Plus Pudd

[Zombie-Sue]

Some of you may have heard of the incident at the shelter where I had to adopt a forth rabbit to get the 10% discount on a new carrier. I spent $50 on a bun (+ a voluntary donation of $25) and saved $3.60 on the carrier. I’d say I came out ahead. So. enter Pudd.

This is a trio + newcomer bonding diary. I’ll try to lay off the detail for this one. Last time I was super detailed which I think made it boring for other people but it was really helpful for me LOL.

Rabbit guide:

Tank: All black, 7 – 8 pounds. Male, 7~8 years old

Scully: All black, 6.5 pounds. Female. 1.5 years

Mulder: All black, 6 pounds. Male 1.5 years

Pudd: Otter, 3.5 pounds. Male. ~4 years

The trio creation: (please don’t post in it, it’s now an “old thread” https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/127885/Default.aspx ]

Session 1
20 minutes

Wasn’t really a session, I was just trying to figure out how I should go about this. I picked up Scully, because she is the most laid back and submissive rabbit and put her, and just her, in the tub with Pudd.

Pudd immediately began trying to mount her, this lead to a lot of circling, which progressed into fighting. I yelled and sprayed. Poor Pudd was always in the way every time, even when I was aiming for Scully lol. I never had to separate them physically, a little fur was pulled.

They did the nose-to-nose thing several times. Scully just didn’t seem to want to accept Pudd as her newest boss for the first, I don’t know, like 5 minutes. They both demanded grooms.

After breaking up another fight they sort of stared at each other tensely for a long time, so I petted both of them to calm the situation for a little while, then sat back again. Scully lost and groomed Pudd. Sorry, Scully, it looks like you’re going to be #4 out of 4 just like I thought. I ended it after a little while of this. Good note.

Besides that I learned……… not a whole lot, as MD would say I really need to see all of them together LOL. I have a feeling that this will be a slightly more difficult bond than the last one. I think I might try to go for a drive with the three boys for their first introduction because I have a feeling that Tank/Pudd might be the hardest match. 

But now Scully smells like him and was able to act as his ambassador. I also put the towel I used in the tub in the trio’s cage so they can get used to him summore.

Pictures: (check it out I don’t even have to label them)

[Zombie-Sue]

2nd session

About an hour duration

Hope you’re ready to be slammed with pics lol

Put all 4 in a laundry basket and went for a quick trip down the street so my husband could buy me yarn, thereby killing 2 birds with one stone.

There was 0 interest in fighting. None whatsoever. They were pretty afraid, lol. As you can see, there was hardly any ROOM to fight…

Which didn’t seem to bother them one bit because they all wanted to huddle as close together as possible. In fact, they usually stood/laid directly on top of Tank.

The stress bonding turned out to be way longer than I meant it too (like the first half hour–sorry bunnies ._.) and then I put them in the tub for another half hour. They all behaved pretty comfortably with one another. There was no fighting or humping whatsoever. Probably as a result of the car ride they all huddled like this for a while:

And then they dispersed to explore and it seemed like Mulder instantly fell in love with Pudd and hopped right over to groom him after a short while. And he really went to town. He wanted Pudd to get CLEAN.

Perhaps my earlier predictions were wrong. Maybe this will be a lot easier than the trio!

Is this the beginning of a happy bun bun family? Kinda looks that way!

[Sarita]

LOL – how do you tell them apart :~)

[Zombie-Sue]

LOL, people ask me that all the time.

Tank is the largest. It can still be tough to tell when it’s dark, but he has a really round, commercial body. And he never stops shedding x.x

Pudd is, of course, really small and he has tan on the back of his neck. There’s no mistaking him for the other three.

Mulder and Scully are difficult to tell apart quickly. They have different personalities, but for when I need to be certain right now, if you squint hard at the last picture you’ll see a tiny mark in Mulder’s ear that I made with a sharpie… lol

[MoveDiagonally]

Sue… Is there a reason that you need to have all the black bunnies? Leave some for the rest of us. Geez.

Looks like things are going good so far.

[Deleted User]

Your pic’s are amazing (detailed) and so funny! Agreed – bargain! Spend $75 to save $3.60? BONUS!

[LopLove]

lol, AndHenry. XD

Sue: Somehow, it makes me really happy that you marked one of your buns to tell the difference between them. XD I love this thread! Can’t wait to see the rest of the bonding progress!

[calipa_st]

I had to come and look at these pictures, oh my gosh I love how they piled on top of the old man Tank…poor guy!

are they close to all being bonded?

[Zombie-Sue]

No, I put it on hold to solve Tank’s litterbox problems and take care of his arthritis. I think I’ve gotten it under control now and am ready to pick it up again haha. It took a little longer to get sorted than I thought.

[Beka27]

Such a cute group!!! Best $3.60 you ever saved, huh?! :o)

Looks like it should go pretty easy for you. It seems that once you get to higher numbers (4+), bonding gets a little easier.

[kcomstoc]

LOL omg that is awesome about the new bunny and about the saving $3.60 I was thinking the same thing as MD you’re taking all the black bunnies lol they are all adorable. but now you have to update your signature. Also I’m glad you’re doing a bonding thread I have to brave the adventure soon

[kcomstoc]

LOL omg that is awesome about the new bunny and about the saving $3.60 I was thinking the same thing as MD you’re taking all the black bunnies lol they are all adorable. but now you have to update your signature. Also I’m glad you’re doing a bonding thread I have to brave the adventure soon

[LongEaredLions]

Getting an extra bun AND saving $3.60? It’s like black Friday!

[Zombie-Sue]

Waaaaah I’m tired today!

But anyway, put them all back in the tub for about two hours and was really bored (therefore, good session.)

There were two fights (that I broke with yelling) and I am certain in one instance and I suspect in the other that Scully started both. Inexplicably, she is the only bun to have ever been aggressive toward Pudd, and she is the one I thought would get on with him the best. I can’t put my finger on why. She’s a relatively timid rabbit (in most situations, including when I was trio bonding and in her continued interactions with the other rabbits) and Pudd is more of a dominant personality. I guess sometimes rabbits just might kind of rub eachother the wrong way. + 1 for same-gender rabbits getting along just fine, though, because the boys have never had any problems with Pudd.

All rabbits groomed Pudd, even Scully who was all but attacking him earlier, and Tank, who I have never ever seen grooming the other two ever. It’s gonna be tough to tell who’s top rabbit!

Maybe I’ll post pictures later. In any event, they’re ready to move into semi-neutral territory which means rebuilding their cage for me QQ their current set up absolutely will not work, it’s too small for 3 rabbits and would be SHAMEFUL for 4, even if they’re out during the day.

[kcomstoc]

that’s awesome except for Scully being a brat *wags finger at Scully*

[Zombie-Sue]

Here are the pictures I didn’t add earlier

This one wasn’t that great, I just put it up because it’s such a great flop lol. Mulder especially loves to squirm between all of  them and a wall and then just do a barrel roll. He really tosses his whole body into it until he’s achieved the desired position.

And this was such a good line-up, but I wish I could have gotten a better picture of it too. Isn’t it nice when they’re all getting along? (:

[Zombie-Sue]

Moved into semi-neutral territory. Scully is alternating between being genuinely nasty to poor Pudd and grooming him. I feel sorry for him, he’s huddled up in one corner the entire session so far. About 25 minutes in.

[kcomstoc]

Awes poor Pudd if you get a chance have you been reading Caleb’s thread? Caleb kind of does the same thing with Gamgee they will flop next to each other and I think everything is fine and then for some reason Caleb ruins it and then they start chasing each other and Caleb will pull out some of Gamgee’s fur I feel for you I hope it gets better us bonding people gotta stick together to prepare ourselves for after they are bonded and start planning our downfall

[Zombie-Sue]

Bad day today, he jumped out of the playpen into my husband’s arms to escape Scully who’s continued to be aggressive.

For the first several moments we just had the three boys in the pen, and everything was fine. Then I added Scully and there was chasing and nipping on the part of all three of them.

I think I’ll go back to the tub. I suspect I may have lost some progress by not keeping up on it very well.

[calipa_st]

oh no! I hope some tub time helps :-/ doesn’t sound like scully is sharing the boys very well!

[kcomstoc]

awes I’m sorry things have taken a turn for the worse I hope things get better

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