Hello all! It’s bee quite a while since we posted on here. Hope everyone and their bunnies are doing great!
Anyhoo, we’ve recently (3 months ago) moved house and the bunnies (Ariel and Miranda) have been bonded now for about 10 months. They are allowed completely free access to our lounge, with their maze haven being the main “house”, so they don’s have an enclosure per se, just litter trays and their hay and water out on a large rug.
Generally they’re really good together – they snuggle together, flop out on the floor together (which they’re doing right now!
) ,mutual grooming and it seems like they really love each other.
Lately though, probably in the last 4 weeks or so Miranda (or “Doos” as we like to call her) has been chasing Ariel alot , usually around their meal times and when either myself or Anita go near Ariel. She has managed to pull some fur out occasionally and we always clap and tell her off. During the day, when I’m working from home they are fine, and they always have grooming sessions and they play and binky then go to sleep together.
Ariels is a sweet little thing and just runs away; it doesn’t really seem to bother her, but I can’t help wondering if she’s going to start getting fed up and be scared to eat or accept strokes and nose rubs from us.
From what I’ve read it can just be part of their relationship, but I was wondering if there’s anything we can do to discourage this behaviour?
Cheers!
Chris.