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Some of you may have heard of the incident at the shelter where I had to adopt a forth rabbit to get the 10% discount on a new carrier. I spent $50 on a bun (+ a voluntary donation of $25) and saved $3.60 on the carrier. I’d say I came out ahead. So. enter Pudd.
This is a trio + newcomer bonding diary. I’ll try to lay off the detail for this one. Last time I was super detailed which I think made it boring for other people but it was really helpful for me LOL.
Rabbit guide:Tank: All black, 7 – 8 pounds. Male, 7~8 years old
Scully: All black, 6.5 pounds. Female. 1.5 years
Mulder: All black, 6 pounds. Male 1.5 years
Pudd: Otter, 3.5 pounds. Male. ~4 years
The trio creation: (please don’t post in it, it’s now an “old thread” https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/127885/Default.aspx ]
Session 1
20 minutesWasn’t really a session, I was just trying to figure out how I should go about this. I picked up Scully, because she is the most laid back and submissive rabbit and put her, and just her, in the tub with Pudd.
Pudd immediately began trying to mount her, this lead to a lot of circling, which progressed into fighting. I yelled and sprayed. Poor Pudd was always in the way every time, even when I was aiming for Scully lol. I never had to separate them physically, a little fur was pulled.
They did the nose-to-nose thing several times. Scully just didn’t seem to want to accept Pudd as her newest boss for the first, I don’t know, like 5 minutes. They both demanded grooms.
After breaking up another fight they sort of stared at each other tensely for a long time, so I petted both of them to calm the situation for a little while, then sat back again. Scully lost and groomed Pudd. Sorry, Scully, it looks like you’re going to be #4 out of 4 just like I thought. I ended it after a little while of this. Good note.
Besides that I learned……… not a whole lot, as MD would say I really need to see all of them together LOL. I have a feeling that this will be a slightly more difficult bond than the last one. I think I might try to go for a drive with the three boys for their first introduction because I have a feeling that Tank/Pudd might be the hardest match.
But now Scully smells like him and was able to act as his ambassador. I also put the towel I used in the tub in the trio’s cage so they can get used to him summore.
Pictures: (check it out I don’t even have to label them)
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2nd session
About an hour duration
Hope you’re ready to be slammed with pics lol
Put all 4 in a laundry basket and went for a quick trip down the street so my husband could buy me yarn, thereby killing 2 birds with one stone.
There was 0 interest in fighting. None whatsoever. They were pretty afraid, lol. As you can see, there was hardly any ROOM to fight…
Which didn’t seem to bother them one bit because they all wanted to huddle as close together as possible. In fact, they usually stood/laid directly on top of Tank.
The stress bonding turned out to be way longer than I meant it too (like the first half hour–sorry bunnies ._.) and then I put them in the tub for another half hour. They all behaved pretty comfortably with one another. There was no fighting or humping whatsoever. Probably as a result of the car ride they all huddled like this for a while:
And then they dispersed to explore and it seemed like Mulder instantly fell in love with Pudd and hopped right over to groom him after a short while. And he really went to town. He wanted Pudd to get CLEAN.
Perhaps my earlier predictions were wrong. Maybe this will be a lot easier than the trio!
Is this the beginning of a happy bun bun family? Kinda looks that way!
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LOL omg
that is awesome about the new bunny and about the saving $3.60 I was thinking the same thing as MD you’re taking all the black bunnies lol they are all adorable. but now you have to update your signature. Also I’m glad you’re doing a bonding thread I have to brave the adventure soon -
LOL omg
that is awesome about the new bunny and about the saving $3.60 I was thinking the same thing as MD you’re taking all the black bunnies lol they are all adorable. but now you have to update your signature. Also I’m glad you’re doing a bonding thread I have to brave the adventure soon -
Here are the pictures I didn’t add earlier
This one wasn’t that great, I just put it up because it’s such a great flop lol. Mulder especially loves to squirm between all of them and a wall and then just do a barrel roll. He really tosses his whole body into it until he’s achieved the desired position.
And this was such a good line-up, but I wish I could have gotten a better picture of it too. Isn’t it nice when they’re all getting along? (:
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poor Pudd if you get a chance have you been reading Caleb’s thread? Caleb kind of does the same thing with Gamgee they will flop next to each other and I think everything is fine and then for some reason Caleb ruins it and then they start chasing each other and Caleb will pull out some of Gamgee’s fur I feel for you I hope it gets better us bonding people gotta stick together to prepare ourselves for after they are bonded and start planning our downfall 
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