That's very true, MadMax, she seems to be very happy to be in their company and hopefully the love can grow between them. We give as much loves as possible to her and she has a fluffy bunny hot water bottle for overnight to snuggle into but it's easy to see she's craving bun attention.
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement We all appreciate it!
We've all managed to get a good nights rest, thank you Zoobec. We all needed it and all buns demolished their breakfasts this morning so that's hopefully set us up for a good day.
This morning there has been immense progress between the girls. No aggression at all and Bloo is sticking to Molly for protection from Pumpkin.
Yesterday Molly wouldn't let Bloo use the toilet and today she's fine with it, even sits by her cleaning whilst she's in the toilet. Can't quite believe how good Molly is being today and there's absolutely no logic to it :roll:
Pumpkin has been challenging Bloo by charging her and he's has pulled her fur a few times. Bloo runs away still and has stopped hiding in the corner but Pumpkin does seem more unpredictable today.
:lol: of course, silly me for trying to work out my lady's mind!
Molly seems to be a little braver in herself around Bloo, she's been climbing furniture this afternoon which is completely new.
Pumpkin had a bit of a crazy moment earlier, he nibbled Bloo's ear and she didn't react but kept on eating hay so he nose poked her side and again she ignored him. This seemed to annoy him so he full on charged at her grunting but it was much more aggressive than usual. She ran, he was distracted by Molly and then aggressively humped her instead. He is just so odd. Clearly he is adamant he will be dominant bun but no one is giving him any reason to believe otherwise so I don't understand when he will realise that and feel secure enough to stop the aggression.
I took him away from it all after his mad moment, he chilled out and the girls snoozed together. When I reintroduced him he flopped by Bloo :?
Molly is lovely. I wouldnt let her near flower shop flowers (if they are from a shop) in case they are treated with any kind of chemicals.
Your bond seems to be progressing nicely.
Just a little update:
This is by far the most exhausting bond I've ever been a part of. They're still not at the point where they can be left unsupervised which is obviously quite difficult but we're persevering nonetheless.
Pumpkin & Molly seem to take in turns to act crazy. We can go a few days with all peace and love then out of nowhere one will charge at Bloo and pull her fur.
Molly doesn't let Bloo outside so they have to take it in turns. The other day Bloo snook out though and they got into a rough tussle. Both came away with a bite wound - not bad enough to require a trip to the vets. This left them both nervous for a few days after and that's where we're at now!
A few things I've found helpful:
Might just be my buns but being told off/pushed away DOES NOT work once they get tense. It only serves to heighten the tension. Instead I will stroke them and talk soothingly whilst throwing in a few random giggles to really baffle them. Laughing usually makes pumpkin binky too.
We buy soreen bread which they're all obsessed with. We keep it nearby and rustle the wrapper which immediately distracts them from any tension.
If we scritch their bums just above the tail it makes them clean vigorously. In order to calm things and encourage niceness, I'll scritch them whilst the other bun is in front of them which then makes them clean the other bun's face. This settles other bun and usually ends with them giving a reciprocal clean afterwards.
We're still not entirely sure this bond will work and will probably give it a little bit longer.