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I know it’s been a while since I posted – I want to update and say right off the bat, I do not think Licorice and Chipper are bondable. Both are neutered males – Licorice is now 8 weeks post neuter (and gaining a bunch of weight! Wondering if it’s related. )
At any rate – we have tried to do a few sessions here and there. Before Licorice’s neuter – he would hump, and Chipper didn’t like it – he’d nip. Now, Licorice is downright aggressive with Chipper.
Three days ago – he some how found a way through our barrier, and attacked Chipper. OH MY – I had NO idea bunnies could fight like that. I was screaming for my husband – fur flying EVERYWHERE. Licorice inflicted 3 little nasty wounds on Chipper. (He has been checked and healing fine!) My husband is delusional and doesn’t think Licorice wants anything but to be Chipper friend. Right. Chipper clears warns him off for a reason – and even though he is the bigger bun, he took the worst of it. =(
He already came to us a victim – he was wounded and in a poorly kept outdoor hutch, then returned to the SPCA. He is a huge scardy bunny. How do I ease this poor guy now? (Thumping at everything). And we now have TWO high baby gates stacked so there is NO way Licorice can get to him – but he often still relentlessly bangs at the gates trying to get in there. What the heck do I do with Licorice? He has free range – and there’s no where else I can move them. This is the best separation I can do as there are no doors down here and they cannot be in our bedrooms. -
I’ve heard, if you can do this safely, that putting the two in a neutral cage or pet carrier and taking them for a car ride or putting them on a dryer or washing machine can help them bond. From what I’ve read (I’m no expert I just barely picked up my first bunnies today but I’ve done A LOTA of research) is stresses the bunnies out a bit and they seek each other for comfort creating a bond. Now if they fight as soon as they see each other, or you’re afraid it would over stress your scardy bunny I’m not sure this would be a safe method. But if you can get them in a small enough carrier together and try something like this it may help. Good luck fighting bunnies can’t be much fun
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I have rabbits that I couldn’t bond (we are on a long break) I think mainly because I started out in spaces that were too big like the bathtub. I did something later to stress bond them with which I wish I had started to do in the first place it may help you. I put them in a box that wasn’t really big. They couldn’t chase each other in there. my male always auto attacked but I would move the box around to break up fights. I would drag the box around on the tile floor here and there. if my male decided to attack I would just move the box around. It seemed to work until my male got into the female’s bunny room and she decided she was going to attack and they had a huge fight so we are on a break. Here is picture of the bigger box I made that we progressed to. Hopefully this might give you an idea of something to try. I wish you lots of luck!
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