RE: Bonded but not bonded?

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RE: Bonded but not bonded?

03/28/2018 at 8:45 AM

Sirius&Luna

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I don’t really understand why you left them together if the bonding person told you they couldn’t be bonded? In my opinion it’s not safe to leave a group together that lunges, chases and bullies one member. The longer you leave them together, the longer Bluebell is going to have to build up a hatred of the bunnies that bully him, making a bond in the long term less likely. Rabbits really hold grudges, and even if you get the other bunnies to ‘be nicer’ to Bluebell, he’s still going to remember that he’s scared of them.

I’m in the process of bonding a trio, and they eat together, snuggle together and groom each other, but I wouldn’t call them bonded, and I wouldn’t leave them together unattended, because they still get nippy with each other at times, and I don’t want to risk anyone getting injured.

You say you don’t want people to suggest ‘not doing a quartet’ but at the moment it is not safe to leave them together, and you need to separate them, at least when you are not actively bonding them.