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Forum BEHAVIOR Hammer and Rose teamed up to destroy me!

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    • BunnyLiz
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        They have both decided to hate me.   Im not sure what I did.  Niether will let me pet them, let alone look in my general direction, when Hammer used to give me kisses all the time.  Hammer thumps and thumps on his play times now.  Its a consistant every few minutes thing.  He is digging at me and the carpet.  Their are several bald patches in my room from pulling carpet.  He will make sure to nip at me about every day now too, he had nipped before his neuter but just for attention.  He has also taken up honking!  He honks when he thumps sometimes, other times he does it at me if he is to tired to thump i guess.  Last night when i turned out my light for bed he immediatly, within 2 seconds, honked and thumped up a storm.  I flipped on the light and ran to his pen, got him out in a flash and made sure he was okay.  It was the loudest honk ive ever heard, it sounded painful or maybe just extermely angry so i was really worried.  But he was fine and was clearly not pleased that i was holding him, he fought his way away from me back into his pen where he gave me the coldest look ever.  Rose is peeing outside of her litterbox.  Saving alot of her poops for my room during out time instead of her litterbox, but many are in her cage, not even the litterbox.  She too is digging and pulling carpet.  She thumps too, but she was always a thumper, however she does it more now then before.  Still not as much as Hammer is now though.  She is chewing everything, shoes, blankets, remote, purse, clothes in hamper, school books.  Im so mad about the school books, that will cost me alot because my school wont take them.  Thank goodness she hasnt been able to find a cord yet.  I know you are thinking why i would leave all this stuff out and not think.  But it was NEVER an issue.  The remote was my fault, because they did nibble on that before.  But everything else was always left out and was never given a second glance by the bunnies before.  Neither has had a huge binky or flop in maybe 2 weeks.  And Rose is huge on binkys and a champion flopper.  Hammer is skilled in bunny 500s but i havent seen any.  They arent the same at all.  The only thing i could think of that is wrong is maybe because i havent been home on a weekend in a month at all.  Ive had lots of stuff going on, trips and family stuff and school stuff. Ive missed a few weekdays too because of trips, but only three and not back to back.  On weekdays they still get there time out, however now most of the time its cut short due to them being bad and getting sent to their pens.  I try to just correct them without grounding them to their pens but if ive got a paper or whatever i cant stop to go fish a bun out from behind my bed or refold the laudry they just dug and carried around the room every 5 minutes.  Could my absence on weekends lately be the problem in all this?  Gosh i hope not, i cant fix that.  Im not out with friends, im busy and cant help it.  I wont be home this weekend either.  But do you guys think thats the problem?  They seem to be rebelling.


      • BunnyLiz
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          Last night I got a few kisses from Hammer and Rose did one little binky. Its progress from the usual lately. But i still got thumped at and nipped.


        • bunnytowne
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            Is your not being home at certain times a new schedule for y’all.  If so that could be it.  Both being spneutered  I can’t think of anything else either.

            I am sure they will adjust to your schedule.  Sounds like they missed you and are miffed.  Buns can sure be something else. I tell you.   You just never know what they are going to do next.


          • MooBunnay
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              Are you more busy recently than you usually are? If so, their change in behavior toward you could be a result of your change in behavior towards them. If you are getting stressed and exasperated with them, they may be able to sense that and are getting upset.

              If they are not getting regular exercise, that can definitely also contribute to the problem. My bunnies bad habits usually act up if I have not given them enough exercise time. Do you have an ex-pen? This would be perfect for you to use because they can run around in the pen but won’t end up behind the bed or in all those other places that a bunny can squeeze into!


            • BunnyLiz
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                Yea ive been busier lately. Just on weekends mainly though, im not home on weekends now. And yes im definitely getting mad at them, though of course i havent yelled or anything. Just having to use my “naughty bunny” tone of voice more often. But good point, they can probably pick up my mood and know im upset with them and take it to heart. Ive been extra stressed lately too, so now this does sort of make sense. They may be stressed and upset because im giving off stressed and upset vibes. Im sorry babies!!! Ill admit they havent gotten as much play time, they used to get about 4, lately its been about 3 hours a peice. But I still consider that an acceptable amount of time. Their cages are 2 grids wide, 3 grids long and 2 grids high with a 1×2 grid shelf. There is two of those. They will be getting a large 4×10 grid pen type set-up when they are bonded and space is available. As of now their cages are as big as can be. I call ‘my’ room their room now because im surrounded with pellets, hay, rugs, blankets, nic cages round my few things that are still in there lol. They are very kind to allow me to sleep in their room. But soon they can have the rest of my room, because unfortunately my rat is on her last leg, when she passes the bunnies will have a lot more room.


              • Beka27
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                  Are they further along in the bonding than you realize? Could it be that they are wanting to be together and they’re frustrated b/c they are not?


                • BunnyLiz
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                    Im not sure, i guess it could be that they want to be together and are upset that they werent. Hard to say because im confused with their relationship a bit. I guess I need to update my bonding thread. I cant figure out who is boss so im just confused. But they dont really fight anymore and will lay side by side in their pens all the time.


                  • Beka27
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                      I see, is there a reason then that you’re not “biting the bullet” and trying them together in one pen overnight? If nothing else, at least when you were not home, they’d have each other for company.

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                  Forum BEHAVIOR Hammer and Rose teamed up to destroy me!