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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 04/13/2017 at 3:56 PM
  BunMarley
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  So, I just rescued a baby Flemish giant/Alaskan mix (8 wks) and now that I have bonded him with my lionhead, Marley (12 wks) I have a few questions!
  
  Now they live in the same pen, but I’m wondering which way to go about feeding them? My Flemish mix, Benny, eats so much, I assume because he’s going to grow up to be a big bun! He can out eat Marley any day- which has me a little concerned because 1. I want to make sure Marley gets some and 2. I don’t want to overfeed him? I just want to make sure that Marley and Benny are eating enough pellets each. So should I feed them separately? Or use separate bowls?
  
  I’m not 100% sure how much they are supposed to eat. Should I feed Benny more because he will grow bigger?
  Also, Marley has been introduced to some veggies that Benny cannot eat, so in the morning, when I feed him his veggies, I just separate them and give Benny pellets for breakfast and both eat pellets for dinner. They also obviously have unlimited water and hay. Should I switch them to unlimited pellets also?
  
  I would love to hear your bunnies daily diet!
  
  Sorry if this didn’t make a lick of sense, but I guess it’s clear I’m a little confused!
  Thanks all!
- 04/13/2017 at 4:07 PM
  Mikey
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  Babies cant be bonded and when hormones arise you are likely to see a bad fight. You are better off separating them until after both are fixed and healed
  
  Many buns need to be fed separately. You can also try to scatter. Once both are fixed, their food stealing might calm down
- 04/13/2017 at 5:16 PM
  BunMarley
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  Of course! I live in a studio apartment and don’t move for another 30 days which is why I have them in the same cage after I saw they got along okay. Do not fret! They will not be caged together much longer, but my food rationing questions still stand for when I place them together again!
- 04/13/2017 at 7:27 PM
  BanditCamp
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  Both rabbits are different breeds. Flemish rabbit is a large breed and might get cranky if a little one keeps taking his food. Scattering food means that you feed them outside the cage and scatter vegetables so that they roam around. Just ensure you get the buns to the litter though!
- 04/14/2017 at 8:45 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  Posted By BunMarley on 4/13/2017 5:16 PM
  
  Of course! I live in a studio apartment and don’t move for another 30 days which is why I have them in the same cage after I saw they got along okay. Do not fret! They will not be caged together much longer, but my food rationing questions still stand for when I place them together again!
  
  With all due respect, you could be sitting on a ticking time bomb. Not having a large home doesn’t make it okay to put two buns together that aren’t bonded. What happens if in 10 days they decide to attack one another? You’re literally risking their safety every day for the next 30 days. ..
- 04/14/2017 at 8:32 PM
  BunMarley
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  I work from home, so I am with the buns pretty much 24/7. If anything goes awry, I will let Marley free roam to keep them separated. Until then I will continue to do what I know to be working. So I appreciate your concern, but I would rather bring Benny to a small home for 30 days with another bun than allow him to continue to be in a home with 2 pit bulls that would constantly chase and try to kill him, as they were all 3 free roam. This is the best I can do for now, I am not being negligent. And actually Marley gets pretty upset if I do separate them. So until I see any signs of aggression or unhappiness, they will be fine, as they are happier together now than they are apart.
- 04/15/2017 at 2:55 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  And what about at night?
  
  Why don’t you just let Marley free roam now rather than waiting for a fight to occur before you separate them? If they do fight, it’ll be difficult to bond them because some bunnies can hold grudges, and a fight can get nasty very fast.
- 04/15/2017 at 2:30 PM
  kirstyol
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  I think given your buns ages, their different dietary requirements and the fact that they obviously are too young to be fixed there really is no other way round it but to separate them just now. At 8 weeks a bun needs unlimited pellets and hay whereas a 12 week bun should be starting to limit pellets and try veggies. I am sorry but I just don’t see any other way to do it.
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