Yeah, Spooky has been everywhere in the house pretty much. I was feeling bad that I haven’t hung out with Scully that much so thats why I brought her in there. Spooky was blocked off but he started ripping up the carpet so I took the gate down and figured he would go under the bed. I was about to put Scully back in her area anyways. It just all happened so fast. 

I don’t want to do anything wrong.

Here are some photos though:

 She does this around him. But he just sits tensely like this. He is wet from being sprayed for nipping. 

 They do this too. They are driving me crazy!

 Here was one of the car rides. 

Last night was pretty bad. I got home from work and walked into my room and there was fur EVERYWHERE. And it was all Spooky’s. Scully got out of her pen somehow, which I still haven’t figured out but she is now in Spooky’s old NIC cube condo that he doesn’t use anymore. She beat Spooky up for who knows how long. He was so tired and stressed when I got home that I thought he was injured. I put him in a carrier and went to my aunts house to use her phone because somehow mine was not working. (perfect timing, right?) I called the bunny rescue around here and they calmed me down and told me to bring Spooky back home and let him relax and give him some greens. He is okay now. He ate, drank and pooped overnight. I was cleaning up this morning and found an ENTIRE nail from one of Spooky’s back toe. That is probably what is hurting him. Do you guys think I should continue this bonding process?

I feel bad because Spooky is my baby. I have had him for almost two years and he turns 2 this month. Scully is only 6 months old. Is that too much of an age difference? They also don’t know when she was spayed. I actually made an appointment to get her spayed and they opened her up and she was already spayed. I have also grown attached to her, but it makes me feel terrible when they fight because Spooky always gets beat up more. Its always his fur everywhere. Its like he doesn’t fight back.

I don’t know what to do. I am really stressed about it and feeling all kinds of emotions. I wanted to do this for Spooky because he always tries to bond with cats and dogs and I am going to be more busy than usual when school starts back in August because I have to do an internship too.

The only possible explanation of how she got out has to be that she jumped it. There were no breaks in the pen I made. And its like 4 feet tall. I have been so confused. There was a blanket covering the barrier so they couldn’t see each other which I think is why she wanted out so bad because she has been here for weeks and hasn’t seemed to be an escape artist.

Yeah, she was just in a “area” with a barrier. I basically split Spooky’s room in half with a barrier that I made out of NIC cubes and bought hooks and attached it to the wall. Its complicated, haha. But the blanket was over it, so she must have made her way under the blanket and THEN climbed it. She is now in Spooky’s old NIC cube condo and it has a roof on it. She is a spunky little rabbit. So sassy.

I talked to the rescue that I got her from and I think they are going to help me out with bonding. I might be taking them to her house for a week or so for her to bond them while I clean and try to make everything not smell like Spooky. But we will see. Scully will be staying in the cage when I am not home or sleeping.

Spooky slept with me last night and I was relieved when I woke up and saw a pile of poop next to me. I guess he was hanging out with me in bed while I was sleeping. But I was anxiously waiting to see him poop so I knew he was alright.

I am having one on one bonding with just me and Scully today. I started to think that maybe she just isn’t even that comfortable with me yet! So we are hanging out in the living room while Spooky is locked in my room. She is running around checking everything out! She is a major cutie.

I’m going to have a chat with the rescue lady this week sometime, but for now both the bunnies gotta let their bite wounds heal. We are putting neosporian and silvadene cream on them. They look and are acting better today.

Also, Scully is starting to get a little fluffier?! I have no idea what breed she is.

Yeah, we are waiting a little while still because Scully has a wound under her arm that is taking longer to heal that Spooky’s did.

Spooky has been flopping next to her cage and showing his belly off. But Scully still tries to nip him or “dig” at him. I think he is warming up to her, but she might still be aggressive. She is a lot younger, I think I said that earlier. So maybe she is just still young and spunky. She definitely has more energy than Spooky.

Okay so tonight I didn’t really have anything to do so I let Scully go in the living room and I blocked her off from my room where Spooky was with a baby gate and also a box. They kept standing up on their hind legs to see each other so I decided to do a bathtub session. Spooky “growled” at her when they first got in the tub and I just kept saying “Hey, be nice. Be nice!” and he would stop. I would get sooooo nervous when they got near each other. THey had “groom offs” but neither of them would groom each other. Ugh. I would say “Be nice be nice.” and they wouldn’t nip. I was petting Spooky and Scully came over and I thought she would mount him because she did once before, so I kept petting him so he would stay calm, but instead she nipped him and that really pissed him off. I was able to hold him back from lunging at her though but he sure was pissed. They ate next to each other and Spooky ended up flopping in the end. I still just can’t let them get too close because they will try to nip each other. They are back in their areas, I ended on a good note. But Spooky keeps following her back and forth in her pen and grunting at her. I don’t know why, I thought that the tub session went fairly well. Except one or two scuffles that I was able to break up with just spraying water.

What should I do? I hate that they can’t even get too close to each other. Neither of them will groom each other which is why they get mad at each other and nip.

Also, why would Scully nip him in the butt if he wasn’t doing anything? That really set him off, ha ha.

Had another session tonight. They ate again and did the whole “groom off” but still no one will give in. They had a little scuffle after about 10 minutes so I put them in the basket but they fought in there so I put a plate between them and went and walked in circle on the back porch because I figured they were fighting because they were aware they were in the bathroom still and it wasn’t that stressful. So I thought outside would be good since there are other noises and an unfamiliar place. That settled them down and I walked back inside and put them back in the tub. They both ended up just flopping and grooming themselves so I ended it then!

So thats two nights in a row where I was able to end on a good note and not because they were trying to kill each other, ha ha.

I’ve been doing 15-20 minutes every night now. I feed them greens in the tub together. I like to wait to end it once one of them flops. They are still nipping and having little fights. I don’t have to get my hands in there anymore though. They stop after I spray them with water. Its still the grooming that is pissing them off. Scully is the instigator though. She nips or scratches first, always. They will eat, groom and flop in front of each other, but they can’t get within like 8 inches of each other without being grumpy to each other. 

How long does this behavior usually last? I’m prepared to just keep doing 15-20 minutes every night for like a month with the way its going now. At least, that is what I am expecting. I feel like they are never going to bond though! 

Tonight was good. No fighting for the first 10 minutes or so. They both flopped in the end. Only one little scuffle that was broke up by water really quickly. Every time they get close they raise their tails up and I say “Be Niiiiiiiceeeeee” and they will sniff and then back off. So I think it is helping for me to talk to them like that when they get close.

Spooky always never wants to be in the tub for the first like 5 minutes. He just tries to climb out and he will grunt at me and try to bite my hand when I push him back down from climbing out.

Does this all still sound normal? How long does this grumpy behavior towards each other last?

Guys,

I have cancelled this bonding process. I do not think it is going to work. I have had too many injuries between the two of them, and I think Spooky is starting to just hate it. Last night, Scully bit Spooky’s eyeball. We are going to the vet today. His eye is swollen and red.

But as for Scully, she will be with me still until I can find someone to adopt her. I have a really close friend that is interested and is going to talk to her spouse about it. I offered to give them everything I have for Scully (cage, food, hay, etc.) I think they will come meet her this week. I hope she can go with them because I will be able to see her still and I know they will take great care of her. I will walk them through the steps of first owning a rabbit. They are about to get married in October.

It’s hard but I think it will be best for her to go be a only bunny with my friends. I feel bad that she doesn’t get a lot of out of cage time. And that I don’t get to hang out with her as much. Having to swap playtimes with them both is stressful and makes me feel bad about who gets more, etc. I wish so much that they would bond, but this has been too many injuries since I have been trying to do this.

Thank you guys for trying to help me though. I really wish it would have worked out. I am very sad about this. But I think this is the right decision for me and the bunnies.

Spooky will just be my little spoiled only rabbit. I think he likes that better anyways.