BunnyMummy
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
This is kind of an update and not altogether a good one. A few things have happened since i last put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard).
On one instance we had to go back to the UK to see family and attend a wedding, it was for just under a week, so we asked a neighbour to look after Pebbles and Bam bam. I wanted them to stay here and for her to look in on them once, or twice a day.
She insisted that we take them to hers, so I did and we set up thier run in her cellar with express instructions that under no circumstances were her children to pick them up. They have an English Labrador and a two year old bunny too, but the lab HATES stairs so there was no danger of them meeting.
Anyhow after we came back she told me that she had been taking them out and cuddling them and they were fine.
When I went to get them they were in thier run out in her gerden with the dog barking and sniffing around them, I was a little perturbed at what the buns must have been going through then she said that she had put her rabbit in with ours and they had fought!!
Bit of background here.... we looked after her rabbit previously and she came across our buns and they fought then, so I don't know why she thought it'd be any different this time, anyway we got them home and since then Pebbles has been a bag of nerves.
We have had to move them into our basement room as now they are getting too big for our wee house, they have lots of space to play and run, and lots of toys and cardboard. I put them outside when it's warm, but they don't seen too impressed by this to be fair, as in there is no binkying or running around.
Anyway Bambam is okay, she still runs away from me and will only come near if I am in her way i.e. lying down with them in thier room, but Pebbles just darts away from me as fast as he can, sometimes so fast I'm afraid he's going to injure himself especially when he carrears into walls in an attempt to get away from me as quicly as possible.
I try to spend time just sitting and reading, or have been lately picking them up separatly and stroking them on the couch.
this is where the bit of good news comes in. When I have them on my lap and stroking them they seem to relax a little and have even started grinding thier teeth. Bambam more than Pebbles, but she lets me know when she's done with a little push, if I keep hold of her the push turns into a nip so I know she wants down.
Pebbles has started grinding slightly which cheered me up no end so I think I'm making a little progress but it's still bloody hard work.
I am ashamed to admit that I have though about rehousing them with someone who is naturally more patient than me, but when I see thier little faces I just don't have the heart to let them go.
This is kind of an update and not altogether a good one. A few things have happened since i last put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard).
On one instance we had to go back to the UK to see family and attend a wedding, it was for just under a week, so we asked a neighbour to look after Pebbles and Bam bam. I wanted them to stay here and for her to look in on them once, or twice a day.
She insisted that we take them to hers, so I did and we set up thier run in her cellar with express instructions that under no circumstances were her children to pick them up. They have an English Labrador and a two year old bunny too, but the lab HATES stairs so there was no danger of them meeting.
Anyhow after we came back she told me that she had been taking them out and cuddling them and they were fine.
When I went to get them they were in thier run out in her gerden with the dog barking and sniffing around them, I was a little perturbed at what the buns must have been going through then she said that she had put her rabbit in with ours and they had fought!!
Bit of background here.... we looked after her rabbit previously and she came across our buns and they fought then, so I don't know why she thought it'd be any different this time, anyway we got them home and since then Pebbles has been a bag of nerves.
We have had to move them into our basement room as now they are getting too big for our wee house, they have lots of space to play and run, and lots of toys and cardboard. I put them outside when it's warm, but they don't seen too impressed by this to be fair, as in there is no binkying or running around.
Anyway Bambam is okay, she still runs away from me and will only come near if I am in her way i.e. lying down with them in thier room, but Pebbles just darts away from me as fast as he can, sometimes so fast I'm afraid he's going to injure himself especially when he carrears into walls in an attempt to get away from me as quicly as possible.
I try to spend time just sitting and reading, or have been lately picking them up separatly and stroking them on the couch.
this is where the bit of good news comes in. When I have them on my lap and stroking them they seem to relax a little and have even started grinding thier teeth. Bambam more than Pebbles, but she lets me know when she's done with a little push, if I keep hold of her the push turns into a nip so I know she wants down.
Pebbles has started grinding slightly which cheered me up no end so I think I'm making a little progress but it's still bloody hard work.
I am ashamed to admit that I have though about rehousing them with someone who is naturally more patient than me, but when I see thier little faces I just don't have the heart to let them go.
That sounds like quite a panick... My Wiggles used to crash into walls when I first got her and it's a very sad thing to see. I hate seeing them so fearful. I think that with all you are doing, they will be justfine. One thing I have noticed with my bonded couples is that they often ignore me when they first bond (with Dahlia and Ariella though i am still pretty much non-existant). So, what I do to get them used to coming to me is this... 
