foleyrabbits
New Kit
Morning Everyone,
New user here looking for some advice on our particular predicament. I've watched some videos on bonding rabbits but feel there are a few specific variables that I cant seem to answer. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible.
We originally had two mini lop x bunnies born may 24' which were bonded and have always gotten on. Both male and female have been neutered but not quite early enough and so we ended up with 7 lovely babies born October 24'. 6 have now gone leaving us one male which we'd like to keep (not yet neutered).
Our aim is to bond the younger male to the bonded male and female but it's proving problematic. Bonded pair are currently living together in a hutch and run in the garden and they are given free range of our garden during most of the day as my wife works from home. The younger male also has his own hutch and run in the garden but is chased by the female in particular if let out, she obviously sees this as her territory.
If we bring all three indoors (an environment they're rarely in) they get on well and eat together and groom each other etc. My question is what should my next step be? We've put their runs together and feed them either side of their runs regularly but as soon as we let the younger rabbit out with space he's chased (we've only done this a couple of times in ignorance!).
Any help would be gratefully received as I'd like to have a plan in place to eventually join their two hutches into one super-hutch and allow them free rein of the garden together.
Thanks very much!
Keith
New user here looking for some advice on our particular predicament. I've watched some videos on bonding rabbits but feel there are a few specific variables that I cant seem to answer. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible.
We originally had two mini lop x bunnies born may 24' which were bonded and have always gotten on. Both male and female have been neutered but not quite early enough and so we ended up with 7 lovely babies born October 24'. 6 have now gone leaving us one male which we'd like to keep (not yet neutered).
Our aim is to bond the younger male to the bonded male and female but it's proving problematic. Bonded pair are currently living together in a hutch and run in the garden and they are given free range of our garden during most of the day as my wife works from home. The younger male also has his own hutch and run in the garden but is chased by the female in particular if let out, she obviously sees this as her territory.
If we bring all three indoors (an environment they're rarely in) they get on well and eat together and groom each other etc. My question is what should my next step be? We've put their runs together and feed them either side of their runs regularly but as soon as we let the younger rabbit out with space he's chased (we've only done this a couple of times in ignorance!).
Any help would be gratefully received as I'd like to have a plan in place to eventually join their two hutches into one super-hutch and allow them free rein of the garden together.
Thanks very much!
Keith