bowser
Active Member
Hi everyone,
A couple of weeks ago we adopted a little lop bunny that we found running on the road. He is approx 3 months old and is scheduled to be desexed in a couple of weeks.
He is a house bunny and lives in his hutch in the laundry, with free run of the laundry (which is rabbit proofed) and gets let out for several hours of the day to run havoc on the house :wink
We also have 2 cats. One cat is super confident and mellow and gets along with all people and animals - he and Buns are great friends. We have another cat that is a bit skittish and shy - buns bullies him. He sprints after him and bites him, our poor cat is now confined to the bedroom when the rabbit is out, it's not a good situation. I haven't heard of this happening before - the prey being the predators?
I understand there is some territory/hormonal things happening, and that desexing him might help - but is there anyway I can address this behaviour in the mean time? He is spraying everywhere too - over me at least once a day, so he is REALLY defending his territory - how can I make him comfortable enough to realise that he doesn't need to do this?
He is perfect aside from all this, but the cats were here first - I would hate to have to choose between the two.
A couple of weeks ago we adopted a little lop bunny that we found running on the road. He is approx 3 months old and is scheduled to be desexed in a couple of weeks.
He is a house bunny and lives in his hutch in the laundry, with free run of the laundry (which is rabbit proofed) and gets let out for several hours of the day to run havoc on the house :wink
We also have 2 cats. One cat is super confident and mellow and gets along with all people and animals - he and Buns are great friends. We have another cat that is a bit skittish and shy - buns bullies him. He sprints after him and bites him, our poor cat is now confined to the bedroom when the rabbit is out, it's not a good situation. I haven't heard of this happening before - the prey being the predators?
I understand there is some territory/hormonal things happening, and that desexing him might help - but is there anyway I can address this behaviour in the mean time? He is spraying everywhere too - over me at least once a day, so he is REALLY defending his territory - how can I make him comfortable enough to realise that he doesn't need to do this?
He is perfect aside from all this, but the cats were here first - I would hate to have to choose between the two.