Bunny drama, aggression?

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 07/28/2024 at 3:13 PM
  prince dorian the bun
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  Currently Dorian is separated from Miu, (post vet stasis recovery) but I was letting them interact through the fence supervised since it seems to perk Dorian up. He will eat while she eats for example and as he is barely eating, that is great.
  
  Anyway she lunges at the fence and then hops away a little looking over her shoulder like she wants to be chased. He wants to chase her, but fence in way. She sits a bit but then get frustrated that he isn’t chasing and lunges again. That went on for bit. Then the escalated to nipping and then boxing through the gate. They can’t really reach each other as there’s a gap. Now these all sound super aggressive, but Miu stopped to eat some hay at one point and actually was munching it while boxing. And when I went to pet them they both were super relaxed. They then both flopped near each other. I honestly not sure how to read this. I am not getting aggression as much as mating vibes. They both seemed much happier after the interaction, Dorian was less lethargic and Miu stretched out more. Both had happy bunny ears a d posture. I am keeping them apart for now, as with every thing else going on with Dorian, I will hold until he’s back to eating properly and off pain meds at least. But curious as to what this is about.
- 07/28/2024 at 7:07 PM
  LBJ10
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  Perhaps Miu is more frustrated at the fence than Dorian? She wants to get to him, but can’t.
- 07/28/2024 at 8:13 PM
  prince dorian the bun
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  Maybe! She tends to lunge when ever she is upset, scared, irritated, just in a mood… so her lunging is less concerning. I have had a small fluffy torpedo bounce off my leg on more than one occasion. She occasionally does it to Dorian too. Usually they resolve it quickly without my interference. Never seen the boxing before though. It would of been more threatening if she didn’t have a long piece of hay she was chewing. I wonder uf she was trying climb fence but then got startled by Dorian trying to do the same on others idea? Anyway, really hope this isn’t a bad sign as far as rebonding. They were such a pair before.
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