Bedtime temper tantrums

[samiboo]

My bunny zoo-zoo sleeps right next to me in every night. no problem i’m fine she’s fine we cuddle and have a grand old time BUT since my boyfriend has come to visit and we are thinking of living together in Chicago (yay me)  and the other night me and zola were laying in bed like normal. Hector walks in, gets undress and trys to lay down but zoo-zoo snarls and stomps her foot and won’t let him into bed. i put her on the floor and remove her steps (she’s only about 2lbs and my bed is high) but she throws a fit stomping around snarling everything. i throw her, her favorite kola squeaky toy nothing changes. she usually loves hector but doesn’t like the idea of sharing with him.

She also throws a fit when me and hector are snuggling and watching movies

So how do i get her to bond with hector and get her to like him?

P.S she’s a rescue from neglect and unsuitable conditions so she’s naturally a Witch,

[Stickerbunny]

It sounds like she’s territorial about the bed, it’s HER sleeping spot and she’s fine sharing it with you, you’re her person… but he isn’t there yet. Try letting him feed her and give her treats for a little while and when he’s not over, sleep with one of his worn shirts to keep his scent in your bed. You MAY have her mark your bed though if you try that, in a territorial response. But, it will help her get used to his scent being there.

Powder, my male, doesn’t get aggressive but if I am in the floor where he can reach and snuggling the boyfriend Powder will take his head and push it between us to make us make room for him too. lol They can be a little territorial/possessive sometimes.

[LBJ10]

Leopold will throw temper tantrums, but it sounds like your bun throws a doozy. I agree with Stickerbunny, it sounds like a territorial response. Is she spayed?

[kinggoblin]

My bunny gets territorial but not as bad as he use to. He use to charge at my fiance and try to herd him if he tried coming in the living room but my fiance would just rub his head and that just made Goblin mad and he would shake his head and run away and put his back to my fiance and ignore him. He has finally given up this habit though.

Maybe have your boyfriend pet her and give her treats more?

[samiboo]

yeah she’s spayed, and i do wear his hoodie everywhere and she’s gotten over the whole must pee on human, bed, toys, cats everything childish bit. he does feed her and cuddle with her it’s just when i’m around he’s not aloud to be xD
she’s my little witch what can i say.

[LBJ10]

Maybe it isn’t the bed necessarily, maybe it is you. Maybe she is claiming you as hers.

[Princess*Smudge]

I had a similar problem with my bun when my fiance and I first moved in together. She would come up on the couch for pets and cuddles at night (it was part of our routine) and if he sat down next to me or moved closer to me she would grunt and try to box at him, even charge him and get really agitated until he moved far enough away. She didn’t mind him anywhere else except on the couch next to me. So to try and associate the couch with both of us and “good” things my fiance would get a treat and sit down on “his side” of the couch and entice her over for a treat and a quick pet, I would use the ignore tactic until she had taken the treat and was okay with him being on the couch as well, then she was welcome to come back to me for cuddles and such. Eventually she started to expect this as part of her routine and would even start getting excited as he came into the room because she knew she’d be getting a treat once he sat down. It took a couple weeks for her to understand the pattern but it really helped. Eventually she became even more of a diva and started demanding that we both be petting her during couch time AT ALL TIMES!! Anyway that’s what worked for us! Good Luck, I hope you guys find something that works!! They can be such stubborn little creatures…

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