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I’ll be cementing my girls this weekend I have been bonding them every day for the last while, been doign all day sessions with them, and they are doign great. They share a litter box, don’t fight over treats, Smudgie gives kisses. I’d cement them now, but I have an appointment Thursday so it will have to wait til the weekend.
In the mean time, they will be together most of the day, with me hanging out in the living room with them I will post pics of them together tomorrow
* pokes you with poking stick anyway, just because I haven’t bonded my bunnies yet * lolz….
That is terrific MB! You work smoothly and silently with bonding, don’t you? ^_^
Do you think you’ll add Moosie in eventually? Or will he always be a lone bun?
Huggles for the girl bunnies! ((((((((((Monkey & Smudgie)))))))))))))))
Moosie doesn’t really like the girls much, so we will likely take him bun dating at a later date so he can pick his own friend. Hopefully a grey or orange lop
I kept the bonding kind of quiet, as every time i posted a bonding journal they stopped playing nice with each other lol.
Oh cute! I’d love to see pictures of the petite pair once you have them cemented.
Hurray, congrats! I just love the name Smudgie.
That’s Great! The feeling you have when they finaly get along! Pics!
Monkey and Smudgie. Smudgie and Monkey
*steals*
Yay!
Can’t wait to see pics.
Ahem! *pokepokepokepokepokepokepokepokepoke*
I swear to goodness Lesley I CANNOT believe you just made this post and didn’t link ANY pictures. I am about to get on a plane, come to your house and post them myself!!!!
***GETS OUT THE BIGGEST POKE STICK EVER (1000000000 miles long) AND WHAPS LESLEY WITH IT***
pokepokepokepokepokepoke
I know what you mean about the posting…seems like every time I posted about Mimzy getting better he got worse.
If you get a grey lop I will be beyond jealous. >.<
Yes…pokies…I mean…piccies, piccies! ^_^
*hands Mimz the huge poke stick* Mimz you have to be more aggressive in getting photos out of her!
Yeah yeah… gotta clear off my camera first lol. it seems to be full >.>
Are you done yet?
*e-pok*
*explodes*
Okay. I got a video of the girls together, and a few pics of htem sharing dinner
First:
And now for pics:
Monkey washing her face
Monkey praying
Nommy time!
Waiting in line for the potty
More nommies
Just cuz its cute. Smudge loafs in Monkey’s wood box house. She had to squish to get in
And a bonus Moose pic. He likes his new area in the computer room
eeeeeeeee!! Is it possible to explode two times in one thread?? I think I just did….
*dies*
omgoodness! Quick!…..The smelling salts!
I know we pleaded for pics but I don’t think I can handle it.
The video… I believe I saw Monkey when she licked her lips. lol She’s so hard to see! (btw, TimTim was Monkey sized last week, he’s prob bigger now). Smudge really is a little bun but she appears big in the vid. She’s got a pretty little face. It’s so pleasing to see the girls together. : ) And Monkey is now onto uncoloured litter also? The mind boggles!
Not forgetting Moose, he is just perfect. <3
How cute!!! Your buns are gorgeous and congrats on the clearly amazing bonding job!
Monkey is having to deal with the uncolored litter for now, until they are fully bonded and cemented. Then I can switch down to 1 box and use the pretty stuff again
And yeah, she is so hard to see.. She did stick her tongue out though hehe
Was funny last night during the girls’ dinner time. Happily eating cilantro, Smudge finishes her piece… reaches over… yanks Monkey’s out of her mouth. Monkey sat there wondering where her cilantro went, then just grabbed some lettuce. lol
Oh, and the queen of all nethies didn’t mind ? LOL
Nope, she just ate lettuce instead She loves her Smudgie
lol @ the cilantro stealing…Oh my…I guess someone has dropped a tick on the bunny totem pole! ^_^ Madame Smudgie is in charge now!
What a precious little sideways popcorn binky she did…I could hear you laughing in the background. ^_^ Too cute! I bet if she’d had more runway, she would’ve reached 30,000 feet! xD
Ohhhh…ahhhh…eeeee…..*SPLODES* That itty bitty munky-tongue….how do you not loose all your teeth every time she pokes that adorable thing out of her mouth?! 0_o;;;
It’s hard, thats for sure! She is just too adorable
They are together for their cementing now, I’ll be changing to the laptop in a few minutes (yay new laptop ) and I’ll be camping out in the living room with them for the next couple days. They are doing great so far
And Monkey is still in charge She still humps like crazy, and hasn’t groomed Smudge yet, but Smudge grooms the heck out of Monkey. Smudge is just a ninja when it comes to the noms
What does cementing them mean?
Meow – Putting them together permanently.
Monkey, you remember I’m less than 200 miles away from you and can steal your girls and bond them to my Chacha bun If I recall, you said the trio would look so cute together
First night together: lots of binkying, lots of Smudge grooming Monkey. Made it through the night in one piece
Lots of binkying? Both of them?
Video evidence?
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Couldn’t get a video, as it was 5 am and dark as heck and they had woken me up
The Monkey face wash pic was too much…I have to go calm down now…You need to start posting more pics of them bunnies!!! I’m not used to the shock of it.
More pictures more pictures more pictures!
That is so great! I am glad they are getting along so well! They are such a cute pair! So much diva in one place!
*brandishes poke stick* *starts passing more sticks around*
More pics coming soon, had to charge camera battery again lol. It’s been 48 hours now, and things are great. They sleep side by side alot, eat together, don’t fight over pellets… I has happy girls
Ok, a few more pics of my girls!
Snuggling in the corner
Smudge decided to flop!
Smudgie kisses!
Monkey evidently disapproves of the Hello Kitty blankie on the floor. Poopies everywhere
OMG! So cute Congrats on the bond! They kind of look like mommy and daughter buns LOL especially in the pic with Smudge flopped…
EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee
NOOOOO I’M GONNA STEAL SMUDGIE MINE MINE MINE
Squeeeeeee!!!!!
So, it has been a week, and they are still doing good
Monkey still humps, but Smudge is starting to hop away when she has had enough. Monkey seems to be learning what the hump limit is … slowly. But they still share food, the litterbox, sometimes snuggle. It’s good
Goodness, it really has been ages since I’ve been on here! When I left, you were working on bonding Moose and Monkey! Now you have another cutie in the mix and Moose is not in the bonding? Your new girl is so cute!
Long time no see Was wondering where you went
Yeah, Moose decided he hated Monkey, so.. I bonded Monkey to Smudge, who had been my foster bun. Now I have a pair of happy girls and a lone bachelor boy
Hey Monkeybun, we need pics of the happy girls.
Or else you know what I’ll do.
Perhaps I should enter Moose on “The Bachelor.”
When the girls move into the new condo their daddy just built, I’ll take pics then. Cuz then it will be all clean and stuff
Monkey is the dominant one still I’m guessing? Hehe.
Naturally. Humpy little monster that she is
Any chance you can give a quick summary of the bonding process with these 2 munchkins?
It was mostly uneventful. Monkey humped, Smudge sat there. Monkey humped, Smudge sat there. Smudge hops out of litter box, Monkey chases her, Smudge hops back in litter box, Monkey flops.
Monkey didn’t like her being out of the litter box during sessions. But they did great in the box. I had to have he litter box in there, as Smudge freaked out without it. She needs something to feel safe in all the time. It took some time for Monkey to let Smudge come out of the potty without chasing her, but it eventually happened. And they would flop and stare at each other. Monkey liked to run over to Smudge, demand grooms, then flop rather abruptly beside Smudge, which usually startled Smudge (she scares easy).
Smudge is slowly coming to terms with Monkey being an energetic little psycho, so it’s working well
My hubby caught them snuggling in the little grass hidey house yesterday morning They ususally don’t snuggle much yet, as Smudge is easily startled by Monkey, and she usually scampers off to the litter box when Monkey does something near her. So sudden flops = Smudge in potty.
I guess it’s still kind of a work in progress, but Smudge is always grooming Monkey’s little ears, which is funny as Monkey’s ears are very ticklish and she can’t stand them being touched for too long. And Monkey did groom Smudge once. That we saw, anyway. Maybe she doe sit more often when we can’t see her do so.
I took my time doing sessions with them. i didn’t want to stress out poor little Smudge any.
When their condo is finished (hubby had to go buy more clips today to finish it) we will take pics of the girls in their new house
And who says two females cannot be bonded :~) Even two tiny ones.
would you ever try bonding moose with the girls? Maybe with smudge in the mix it would work out better.
I think moose will work with another bunny
yeah, moose is having none of it. If he gets near the girls he goes psycho bunny on me. he tries to attack them through the pen bars, so he isn’t allowed near it now. We have another pen that we use to block off the girls pen from him.
At some point, we’ll get a boy to bind with him.