I’m trying to think of things that have changed that could have upset them but the only thing different now is that it’s very cold now and raining. Cold for me is in the 50’s …there have been raccoons in my backyard…I keep my windows open and It was staring at me through my window. It was so strange. This happened 2 nights ago. I have had a raccoon pee on my window before and the urine came into my room. (My house is on a hill and the back of the house, the downstairs…it is underground from being built into the hill so my windows are at ground level) Being a prey animal I know that is probably terrifying. We had a open house party and my mom put the dog food outside and WeeeeEeEE Raccoon party! So we have had a lot of guests, a lot of dog barking because let’s face it…my pomeranian is an out of control barker. He never stops.

It’s almost 4am I will lay down and think some more of what recent changes there have been. I can see how some recent things like the dogs constantly barking cuz of guests and the raccoons may be upsetting. Tonight will not be any better with trick-or-treaters. We won’t get too many at all since we live in the hills but…Wickett just needs to stop barking.

Lion is just finishing his molt. I posted a photo awhile ago, his fur on his face is almost now just done coming in. He had that huge square on his face. I will try just putting them in a clothes basket and petting them. Bagheera is the one on the attack. He get’s upset over the litterbox and will charge when Lion is in it, and also I bought them a cat bed…that is now Bagheeras and he wants no part of Lion being near it.

I have them separate now, but I did add another box and cleaned well, then let them be together – Bagheera still came charging up the ramp and jumped into the large box, Lion jumped out and started stamping his foot. Then Bagheera jumped out of the box, and Lion jumped in the box to get away from them. Bagheera’s tail was up in the air and he looked ready for battle. So I plunked Bagheera up and sat him on my lap for about an hour. He’s my only bun that is content to just sit there. I found a spot of hair missing with a little cut on it. I let Lion have access to all the levels and he went into Bagheera box and pooped it up and ate his hay. Bagheera didn’t seem to care. Maybe if I take out the large box and put in one that is just a 1 bunny box only? I don’t know…change it up…gahhh.

Yes everyone is neutered

Okay I will wipe it all down again and clean out the litter boxes, and exchange the huge one for a smaller one. Thanks all.

I have them out in the family room now, they are fine, even sat in the litterbox together. Probably because of the space though.

Okay I had them out in the family room for about 5 hours.

I did a really good clean with vinegar and switched everything around. I changed their bowls of water, added another water bottle and switched the ltiter boxes to smaller ones. Then I sprayed down the new cat bed with vinegar too just to make it smell funky.

Everything went great in the family room, well …I wish Bagheera would leave the litterbox. He just sits in it and watches Lion run around. I think tomorrow I will take it away and observe him because he should really exercise/play/explore. There was no agression when Lion would join him in the litterbox.

I put them both back in their new setup cage. Bagheera was very distracted and chinning everything and making lil poo’s around. Lion started grooming his feet, and then would stop abruptly when Bagheera came close. Lion backed himself into a corner and started thumping. Bagheera came over and asked for some grooms, but Lion was too terrified. Then Bagheera nipped at his head a few times, nothing serious just little nips. Lion then did an acrobatic move over the top of him and landed 4 feet away. Then they both sat in the litterbox together, a really small one. They were squished, Lion looking horrified. Lion jumped out back into his favorite corner. Bagheera then came over…he actually started grooming him. Lion was hunkered down still looking really scared. They seem to be a little better now, at least no fighting like before. I will let them be together tonight, if they fight it will wake me up and I can separate them. Looks good right now though, they are on the same level cage hanging out. I think cleaning well and changing up the cage really helped. *fingers crossed*

Nothing exciting happened at night. I am going to set them up to play in the family room. I am home sick today so they will have at least 12 hours out there if I set them up right now.

Holy Moly….Bagheera is actually out and about, inspecting the new igloo I got them and not sitting in the litterbox! This is the first time ever! I wonder what has been going on ….it has to be the dogs. The dogs have been upsetting all my rabbits lately. I have to figure out something, either block off the downstairs again from the dogs…which isn’t a bad idea at all considering they both sneak down here to pee and poop. I just stepped in dog pee upstairs too. The door is open for them to go in and out, they get upset when we leave to work and school. Wickett likes to poop in front of my brothers bedroom door because it’s closed and he wants to go into his bed and sleep, and Leia likes to poop in front of the garage door just because she can. Wickett also likes going into my bathroom and hiking his leg on the tub and getting my bath carpet. He’s 5…I have no clue what possess him to do things like this and Leia is just 1 year old so maybe we can forgive her, but really Wickett needs to stop with the rage poop in front of doors so people step on it all the time. Maybe this is bothering them since the boys are in an area where Leia likes to poop. They seem really relaxed together now, Lion is snoozing, and Bagheera inspecting things. They are so cute together I am so glad they aren’t fighting like they were. Hopefully we will have another good night again.

Do you think I should wipe their cage down again tonight with vinegar?

No kidding, about every 4 days we have something to clean up.

Bagheera really loves the igloo …being so shy I don’t know why I have never given him a hidey before. I think I need to buy another willow tent but it says it’s out till May? Although that sign was up since before this past May …I’ll send BB an email and see if she has them.

No kidding, about every 4 days we have something to clean up.

Bagheera really loves the igloo …being so shy I don’t know why I have never given him a hidey before. I think I need to buy another willow tent but it says it’s out till May? Although that sign was up since before this past May …I’ll send BB an email and see if she has them.

I dont know, we can teach him how to play dead, high five, roll over, crawl on the ground, etc etc but he still will slip up time to time.

Play time went well, I’m having an early night due to being sick so I put the boys back for the evening. Lion is currently flopped next to Bagheera. Looks good, no fighting.

No, my parents both work and my brother and I have school and work. That’s the problem My mom is a teacher and has the summer off, so the dogs get used to her being home and then have a hard time adjusting in the Fall. We call it “rage poop/rage pee” because they do it when they are frustrated and upset. Like if my mom leaves them to go to the barn, Wickett sometimes poops in front of the front door. So guess what, you come back home and step in it. Or if Leia can’t get into my brothers room to sleep with him because he shut that door, she will poop in front of it. TAKE THAT!!! Oh I’m upset mom left me again, let me go pee on the bathroom carpet, that will show her! The pom has a lot of anxiety about my mom leaving him, she used to beable to take him to the old barn and he got to play chase the lunge whip game, and now at this new barn he doesn’t get to go. Also, now the dog park is closed to the grass can grow + its muddy too…and also now my mom won’t take him on hikes in the state park because he got the foxtail up his nose. So now he just gets walks around the neighborhood and he’s mad. His little world is different and he shows us by rage poo’s I guess.

The Binks are doing great, Baheera was stinky binkin in one of the litterboxes at 5am and spinning around and binkin lol. They really like the igloo too. I am so happy they are together again and Lion isn’t scared. They were flopped together too. Very cute! I am so happy!

No, Leia is constantly mauling Wickett. He would be much happier alone with my mom. Leia is super high energy and twice his weight even though she is hardly bigger, she is just solid muscle. Wickett barks 100000 times more now that we have Leia. He stresses me out with all his barking, I can’t imagine how on edge he probably makes my rabbits at times. One weekend my parents and grandfather went to our cabin in the mountains and he brought his large hound dog mix with them. Apparently they never stopped barking all weekend and that is when it all started. Maybe it was some pack instinct but he really is different now. Leia is so bad we can’t have her out when we have guests over because she runs across them and tries to sit on their heads. She’s out of control and no one has time right now to take her to another dog class.

Yes more stinky binkin! Got the litterboxes all clean so it’s clean binkin for a few hours at least

Wickett is my mom’s dog…I got him for myself but he clung onto her because she actually was the one to potty train him and take him to puppy school. And Leia was supposed to be my brother’s girlfriends dog ….Sam turned out to be afraid of Leia…..so we kept her…and now she’s def my DAD’S dog! So when I say mom, it’s my mom too . My mom does play fetch with Wickett in the morning to try to wear him down a bit before she leaves to work and the barn. When I pop in from classes or since I’ve been home with a cold, the dogs really just nap all day, sometimes they play tug of war. It just gets really bad if my mom is outside washing the car or talking to the neighbors because Wickett can see her and he goes INSANE, he sounds like a bird stuck in cage or something…it’s so high pitch and frantic. We live on a court with only 3 homes and I’ll just get fed up and stomp outside and shove him into her arms or attach him up to the lunge line we have outside for a very long leash when she’s out there gardening or doing whatever. I can’t stand listening to him. You know what we need….that Victoria from “It’s me or the Dog!” Then not to forget my idiotic neighbors have a collie that they just ignore in their backyard. They do absolutely nothing with him, he isn’t allowed in their house and no one gives him any attention. So guess what he does all day and night.BARK. bark bark bark bark bark!!! bark bark!!! AHHHH. No wonder I’m so high strung all the time, it’s never quiet around here, then I go to school into the music department and well, it’s like a circus there too!!!

SIGH!!

They got into a huge fight last night and I had to seperate them. It looks like Lion bit Bagheera’s genitals and Bagheera’s mouth is bloody. Could they have gotten into it because I was gone for 2 days and they didn’t get their free time out in the family room? It looks like I have to bring Baggy to the vet after work today. Thank goodness they are open till midnight.

I’m going to do a vinegar clean all over the cage and then try to do some rebonding sessions to make sure they can get along again, that worked last time. what on earth can be setting off these fights???

Velvet’s not in my bedroom anymore, she hasn’t been in it for a week now.

I’ve had Lion and Bagheera bonded for about err 10 months now?? And 2 fights in 10 months. My best guess is that they didn’t get their free time since I had band tour. I really don’t know

Introduced the new grass hut into the situation. Stalemate…

Ohh this is just play time in the living room….it’s not a permanent setup. They live in the Indybun Mansion remember? It’s 6′ x 4′

I just put the hut there and Bagheera loves it.

Bagheera feels really safe in his potty box, and the hut in there got a binky! I think the problem is I need more hidey huts in their mansion???

6′ tall, 4′ long, 2′ deep

I just did last night after cleaning it in hopes another level would help and they haven’t been down there.

Can’t keep them together they keep fighting.

I think it was 2 weeks ago I did introduce Bun to them and Bagheera was like OMG GURLL EWW I WILL IGNORE HER!!! They both were in the litterbox together and he was like a stone statue trying to pretend she wasn’t there. Lion was like Oooo hubba hubba and they both were smooshing their heads together to demand pets from one another.