introduction of two pairs
The new pair has been here now for a week stuck in there enclosure , it was making my chest bad every time i went in there, and they had been fighting between themselves aswell so i decided to do the introductions today!
I put them both at opposite end of a double room neither had been in before .
For the first couple of minutes all rabbits Ignored each other , then eric (original male) charged straight over to the new pairs carrier . there was a lot of chasing. But not very much nipping , then the hair started to go flying. My little eric was leaving his poo droplets everywhere and scenting , starting most of the chasing trying to claim dominance.
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Coco (original female) did chase the new pair a few times aswell , neither of the new pair did any chasing. New female defended herself a few times but the new male ran from everything that came near.
So the pecking order is now Eric .. Coco.. New female.. New male. How bizzare?
Giving that my two originals are a lot younger and smaller i thought it may be the opposite way around
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After things started to cool down i put them all outside in the garden. Being that eric ruled the roost in the room and coco behind him , that in the garden it would be the same and i was right.
Chasing did start again with hardly any hair flying , i left them to get on with it.
Whilst i was in the house i put up a fence splitting the two pairs. Coco and the new male have spent most of their time in their own enclosures with eric and new female outside , everytime she gets too close to the fence he bites and scratches through the bars. At least the original pair have stopped fighting
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I will let them get used to being outside together for now and the new female will hopefully learn not to get to close to the bars . then i will remove the fence so that eric isnt getting frustrated and see how it goes.