Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I have just put Fuzzy and Summer together for the first time and it didn't go well Fuzzy is the male bunny we took in a few weeks ago who was so badly matted. And Summer is an older female who has been on her own since loosing her partner in August.
Fuzzy was such a friendly and tolerant bunny when I was brushing and cutting his matts out for hours on end but has now decided he has a good set of teeth and is going to use them. He wasn't really aggressive towards Summer in the normal sense but was humping her and biting her back at the same time. Summer tolerated this quite well to start with but understandably got a bit miffed with it. When her warning grunts were ignored she went for him and a fight developed. Not wanting anyone hurt I waded in without thinking and ended up with Fuzzy hanging from my finger :roll: When will I ever learn :lol:.
Now Summer wont let him near her and if I put them next to each other Fuzzy just turns to bite her and if I go to move him he has his teeth angled towards me too. His body language isn't at all aggressive just his teeth.
After an hour I have seperated them as they both seemed stressed. The thing is I don't know what to do now. Summer is an old lady and I don't want her upset, but she has been really down being on her own for so long. We have tried so many times to get her an old male companion but it has never worked out for different reasons. If her and fuzzy aren't to be it seems likely she will stay alone for the forseable future.
Also with Fuzzy, do we get him a different wife? He will obviously be the same with her and I can't see her putting up with it. With 34 rabbits we cannot end up with 2 more seperate bunnies. But at the same time I don't want Fuzzy living alone for the rest of his life :?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have bonded so many bunnies but these two are causing me such a worry. The fact that I still feel really ill isn't helping but I'm sure that hasn't affected the bunnies behaviour.
Fuzzy was such a friendly and tolerant bunny when I was brushing and cutting his matts out for hours on end but has now decided he has a good set of teeth and is going to use them. He wasn't really aggressive towards Summer in the normal sense but was humping her and biting her back at the same time. Summer tolerated this quite well to start with but understandably got a bit miffed with it. When her warning grunts were ignored she went for him and a fight developed. Not wanting anyone hurt I waded in without thinking and ended up with Fuzzy hanging from my finger :roll: When will I ever learn :lol:.
Now Summer wont let him near her and if I put them next to each other Fuzzy just turns to bite her and if I go to move him he has his teeth angled towards me too. His body language isn't at all aggressive just his teeth.
After an hour I have seperated them as they both seemed stressed. The thing is I don't know what to do now. Summer is an old lady and I don't want her upset, but she has been really down being on her own for so long. We have tried so many times to get her an old male companion but it has never worked out for different reasons. If her and fuzzy aren't to be it seems likely she will stay alone for the forseable future.
Also with Fuzzy, do we get him a different wife? He will obviously be the same with her and I can't see her putting up with it. With 34 rabbits we cannot end up with 2 more seperate bunnies. But at the same time I don't want Fuzzy living alone for the rest of his life :?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have bonded so many bunnies but these two are causing me such a worry. The fact that I still feel really ill isn't helping but I'm sure that hasn't affected the bunnies behaviour.
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