digitalsushi
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hello all - i had made a previous post about my new bunny meeting my current bunny - but I'm having more issues. We have a giant balcony at our apartment which Mimi has her hutch and litter on and we just purchased 30" high pet
fencing to fence off half the area for Angus - so being fenced off, he and Mimi can get to know each other without the fighting. I've had Angus in the Laundry for the past 8 days without the exception of a breif 30 second meeting with Mimi which wasn't positive. So today I decided to put Angus in his Pen. I set up his bed and litter and gave him some extra treats and when I put Angus in there he was a little freaked out of being outside (of all the bird noises I think!) I made sure that Mimi was inside while he was getting aquainted to his new space. After an hour or so, Angus seemed pretty chilled. He was running around the pen, eating and using his litter. So Mimi got outside and immediately tried to fit her fat head through the pen. The weird thing was is that Angus decided to sit right at the edge of the pen - so he was right at Mimi's face level. So what happens - Mimi sticks her head through the pen
and nips Angus. He runs off startled but he comes back to the edge of the cage - where he gets nipped again and he does the same running away and coming back to the Mimi firing line. I then tried to pick him and put him in the middle of the pen, yet he wandered back to the edge of the pen. So I'm confused - he's getting bitten by Mimi and obviously it's not fun, but he doesn't get in a safer position - is he just too scared to move?
Should I provide some photographic evidence of what's happening just to explain it better?
Thank you in advance
Annie
fencing to fence off half the area for Angus - so being fenced off, he and Mimi can get to know each other without the fighting. I've had Angus in the Laundry for the past 8 days without the exception of a breif 30 second meeting with Mimi which wasn't positive. So today I decided to put Angus in his Pen. I set up his bed and litter and gave him some extra treats and when I put Angus in there he was a little freaked out of being outside (of all the bird noises I think!) I made sure that Mimi was inside while he was getting aquainted to his new space. After an hour or so, Angus seemed pretty chilled. He was running around the pen, eating and using his litter. So Mimi got outside and immediately tried to fit her fat head through the pen. The weird thing was is that Angus decided to sit right at the edge of the pen - so he was right at Mimi's face level. So what happens - Mimi sticks her head through the pen
and nips Angus. He runs off startled but he comes back to the edge of the cage - where he gets nipped again and he does the same running away and coming back to the Mimi firing line. I then tried to pick him and put him in the middle of the pen, yet he wandered back to the edge of the pen. So I'm confused - he's getting bitten by Mimi and obviously it's not fun, but he doesn't get in a safer position - is he just too scared to move?
Should I provide some photographic evidence of what's happening just to explain it better?
Thank you in advance
Annie