rpuckett
Well-Known Member
So I went to the shelter after learning from them that there was a five year old rabbit who had been there since December, and things weren't looking good for her time-wise. She was a public drop off/stray, but she is super sweet to people, seems in good health and, overall warmed my heart, so since I had extra cage space (in the form of another cage in another room, pictures to come.) I brought her home yesterday, but my bonded pair is going nuts. I guess they can smell her. My bonded female has taken to biting and boxing my male (he is missing two little patches of fur on his nose), and he, not to be outdone, is now humping her (trying to anyways) every time she gets near him, which leads to more boxing.
Don't get me wrong, these are not "fights" per say, as in I don't have to pull them apart, he just tries to feel the love, and she doesn't want to feel it. But, on the other hand, she is pulling his fur out, and he is making her do it. I don't want them to be hurt or stressed by not being together...
Anyways, long story short, should I separate my bonded pair (it would just involve altering their NIC cage)? Temporarily? Permanently as a way to eventually try to rebond a trio? Should I just let them beat up on each other as a form of pecking order? ullhair:
Don't get me wrong, these are not "fights" per say, as in I don't have to pull them apart, he just tries to feel the love, and she doesn't want to feel it. But, on the other hand, she is pulling his fur out, and he is making her do it. I don't want them to be hurt or stressed by not being together...
Anyways, long story short, should I separate my bonded pair (it would just involve altering their NIC cage)? Temporarily? Permanently as a way to eventually try to rebond a trio? Should I just let them beat up on each other as a form of pecking order? ullhair: