BunnyBunch
Active Member
Have two New Zealand sisters- my Doodlebug and Sugar. They were housed together at PO's home so we kept them that way when we got them in January. They were constantly plucking their own fur during this time. Also Sugar was being very vocal toward doodle, and doodle was contantly chasing sugar. It progressed to doodle mounting Sugar constantly as of mid february, and then to her snapping at sugar. At this point (a week ago) I seperated them for fear that Sugar would get hurt. Neither has plucked their fur since. They shed like crazy though, and I am unsure of what to use to groom them and how often. also doodle has a noxious odor coming from her rear end. It is emitting from two pockets, one on either side of her genitals. She does NOT like me touching her there when I try to look. Is this normal (the smell)?? Sugar doesn't have this problem. Sugar has stopped vocalizing since she was taken away from Doodle until recently. Now she grunts and lunges at me when I try to shooher back into her cage from wherever she has wandered to. This poses a tremendous concern to my hubby and I as we have a 17 month old son who's always walking and crawling around, and whoplays with the buns. We know her change in attitude is not something he'll understand or know to avoid. We need advice on how to best nip this behavior in the bud before he goes waddling by and gets bitten! For now we have put an additional lock on her cage door so she can't let herself out (outsmarted us for a bit there). We want to be able to all cohabitate again though.