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- 06/22/2010 at 12:13 PM
  mocha200
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  i totaly forgot we are going somwere for the weekend and will be gone 4 days, and they haven’t even been bonded a week yet! what do i do!
- 06/22/2010 at 12:17 PM
  leyley904
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  Sorry I can’t help, but do you mind if I add a bit to your question for me?
  
  I’m leaving for a week (9 days actually) and my buns AREN’T bonded yet. Will a week without sessions set them back? They are getting fairly close. I’m waiting until afterwards to do cementing.
  
  I hope everything goes well for you, Mocha, good luck!
- 06/22/2010 at 12:27 PM
  mocha200
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  i didn’t bond for about a week and then started cementing, but i haven’t read all of you bonding thread so i don’t know what your buns are like.
- 06/22/2010 at 1:11 PM
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  It’s only Tuesday today. You have the rest of this week to observe them. If they don’t fight until you leave — leave them together, mocha200.
  
  Ley, it won’t matter to take a break from bonding.
  
  –You guys should start a worry club together.
- 06/22/2010 at 1:17 PM
  mocha200
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  hehe we should! jk. should i try to let them out today? it has been 48 hours in the condo? if so could i do it in a place they have both been before?
- 06/22/2010 at 1:31 PM
  Beka27
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  If you’re going away for the weekend, I would try to keep them penned up together until that point. The most I would do is attach an xpen to the condo, but don’t expand on their space any more than that. It’s very, very important that this week goes well, so you won’t worry while you’re away.
- 06/22/2010 at 3:13 PM
  leyley904
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  I definitely a worrier!
  Well, I have severe anxiety…. so I have an excuse!
  Er, is that something to share on a rabbit forum?
- 06/22/2010 at 3:18 PM
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  I think rabbits have a calming effect (outside of bonding)… so it’s OK to post here about it. ~
- 06/22/2010 at 3:22 PM
  leyley904
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  Very true! All of my pets seem to calm me down!
- 06/22/2010 at 3:32 PM
  mocha200
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  i have anxiety to! well i actually have OCD, but i have medicine.
- 06/22/2010 at 3:40 PM
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  Many people have anxiety. Even animals experience anxiety. So it is a good thing if you worry about your rabbits’ well-being when you have to go away. At least, this time around, you won’t have to instruct your bunny-sitter to keep them apart. This time they can stay together and this will keep their stress level low.
- 06/22/2010 at 3:47 PM
  mocha200
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  we aren’t going to need a pet sitter because our dad will be here to take care of them. he is the best pet sitter. all my other pet sitters don’t follow my directions. but my dad does
- 06/23/2010 at 6:49 AM
  Beka27
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  Oh good! I’m glad to hear your dad is going to be home!
- 06/23/2010 at 11:11 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Who’s looking after the buns for you? I would say definitely leave them together if they do well, and your bunny sitter knows bunnies well enough to seperate if she recognizes signs of chasing/fighting. But it sounds like things have been going really well, and like Petzy said-you’ve got some time to watch
- 06/27/2010 at 10:50 AM
  mocha200
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  your bunny sitter knows bunnies well enough to seperate if she recognizes signs of chasing/fighting.
  
  ummm… no my pet sitter is the kind of person who would say “leave them out side in a cage with pellets in a bowel and they will live.”
  
  i wish i could find a better pet sitter but i don’t know how to find one who does rabbits!
  
  how do you guys find good pet sitters?
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