over so scents get mingled, did that last night and Honey immediatly started digging and scrabling where Harly used as his toilet corner, even though I had disinfected it, as if he was desperate to get to the scent. Harly was more laid back and just kind of sniffed everything. I am hoping that if I kept putting them together and letting them spend time together they would get used to one another, but others on the forum have said that maybe it's too late to bond as they have already fought, and maybe Harly will be bullied and will not be able to develop his personality properly? Please help any advice would be appreciated??If they can't get on I will have to consider rehoming 1 and then the other will be by themselves and I work so will probably get lonely, and I really don't want to have to give 1 away as I love them both. I've never kept rabbits before so I don't know what they/re doing means and what I should do to encourage them.
melaniejb said:When we were searching on rabbitrehome for rabbits in london, there were so few posted hence we went further afield.