Pickle and Sky Update

[PoppyH]

For a while these two have been separate with Sky living at my boyfriends and Pickle staying with me. I have gradually been rebonding them at my BOYFRIENDS (therefore Sky’s house) who only lives down the road. It seems to have been fine thus far. They do not fight.  They share out of a hay rack together and sit in a litter tray together.

Sky likes to lick Pickle’s back feet but he HATES his back feet being touched in any way shape or form, so he runs away. She has stopped doing this now though. Right now theyre both just chilling in the sitting room going about their own business. Pickle is actually laying down in his little nut shape, which he does when he is sleeping under my bed so Im taking this as a good sign?

 

One thing I have noticed though is that Sky likes to sort of nip him on the bum. I am assuming this is a dominance thing, as she is the dominant one. Pickle runs away when she does this. She doesn’t really chase him per se, but sort of runs towards him a bit but then leaves it.

 

Is this okay? or should I be worried about the nipping thing?

[RabbitPam]

Overall it sounds like they’re getting along, but I would keep an eye on them due to the nipping. I think he is handling it, and she’s getting the message, but you want to make sure it stops. Be ready to separate them at the first sign of nipping if she either goes after him more or he seems at all hurt by a sudden nip.
They’re close to being bonded, but not quite there yet, ie. not ready to be unsupervised.

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