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Posted By Jonhjon on 12/18/2017 8:35 PM
okay so in response to comments i have started to let them stay outside the carrier at night my main reason not doing in the first place is chewing i didn’t want them to chew on stuff but i left the carrier open all night and i think i trust enough to keep it open. just 3 more things 1. they will still sleep in the cage when it is open and they seem to have enough room for them or at lest in their mind to have enough room to be comfortable enough to not hate it. 2. the fact that they would choose to sleep in the carrier led me to believe that they had enough room and were comfortable in the carrier. 3. i had NO intention to harm or cause discomfort to my rabbits i love them very much and making them or suggesting for them to sleep in a small carrier was a large mistake on my behalf and i hope to put this behind me and hope to never make a mistake like this ever again….Hi John, I think you have posted this on the wrong thread, hopefully an admin will relocate it
But thank you for taking our advice on board. If you’re concerned about them chewing things they shouldn’t, it’s easier to just put away things that can be such as remote controls and cover up things that can’t, I. E. You can cover furniture with grids or skirting boards with safe wood panels so they choose those to gnaw on instead. You’ve got to look at everything from the point of view of a bunny! It’s understandable that they like to sleep in their carrier because naturally, bunnies hide out particularly when sleeping as they are extra vulnerable then. I can almost guarantee once they’ve settled a bit more and become comfortable in their surroundings, they might choose to sleep out ‘in the open’ My female will sleep anywhere but she particularly likes sleeping under tunnels. My boy will sleep anywhere, rarely under cover.
The issue wasn’t that they slept in their carrier, it was more the fact that they didn’t have the opportunity to go elsewhere. As you may know now, bunnies can be very active at night and so would really thrive if given the freedom to binky at 3am if they felt the desire
I do urge you to start thinking about seperating them though. You don’t need to do anything fancy, if you’re able to get some wood panels or nic (?) grids, you could just split one room in half so each bun has a half. That’s what I did for my two. I know it may feel unnecessary but it’s really worth doing because a bunny fight is not nice. I separated mine when they were approaching 4 months old, which is actually a bit late – I’m lucky there was no aggression or pregnancy to deal with. Looking back, I was playing with fire with my head in the sand.
The bright side to separating before aggression is that bonding usually goes a lot smoother.
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Posted By UsagiBunny7
on 12/16/2017 8:25 PM
Hello. My bun loves to tug at my clothes half the time, even when I move to a different spot he comes over and loves to run behind me and pull around there. Is he trying to play or what?Fernando (the white bun in my avatar) has taken to doing exactly the same thing almost every evening, particularly when I’m wearing a white T-shirt/undershirt. He’ll nip gently at the clothing and scrabble at it with his little paws, and it’s definitely a request for attention. When I give him a few moments of stroking on his forehead, it always satisfies him and he hops away happily to continue his play in the X-pen for a few minutes before, usually, going back into the buns’ shared “condo” cage to have some hay. Panda, his mother (the black-and-white bun) still isn’t up to the point where she’s comfortable with physical contact, though she’s become a great deal more relaxed about lounging when I’m close by her, and enjoys verbal attention (talking to her).
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Thanks for the advice and i do plan to separate them at around 3.5 months they are 2 months so i do have some time before they start getting in to big fights. They did however have a little nipping luckily i was there and broke them up. I don’t really know what it was about all i know is Bugs the grey and white bun was the aggressor and was very mad after their squabble and i had to pick him up this did however lead to him thumping the ground to protest my actions and held a grudge for awhile. But i am glad we settled this like we did.
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Posted By BunNoob on 12/20/2017 9:14 AM
I think Jonhjon may have posted here because his other thread was locked…Anyway, yes if they are nipping you must separate them! Nipping can quickly escalate and turn into a bunny brawl, which could lead to serious injuries. They may be sleeping in the carrier just because it is familiar and that’s what they have been doing, and also because they like to have somewhere to hide. I reckon that if you give them the option by leaving it open, they will start sleeping outside of it.
Nope, the post here was made before the other thread was locked
Anyhoo, I agree – you really should seperate them now. Nipping is usually fine but if it got to the point where you had to actually stop it, I mean that’s not good. The 3 to 4 months is just a guideline, some mature faster than others so really please try and separate them. For their safety.
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John, please follow our advice just one more time. I know it’s hard to imagine your loving pair being anything but, but hormones can come out and change like a light switch. It’s far better to be too cautious than to look back and wish you’d separated them. It can be very overwhelming I understand – I knew nothing about having to separate and bond when I got my two (all the breeder told me was “spay at 6 months so they don’t mate”) and it can be quite a shock to the system to discover how complex our little fur balls can be, but it is so so important to understand the seriousness of the situation. Your boy’s haven’t fought yet which is great because it means if you go through the proper procedures, bonding shouldn’t be too difficult
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