Troller
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I have a dilemma. The 60 hour marathon has been inconclusive. The first day there was some fighting, but since then there's only been Conan running away from Xena but they eat, drink, poop near by each other and relax but don't really interact.. Xena even groomed him in the carrier when I went for a stress drive with them. Now I got to go to work in a few short hours and am stuck with 3 choices.
1.) Leave them in the temporary pen. This is my least favorite choice since the pen is rather flimsy and only hasn't been escaped from because I'm nearby to correct that. It's been home thought for the last few days so it might be a shock moving them again. Again though, not my favorite option.
2) Move them into the new cage I built that's a 8ft by 4 ft two floor condo. Now it's in the room they've been in but I thoroughly cleaned, laundered and vinegar and watered the area. The cage is constricted from their previous cage, bigger even, but is set up radically different, in a different area and again the room has been I hope sanitized. Of course moving them into it together might shock them and of course I'm not around.
3) Move them in the same cage I speak of, divided in half. This was to be the first choice originally if the marathon bond failed entirely, but since it hasn't conclusively I'm loathe to go back and separate them to have to start the process all over again. Of course this is the safest choice and the one I don't have to fret at work over.
So do I gamble? I know they won't kill each other alone, one accidental time they we're out together and only fur pulling and some scratches occurred. But I'm worried about an accidental major injury occurring. As for stressing them, The new cage whether divided or whole is a shock either way because it's not their old one. I'd be grateful for any timely advice since right now I only have a few hours to make the decision.
1.) Leave them in the temporary pen. This is my least favorite choice since the pen is rather flimsy and only hasn't been escaped from because I'm nearby to correct that. It's been home thought for the last few days so it might be a shock moving them again. Again though, not my favorite option.
2) Move them into the new cage I built that's a 8ft by 4 ft two floor condo. Now it's in the room they've been in but I thoroughly cleaned, laundered and vinegar and watered the area. The cage is constricted from their previous cage, bigger even, but is set up radically different, in a different area and again the room has been I hope sanitized. Of course moving them into it together might shock them and of course I'm not around.
3) Move them in the same cage I speak of, divided in half. This was to be the first choice originally if the marathon bond failed entirely, but since it hasn't conclusively I'm loathe to go back and separate them to have to start the process all over again. Of course this is the safest choice and the one I don't have to fret at work over.
So do I gamble? I know they won't kill each other alone, one accidental time they we're out together and only fur pulling and some scratches occurred. But I'm worried about an accidental major injury occurring. As for stressing them, The new cage whether divided or whole is a shock either way because it's not their old one. I'd be grateful for any timely advice since right now I only have a few hours to make the decision.
I have two bonded rabbit pairs & another 4 pairs I bonded previously. The 2 of mine were done at a younger age around 8-10wks. Another pair was a 1yr old neutered buck & his 8wk old daughter with no fuss at all & the others were from the same litter as I know it can be a challenge if they are older or maybe I just got lucky who knows.
