New bunny

[Carolyn]

Question, a week ago I took in another rabbit, which make 4. The new rabbit is just over a year old, she is not spaded, well be as soon as I get my money around in the next 2 to 4 weeks.

We’ll my two boys that I’ve had the longest have not had a problem with the new bunny, they  go over says hi, poop beside her cage and move on. You know how  it is with the non bonded bunnies, They are both been fixed way before chirsmas time.

I also have another little girl, Cookie she is just over 4 months, so she is not spade, as soon as she become old enoght and the money she is going into get spade asap. Anyways ever since the new bunny has arived, and we put her on the other side of the living room in sigjht of Cookie, and the boys. Cookeis has started to pass in her cage over and over and over again,

Its really starting to get on my nerves really honstely, to the point tonight I have coverd her cage, I worried she is going to stress herself out too much. Plus after awhile the new bunnie well thump her foot at the situation

 any resons why she is doing this????…..well really honistly I have a good idea on why….anyway can I get cookie to stop passing????…should I move the girls closer together because really honstily cookie has not met her  yet throw the bars??????….or am I better off moving one or the other to another part of the appartment until after they are spaded???

Thanks.

[Scarlet_Rose]

When you say Cookie has started to pass in her cage over & over again, do you mean pee or poo all over or run around? Sorry I just don’t undersrand and need a little clarification. That way we can best assist you.

[Carolyn]

Cookie runs back and forth in her cage, like she is excited and wants to see the new bunny, her ears are forward no signs of aggression, but they are about 6 feet away from each other. Also when I had her out with Ollie, she showed she a submissive girl lowering her head and moving really slow to be with them.

She really good she uses the litter box to there are no problems there. I was just wondering if I should move there cages together more or farther apart so Cookies dose stress her self out??????…..I don’t want a sick bunny. I was told the new bunny like other girl bunnies; she had a female bunny she uses to play with all the time.

 sorry for spelling in my first post I had gotten about 2 hour so of sleep in 24 hours.

[kimberleyanddarren]

are the cages together? maybe put one in one room and another in a different room. she might not be scared she might just want to get out and play.. are utrying to bond them at the minute?

[Carolyn]

No  I’m not trying to bond my rabbits at the current time. They are all cage speratley for now.  I have more reading to do about bonding before I attement it. I have put cookie with Ollie once to see if they would be a match but I was told from this site it was a bad because at the time cookie was very very young.

My three orginal rabbits live all in one area of the apparment where they can see each other, sniff each other ect….just in hopes that it make bonding a little better when I decide my bunnies and I are ready. But first I need to get my girls spayed.

I took in the fourth bunny just because she is a sweet girl, Demanding at times but sweet ( she thumps her foot when dosen’t  like somthing).  She was born at a collage, and her pervouse owner saved her from being fed to a snake, poor girl. Then after her pervouse owner got out of collage, she is working two jobs to pay her bills off and didn’t have the time or money to look after the bunny.  So I took her in, my bunnies are well looked after and I would not want anything to happen to them. As well as I’m letting them tell me if they want to be bonded or not and to who, its not a big deal.

 But do you think it be better if I allow cookie to meet the new girl throw the cage, becuase I don’t want them to fight, ro move them into sprate rooms for now?

[babybunsmum]

personally, i would keep them separate & out of view of each other until they’re both spayed.  cookie’s running back & forth sounds to me like the beginnings of dominant/hormonal behaviour that may escalate if they were introduced before.

[Scarlet_Rose]

Hi Silvanesti! Wow that was not much sleep! Yes I do think I agree with babybunsmum, keep them apart for now as it does sound like she is trying to “get at” the other female present, especially with the male around.  Great job taking your time and reading up on everything and definately get them spayed and recovered first.  It is possible for you to bond all three of them so go slow and take your time.  How does the male behave with the new female around?

[Carolyn]

I don’t get much sleep on Fridays; I work over nights so since I have Friday/Saturday off, Fridays I stay up as long as possible doing my running around until I crash. It makes for a long 24 hours, and my bunnies miss a play time. But the rest of the weekend is enjoyable.

Well I have 4 rabbits in total and I know bonding is going to be slow and I understand maybe one or two may not like each other, but I’m planning in taking it slow.

Scamper which is my first bunny when he is out and about he checks out the new bunny, eats out of her hay bin and she joins him, and he poops around her cage and move on, looking to see what trouble he can get himself into….He dose this with the other two Rabbits that live here. The new bunny, now that she is settling in doesn’t mind. She’ll eat the hay with scamper they been right nose to nose in the hay  bin.

Olly, he is my other male rabbit. He just poops and chins the sides of the cage, he really honestly doesn’t pay attention to the rabbit in side the cage, but Olly is really bad about using the litter box. We have tired everything, I think we need to go back to basic with Olly and get him using the litter box more, He getting better but when he was younger his old owner never really gave him asses to one

The new bunny (sorry we are giving her a new name just haven’t though of one yet) She doesn’t seem to mind the other rabbits at her cage, on the first couple of days she thump her foot. She done that allot, we just make the other rabbits to move on. But I understand this has been stressful on her.

Cookie and the new bunny have not been face to face because when the boys are out to play in the living room, Cookie gets the hallway and then I switch with the new bunny for play time in the hallway. That’s why I was wondering if it was excitement to see the new bunny or if it was her showing she the top girl in the house.

Here are pictures of my bunnies, First is Olly, Second is Cookie, third is new bunny, and last is Scamper

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[babybunsmum]

aww they’re all very adoreable!  i’m taking the same exact approach to bonding my 2 girls.  i have to wait til a bit after pinky’s spay (she’s my new zealand white i just adopted) before attempting to bond her to baby (she’s my 7yr old lop). actually when i first thought of adopting pinky i had in mind i wouldn’t try to bond them since they are 2 females which i heard can be trickier.  but mainly because i didn’t get baby bun spayed when she was young & now my vet does not recommend it (she had health probs which i’m sure also influenced this decision).  but after some chat in this forum i decided i would try to bond them but just take my time and see how it goes.

i’m sure trying to bond 4 will be quite interesting… good luck! 

[Carolyn]

I’m sure its going to be hard to get all 4 to bond, , but even if I can get two paris, or a three and a singal I’d be happy with as well….I’ll let the bunnys let me know when how they would like things once we starting bonding them.

as for my problem with cookie is we traded cages with Olly and her to see if that make any diffence…I’ll know in a day or two…

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