It was such a shock. He was only three and his kidneys completely shut down and the vet could feel tumors in him. I brought Maggie to the vets with him throughout the ordeal though, so he wasn’t alone.

I think I just get lucky with bonding rabbits. Terry was some sort of bonding wizard, but the others aren’t bad either. At the moment Gandalf and Ginny live in the lounge room, and occasionally I have had foster rabbits in there too – sectioned off obviously so they can’t bite. I took a female in a while ago just for the night because she was refusing to eat after desexing. But got her home, bit of critical care, and she started bringing her hay to the side of the cage to share with Ginny through the mesh. Ginny was full on flopping next to her. So that bun was fine by the next morning, went back to the RSPCA, and has since been adopted by an angora expert which is great, because she is an angora.

I am currently fostering 4 young rabbits. Gandalf just wants them to somehow groom him through the barriers. Ginny wants them to bring her food like the angora did but so far her training isn’t working. My dog tried to teach them how to play tug of war with a toy bigger than them, but they didn’t really learn that either.

Greebo, Maggie, Lily, and Bugsy live in my study now with day access to most of the house (except the massive living area where the others are). Bugsy and Greebo love exploring and go on adventures together – mostly to the kitchen. Lily sometimes pokes her head out the study. Maggie thinks that would be a lot of effort and why would they effort like that when humans bring food into the study?

Eventually I would like to have all 6 bonded. The four and Gandalf don’t seem too fussed about each other – Gandalf is very sneaky when people go through doors and has met them (supervised because he isn’t as sneaky as he thinks he is) a few times without drama. Ginny on the other hand isn’t such a fan. For all she loves any foster rabbit I bring home, she has a bit more of an issue with Greebo and Maggie. So I think that will be a long, slow process.

I think it might just be a coincidental bit off luck with the foster rabbits all being a lot more passive towards Ginny. Whereas Maggie and Greebo both like to wander around like they own the place and Ginny is like “EXCUSE ME?! How dare you not acknowledge me!”

I might start bonding once the fosters are gone though. I will put the four in where the fosters are (it’s a big enough area) and that way they can see and smell enough other, and touch if I alter the barriers when I trust them. Might need to make the barriers higher first though. Bugsy has an insane jump on him!