pshepard
Member
Hi All,
I'm trying to bond my one year told New Zealand Red (around six pounds) to my newly adopted two month old Holland Lop. For two weeks straight I put them together for 30-45 mins once a day in my foyer (which is tiled) or my bathtub. The results are always the same: the little guy is scared to death of the big guy. Bunny, my older rabbit, chases, growls, and bites the hair off of Pickles, my new rabbit. I always separate them and I usually stop the process when things get out of hand. Bunny will, for the most part, do his own thing, hop around, hop over to pickles and sniff him, even lay next to him. But as soon as Pickles hops away Bunny charges him. 90% of the time Pickles sits up perfectly still, which I'm assuming is because he's so scared. He'll thump and whine while he's sitting there. I've tried treats, scare tactics, rubbing both of their heads, all the usual stuff I see on the forum and no luck.
They live inches a part all day. They aren't in the same cage but their cages are back to back so they can smell each other and see each other. They seem to be best buds in their cages separated, but put them together and it's game over. Any ideas of what I can do?
I'm trying to bond my one year told New Zealand Red (around six pounds) to my newly adopted two month old Holland Lop. For two weeks straight I put them together for 30-45 mins once a day in my foyer (which is tiled) or my bathtub. The results are always the same: the little guy is scared to death of the big guy. Bunny, my older rabbit, chases, growls, and bites the hair off of Pickles, my new rabbit. I always separate them and I usually stop the process when things get out of hand. Bunny will, for the most part, do his own thing, hop around, hop over to pickles and sniff him, even lay next to him. But as soon as Pickles hops away Bunny charges him. 90% of the time Pickles sits up perfectly still, which I'm assuming is because he's so scared. He'll thump and whine while he's sitting there. I've tried treats, scare tactics, rubbing both of their heads, all the usual stuff I see on the forum and no luck.
They live inches a part all day. They aren't in the same cage but their cages are back to back so they can smell each other and see each other. They seem to be best buds in their cages separated, but put them together and it's game over. Any ideas of what I can do?