Hi,
We got 2 rabbits in December, believed to be around 2 months old and 2 girls.
We bonded them and they lived in the same cage, groomed each other, ate together etc. Successfully. We noticed regular humping but assumed, after some research, that they were just sorting out who was boss.
Around 2 weeks ago, we noticed one was nesting…decided to double check they were actually 2 girls and discovered that one was in fact a boy (we asked them to triple check when we bought them as we knew we would put them in together).
Ruby is around 3 times smaller than Rex (the boy) and we guess they are now about 7.5months, so would have been 6 months when they bred. Ruby birthed 4 deformed rabbits, all dead…which was very distressing for our children but thankfully she survived.
We have since split them up…Rex is free to roam in the room as he’s very good at using the toilet and not chewing things; and ruby is in the room but in a floor level cage, so they go nose to nose and often lie back to back but they can’t mate.
We live in France and it will cost us over 400€ to get them both sorted out, which isn’t something we can afford.
We need to put them up for adoption but wonder if we can separate them at this stage? Given they’ve not been in the same cage for over 2 weeks already? Or should they really be kept together and ensure that whoever takes them knows they need to be sterilized?
It was a really stressful time as we were worried she wouldn’t survive, but our children have been a little traumatized by it all and we don’t feel it’s fair to keep them.
Thanks in advance for any help!
We got 2 rabbits in December, believed to be around 2 months old and 2 girls.
We bonded them and they lived in the same cage, groomed each other, ate together etc. Successfully. We noticed regular humping but assumed, after some research, that they were just sorting out who was boss.
Around 2 weeks ago, we noticed one was nesting…decided to double check they were actually 2 girls and discovered that one was in fact a boy (we asked them to triple check when we bought them as we knew we would put them in together).
Ruby is around 3 times smaller than Rex (the boy) and we guess they are now about 7.5months, so would have been 6 months when they bred. Ruby birthed 4 deformed rabbits, all dead…which was very distressing for our children but thankfully she survived.
We have since split them up…Rex is free to roam in the room as he’s very good at using the toilet and not chewing things; and ruby is in the room but in a floor level cage, so they go nose to nose and often lie back to back but they can’t mate.
We live in France and it will cost us over 400€ to get them both sorted out, which isn’t something we can afford.
We need to put them up for adoption but wonder if we can separate them at this stage? Given they’ve not been in the same cage for over 2 weeks already? Or should they really be kept together and ensure that whoever takes them knows they need to be sterilized?
It was a really stressful time as we were worried she wouldn’t survive, but our children have been a little traumatized by it all and we don’t feel it’s fair to keep them.
Thanks in advance for any help!
