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Just wanted to give an update. On day 4 of bonding sessions in this bathroom at my mom’s. Sessions have been 4-5 hours long. Making progress each day. Today the one that has been really asking for grooming finally got his request honored:) and he has given some grooming back. Planning 6 hours today:)  thank you for all the great advice. Ho…[Read more]

This is a very nice idea, but based in my own cats and bunnies, this would be challenging to do. Cats can squeeze into anything they can fit their head into.

I agree with Wick&Fable!

And I think your plan sounds pretty good. I think once they are doing pretty well it’s good to keep doing the longest sessions you can. Only time I would shorten is if you see things get more tense during the date. If they are more tense at the beginning and then relax, that’s a sign you can increase session length.

You…[Read more]

RE: length of sessions, there is no exact “science”, nor right or wrong way; however, you want to keep both rabbits safe. At the minimum, they should only be together for a session as long as you’re readily available to intervene if something were to go wrong. Additionally, it’s always preferred to end a session on a positive note (i.e., them…[Read more]

I cannot tell you how much relief it gives me to just have this communication. So grateful.  Should I just keep them in the space each day as long as I have time for? Or is too much time too fast a bad idea? My plan was to stay here till they are back to grooming and doing great for long times and then move bonding sessions back home to another…[Read more]

That sounds like a good session to me! It may actually be a positive thing that you are seeing slightly more territorial behavior, because it could mean they are actually sorting through things better. Not interacting constantly is OK and normal.

I have noticed litter boxes can cause some territorial disputes so I usually don’t add them until…[Read more]

The space I have them in in the bathroom is  a little bigger than 6×8. They are not interacting much, but not fighting. Hopefully they will start accepting each other again. This morning I let them out of their separated pens one at a time for exercise  and they groomed through the pen so I was hopeful it would happen during this session.

I have done two bonding sessions so far since we chatted in here. I took them to my mom’s house in a large bathroom. First day was a few tiffs and mostly ignoring from opposite ends and sniffing noses a couple times. Ended on positive after about three hours. Came back today. No tiffs so far but def seeing some new maybe territorial behavior. O…[Read more]

According to a vet webbinar I attended in 2021, middle ear infections, past or ongoing can be seen on X-rays. The vet can see if the bullae (structures in the ear that aren’t visible from outside the ear drum) are intact or if they are destroyed by an infection. So that may be one reason why your vet wants to do head x-rays.

As Dana says, rabbit…[Read more]