Rowan
Well-Known Member
Tarragon - well it would be!! - had an extrahormonal surgethe last 24 hoursand yesterday hespent his time shredding ripping tossing and bashing everything hecould when he wasn't running circles round Flopsy's cage trying toimpress her. His cage looked like he'd had a confetti party in there.
This morning I was woken up at 5am bythe sound of fighting. Irushed into my daughter's room, she's away this weekend, to findTarragon on Bunberry's level beating him up. The door was slightlyajar, and I thought I must have not fastened it tightly enough lastnight and he'd spent his midnight hours working the latch loose. I gotthem apart and calmed Bunberry down. It took ages because he was sostressed. Then I let him run loose while I made sure Tarragon wasfirmly locked in. After a few hours I put Bunberry back in to letFlopsy out, making sure the doors were alllockedverytight shut.
Shortly afterwards there was a scuffling sound and then silence. I wentover to look at the cage and there was Tarragon calmly eatingBunberry's food while poor Bunberry cowered under the little ledgethat's there. The door was still locked. After close examination of thecage it seems the only way Tarragon could have done it was to squashhimself into a flatpancake and squeeze between the wire meshand the shelf to drop on Bunberry fromabove. Thedoor must have come open the first time from the force of the fight.
Bunberry is one unhappyrabbit I'velet him run loose again because I don't think he trusts his cage as asafe space anymore, understandably. When an evil rabbit falls fromabove twice in a day and attacks without warning it doesn't make forrelaxed living! :shock:
While I was getting the tools to fix the gaps so that not even a sheetof paper could get throughTarragon was alreadyworkingon the final part of his masterplan - how to get downto theground floor where the girls are. He had his nosejammed down the tiny gap between the mesh and the floor and wasstarting totry and force his way between. It's heavydutymesh too.The power of hormones!
Well he's locked up now and not going anywhere. He doesn't look theslightest bit upset by it all and spent most of the time I was sortingthe cage out begging for treats. Totally unrepentant!
Luckily neither rabbit was injured but I'm trying to work out the best way to make Bunberry feel safe again. Any ideas?
This morning I was woken up at 5am bythe sound of fighting. Irushed into my daughter's room, she's away this weekend, to findTarragon on Bunberry's level beating him up. The door was slightlyajar, and I thought I must have not fastened it tightly enough lastnight and he'd spent his midnight hours working the latch loose. I gotthem apart and calmed Bunberry down. It took ages because he was sostressed. Then I let him run loose while I made sure Tarragon wasfirmly locked in. After a few hours I put Bunberry back in to letFlopsy out, making sure the doors were alllockedverytight shut.
Shortly afterwards there was a scuffling sound and then silence. I wentover to look at the cage and there was Tarragon calmly eatingBunberry's food while poor Bunberry cowered under the little ledgethat's there. The door was still locked. After close examination of thecage it seems the only way Tarragon could have done it was to squashhimself into a flatpancake and squeeze between the wire meshand the shelf to drop on Bunberry fromabove. Thedoor must have come open the first time from the force of the fight.
Bunberry is one unhappyrabbit I'velet him run loose again because I don't think he trusts his cage as asafe space anymore, understandably. When an evil rabbit falls fromabove twice in a day and attacks without warning it doesn't make forrelaxed living! :shock:
While I was getting the tools to fix the gaps so that not even a sheetof paper could get throughTarragon was alreadyworkingon the final part of his masterplan - how to get downto theground floor where the girls are. He had his nosejammed down the tiny gap between the mesh and the floor and wasstarting totry and force his way between. It's heavydutymesh too.The power of hormones!
Well he's locked up now and not going anywhere. He doesn't look theslightest bit upset by it all and spent most of the time I was sortingthe cage out begging for treats. Totally unrepentant!
Luckily neither rabbit was injured but I'm trying to work out the best way to make Bunberry feel safe again. Any ideas?