Lukaku&Onana
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Tomorrow my two long-eared friends Lukaku and Onana who I feel honoured to share my house with since three months have to go to the vet with me. They were born in October and bought by a member of our family in January, who couldn't keep them, so we were lucky enough to take them in. Their vaccinations they had with the previous owners, so they have never been to the vet with me. I want to take them in because I want a thorough health check before I book them in for being neutered. I am incredibly nervous, because I felt very sorry for them when they first came - they just had bonded with their owners and now there were given away like things ... It took a long time for them to bond with me (I work from home, very long hours and they live in my office, so they are hopping around me 12 hours a day) but we start to have a really trusting relationship - and now I have to put them into their transport boxes, put them into my car, like when they were taken away from their old home, and hand them over to a strange man (our vets are very wonderful, we have been there with our dog and cat since ten years, and they have someone there who really loves and knows about rabbits. But still ...). Won't that destroy their trust? I was wondering if I should wait a bit longer, but on the other hand I want to re-bond them as soon as possible, because at the moment my office is split to keep them apart and they each have only half the available space, and they also have to take turns in their outdoor pen, which is a shame (both are male). Is there anything I can do to make the experience less terrifying for them? They are both very lovely, funny, friendly chaps, hopping around, eating well and enjoying themselves but they weren't when they first came. They were so scared! I don't want that to happen again but I don't know what else to do as I need them to be neutered to be together again.