My 2 y.o. is acting really jealous of the new girl, (approx 1 y.o.) I brought home for him. Today is he quite upset, barely touched his morning salad and the pellets that are usually gone by now are still there.
He is neutered and she is unspayed.
I would have never ever brought home an unfixed rabbit that he didn’t pick out himself, but I guess she was a bunn in dire straits. Also, fyi, I have never bonded bunnies before although I’ve bonded hamsters lol.
I got her from a neighbor. I saw her living conditions: outside dog kennel encrusted in fecal matter, placed in an outdoor dog/cat run – very small by the way as they have an indoor ginormo beast of a dog which I swear is longer than I am tall! The parents explained to me how they were worried about the pack of coyotes visiting their back yard and how scared she was for their bunn but also how she stays outside unless its raining!! They brought her in when it would rain but not usually. They were also feeding her chinchilla food. She looked terrified of the small kids and the older ones weren’t interested in her.
I brought her home and my little guy was ecstatic – at first. Within an hour of her here, they touched noses (through condo bars), he kept grooming her face and doing this binky straight up into the air right after. Turns out she was biting his face after each groom and that was the just kidding/no thank you/I’m sorry leap he does. Over the next two days still curious about her he slipped past the gate as I was exiting and she attacked him.
Now he refuses to go into the bedroom where her temporary setup is; he won’t even hang out with me in “our” bed. Today he ate only a few nibbles of his salad and I was trying to get him to eat his favorite treats but he ignored me but eventually ate the treats when my back was turned. LOL. He is so cute. I think I understand what he wants me to do; “get rid of her or I will ignore you.”
What can I do other than hang a sheet over her condo? She’s loud and has a type B personality (relaxed, theoretically easy going with me and should be sans hormones, not very interested/scared of the vacuum cleaner). She’s thrilled to be here, every other step is a binky.
He is a total Type B personality and is somewhat anxious (ex: really scared of vacuum cleaner and loud noises and stays nervous after the disturbance has passed). None of my friends will/can take her temporarily while we get her hormonal issues sorted due to allergies, distance issues. I don’t have an attached garage so I can’t move her condo and set up a run out there.
My goal is to bond them after after her spay and hormones are gone, but will there even be a chance now since he is upset over her being here now? Hypothetically that would be 6 or 7 weeks from now. I’m not sure where to keep her; she’s in the bedroom (in a 3×2 condo, I also let her run around for a few hours) and I know my main guy doesn’t like the fence being up (he grabs it with his teeth and shakes it as hard as he can), her scent is all over the bedroom and she peed all over his favorite spots to hang out. In our small 1 bedroom apartment, hes been outted to occupy the kitchen and living area – she’s not allowed in there – but he used to love to hang out with me in the bedroom while I get ready for bed and watch tv.
Any responses would be much appreciated. Anyone have experience with this?? I don’t want to have to relinquish her to a shelter or even give her away permanently but I was starting to think that I may have to!?!
I’m so upset that my little guy is so unhappy.