Hello! I currently have an English Lop Eared Rabbit (I think. Pretty much rescued her from the pet shop
) Her name is Penelope and she is almost 1 year of age. She is UNspayed. We’ve had her since February and we love her! She is playful, loves to flop over on her side to be pet, and loves her mommy and daddy ( My husband and I). She’d prefer not to be held haha! Well, she’s been the only bunny child for about 5 months now, until a few days ago, I brought home another baby. Daisy is only 10 weeks and I bought her from a friend whose bun had a litter. She takes great care of them! Daisy is sweet natured, loves to be held, and wants SO badly, to play with Penelope. I’ve yet to bond them because she is so little and Penelope is twice her size. I am afraid she may be a bully…to me. This is where it gets hard for me: I have their cages next to each other and I let them out at separate times. Penelope has reacted quite well to Daisy being there. I honestly thought she’d be jealous and want nothing to do with it, but I was totally wrong! They give kisses through the cage and have poop wars
haha. Well all of the sudden Penelope (she’s very curious and mischievous) likes to climb on TOP of the baby’s cage. This was totally fine and I was just gonna pick her up and take her off like anyone would. WELL. As soon as I did that, Penelope ran and charged at me, grunting really loud, almost as if she was growling at me. I let it slide because I thought maybe I’d hurt her foot or scared her. That wasn’t the case at all! She climbed up there the next day and I went over and VERY carefully removed her. As I did that, she charged me and acted very aggressively towards me again! I told my husband about it and that night he tried to do the same thing as me. She charged him and tried to nip at his feet! This is so unlike her. She’s always been a little sassy pants, but never aggressive! Is she trying to protect Daisy or us? Is it possible she’s adopted her as her own because she’s still such a baby? We plan to get Penelope fixed as soon as we can but it could be about 2 months until we can. Is it safe for me to try and bond them? It seems like she is okay and loves to play with us until we go near Daisy’s cage. She has a fit. But, it’s like she’s telling me, “That’s my baby!” What do I do?! Thank you if you read this!