fluffybuns
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One week ago today, I adopted Laverne (1 yr old Dutch) from the humane society to join our family. My fiancé and I found our little pride and joy (Melvin, 1yr old Mini Rex) as an abandoned bunny in January of 2014. Laverne's story is similar, she was abandoned around winter of 2014-2015 and lived at the bunny shelter for 4 months until I brought Melvin in for a meet and greet when they hit it off.
Week 1: Laverne has been super shy mostly, but comes for cuddling in the evening when Dan (my fiancé) and I are watching Star Trek and playing Yahtzee. The first few days she was home, she hid out in the corner of the rabbit tunnel beneath my desk. She tolerated some petting and holding but mostly preferred to keep to herself.
I feel like Melvin (2 yr old now) has been kind of overbearing in that he follows Laverne around and watches her every move, not giving her much privacy. He seems to enjoy it when Laverne cuddles and bathes him but he is reluctant to reciprocate these affections....hopefully he can learn that love is a 2 way street. Although this is kind of understandable since Dan and I have spoiled the pants off of Melvin since day 1 so he thinks the world revolves around him.
Overall, Laverne seems to be settling in just fine. She comes to breakfast and snacks on time and seems to tolerate Melvin's awkward boy attitude just fine. Melvin scratched at Laverne the other day when Dan was petting her, scaring her away and making Dan and me mad at him.
Week 1: Laverne has been super shy mostly, but comes for cuddling in the evening when Dan (my fiancé) and I are watching Star Trek and playing Yahtzee. The first few days she was home, she hid out in the corner of the rabbit tunnel beneath my desk. She tolerated some petting and holding but mostly preferred to keep to herself.
I feel like Melvin (2 yr old now) has been kind of overbearing in that he follows Laverne around and watches her every move, not giving her much privacy. He seems to enjoy it when Laverne cuddles and bathes him but he is reluctant to reciprocate these affections....hopefully he can learn that love is a 2 way street. Although this is kind of understandable since Dan and I have spoiled the pants off of Melvin since day 1 so he thinks the world revolves around him.
Overall, Laverne seems to be settling in just fine. She comes to breakfast and snacks on time and seems to tolerate Melvin's awkward boy attitude just fine. Melvin scratched at Laverne the other day when Dan was petting her, scaring her away and making Dan and me mad at him.