I have two rabbits: one year old (Panda) and 5 months old (Mochi). They came as a bonded pair just a month ago.
I saw the Mochi fight the Panda last Thurs after giving them veggies. She bit a lot of hair out of the other one but there were no injuries I observed. I separated them until Monday when I reintroduced them in a new environment. The fighting happened again. Out came Panda's hair again.
Would you advise me to separate them longer and try again or just return the vicious one back to the rescue to be adopted solo?
I think that both of them 24h after a fight become afraid of me. Not sure if it is gonna cause more harm than good if I attempt other techniques? Panda is living in my room now. She is the best roommate ever; she comes up to me and loves being petted. Mochi was never like that. I hope Panda continues to behave well!
Also I don't particularly like Mochi and she seems to be a burden for a few reasons. she poops out of her litter box and does not like to be petted. Another thing is she sometimes has a dirty green mouth. It cleans randomly by itself. So really no big deal for me saying goodbye.
...However I feel bad surrendering her if she could potentially keep Panda company especially when I'm going to be working away from home starting this fall.
I saw the Mochi fight the Panda last Thurs after giving them veggies. She bit a lot of hair out of the other one but there were no injuries I observed. I separated them until Monday when I reintroduced them in a new environment. The fighting happened again. Out came Panda's hair again.
Would you advise me to separate them longer and try again or just return the vicious one back to the rescue to be adopted solo?
I think that both of them 24h after a fight become afraid of me. Not sure if it is gonna cause more harm than good if I attempt other techniques? Panda is living in my room now. She is the best roommate ever; she comes up to me and loves being petted. Mochi was never like that. I hope Panda continues to behave well!
Also I don't particularly like Mochi and she seems to be a burden for a few reasons. she poops out of her litter box and does not like to be petted. Another thing is she sometimes has a dirty green mouth. It cleans randomly by itself. So really no big deal for me saying goodbye.
...However I feel bad surrendering her if she could potentially keep Panda company especially when I'm going to be working away from home starting this fall.