I got my second rabbit in August. Before I decided to get her a put in lots of thought and read probably everything on the internet and went back and read more. As a matter of fact my husband told me to quite reading and watching the videos. hehe So I couldn't get to a rabbit shelter to do bunny dating I checked Craigslist to see if I could find a bunny on there. I wanted an older bunny but fell in love with a baby. So I had plenty of time to do pre- bonding stuff like bedding, litterboxes exchanging stuff like that. I would set the rabbit's cages side by side for visits in our living room. I figured they would get use to each other over time and it would make bonding easy.
My problem is my male rabbit is aggressive towards my female. All but one session did he not attack her and it was because I was stress bonding and he was scared. The second session like that he attacked her several times off and on. These sessions are not working out.
I had thought that stress bonding was going to work. However I noticed a couple of things afterwards. my male rabbit was scared of me both of them actually but it was affecting my male the worst. I don't want that type of relationship with pets. He will make sad little noises and run from me and hide. We have always had a great bond. I don't want to ruin it. My second problem is that my female will not interact with the male she will sit frozen and then if she makes the slightest of moves my male will attack. I have since quit bonding again.
I could REALLY use some advice. REAL advice no links please because I 99% sure I have already read them. Has anyone ever had this type of situation? If so how did they resolve it?
I am at a loss as to what to do. I really don't want to give up.
Sindri
My problem is my male rabbit is aggressive towards my female. All but one session did he not attack her and it was because I was stress bonding and he was scared. The second session like that he attacked her several times off and on. These sessions are not working out.
I had thought that stress bonding was going to work. However I noticed a couple of things afterwards. my male rabbit was scared of me both of them actually but it was affecting my male the worst. I don't want that type of relationship with pets. He will make sad little noises and run from me and hide. We have always had a great bond. I don't want to ruin it. My second problem is that my female will not interact with the male she will sit frozen and then if she makes the slightest of moves my male will attack. I have since quit bonding again.
I could REALLY use some advice. REAL advice no links please because I 99% sure I have already read them. Has anyone ever had this type of situation? If so how did they resolve it?
I am at a loss as to what to do. I really don't want to give up.
Sindri