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Oh wow, I guess when she nips, she goes all out. Have you tried redirecting Momo? It works sometimes for boys to redirect them to a stuffed animal. Maybe it will work for a girl bun too? The idea is they still get that urge to hump something satisfied without the humpee getting upset.

Yes but Anpan’s nips mean she ends up with mouthful of fur, including pulled fur, and then she eats it (I have some thick syrup from the vet for her eating fur).

Before Momo joined, when it was just Anpan and Mooncake (the boy), Anpan would nip Mooncake so much he hid in the bathroom overnight. So, I can see if Momo doesn’t stop, that it possibly…[Read more]

Humping is not necessarily a concern. I would only interfere if Anpan appears to want to escalate things. You said she gives a nip and Momo backs off immediately?

This seems like a good place to start. And, who knows, maybe having Cinnamon away from the other two for a while will make her forget about not liking anyone. It’s possible she will warm up to the idea of a friend (or friends) after she has spent some time away from them. It sounds like it won’t be too difficult to get Hopper and Biscuits bonded.

Hi!

I just left a somewhat lengthy reply to LBJ10 above, fyi. 🙂

Yeah, I remember back when we brought Daisy home, yes Link was a bit of a miserable poo and just didn’t want to engage, but Navi actively wanted Daisy dead for the first few weeks. She settled quickly, though.

With Cinnamon and Hopper, it’s an aggression the likes of which I have never seen before and it’s now been consistent for 5 months.

They…[Read more]

Hey! Welcome back! 🙂

Interesting. Well, I certainly wouldn’t want to assume it is just a “new behavior”, but maybe he needs more time. Hopefully the antibiotics were long enough and the infection is gone. In the meantime, you could try putting a washable pee pad under his house.

Nothing for pain. The antibiotics were 7 days and finished yesterday.

He has nuggets in his house at dinner time, veggies outside his house on his blanket where he sits around 4PM.
His hay is in a rack that’s above his litter tray.

The peeing outside was just random when it was happening, but not little drips like full on pees – which hasn’t…[Read more]

Yes, this is what I was alluding to. LOL  Maybe it would be worth bonding one of them to Biscuits first and then seeing how things go with that arrangement for a while.

Hey RetroSquid! Good to see you! 🙂

I wonder if it would be possible to bond one of the girls with Biscuits, then down the road, try the trio again? Obviously there’s the risk of breaking the bond, but perhaps the girls just need some time apart and perhaps they will forget they hate each other.

I swear girl-girl bonds are the hardest. It sounds like their hormones peaked in the spring (even spayed/neutered bunnies experience hormonal changes around this time of year) and then they just didn’t settle down again after that. Were you planning on keeping them as a trio? Or could you maybe just bond Biscuits to one of them?

Hmm… I’m wondering if some pain management might help. Has he been getting anything for that? How long is the antibiotic course supposed to be? You said he’s been on them for a week already, but sometimes these UTIs can be stubborn.

Is he just eating pellets/veggies in his house? Or is he eating hay in there too? My bunny is pretty good with…[Read more]

Hiya RetroSquid! It’s nice to see you! And hey, we all need to complain about something now and then. It’s all good. 😉

I miss this place.

After we lost Daisy and our home was bunless for the first time in a decade, visiting here was just… painful.
I have been meaning to pop back a few times over the last 11 months, since we became bun-parents again, but something always seems to get in the way…
I’m now guilty of popping in just to have a moan. Not even a…[Read more]

Have you tried taking bun outside to be brushed? I take one bun outside and place him on a little table. He behaves better this way; he’s super squirmy indoors and they have a hard time with him at the vet. Just have to make sure he doesn’t jump on my chest or head when I get close.

I had them in a neutral area this morning and it seemed to go fine. I just tried having them back in their area together and she pretty quickly chased him. So they’re back to being separated. Do I need to rebond? Give it time? how should I proceed.