BethM
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I just adopted Opal on Saturday. She is young and not spayed yet. The first introduction with Benjamin went REALLY well, she groomed him a lot, and didn't seem to mind much when he mounted her. (He's neutered.)
Yesterday's bonding session was ok, but today's was pretty stressful, as all he wanted to do was mount her- and she did NOT want that, and was just trying to bite him. I got them calmed down and ended the session early.
I am keeping them both in Benjamin's cage, with a divider down the middle. Since going back into the cages, all he does is sit and stare at her, and thump. Every few minutes, *THUMP* Sometimes she sits on her side of the divider and grooms in front of him. At one point, he was walking along the divider, and she growled and lunged at him. I put up a second layer of NIC grids on the divider, off-set, so their noses can't get through as easily. (They were fine until the humping started, sniffing through the divider without hostility.)
I am wondering if it's her hormones that are making him so totally crazy, he pretty much ignores every other bunny he's met, and all of those were speutered. He thumped last night, too. All night long. Is there anything I can do to calm him down? He's not aggressive towards her- he just wants to hump her.
So, how will I know it's time to spay Opal?
She is young, but I don't know exactly how old she is. She was dumped by someone's mailbox in a cardboard box, along with her brother and sister, maybe 3 weeks ago. They were taken to a shelter, then taken into HRS foster care 2 weeks ago. Her brother will be neutered in about 2 weeks, his testicles are just starting to show.
I don't want to spay her too early, and make it more risky, but I don't want to put it off for too long, either.
Yesterday's bonding session was ok, but today's was pretty stressful, as all he wanted to do was mount her- and she did NOT want that, and was just trying to bite him. I got them calmed down and ended the session early.
I am keeping them both in Benjamin's cage, with a divider down the middle. Since going back into the cages, all he does is sit and stare at her, and thump. Every few minutes, *THUMP* Sometimes she sits on her side of the divider and grooms in front of him. At one point, he was walking along the divider, and she growled and lunged at him. I put up a second layer of NIC grids on the divider, off-set, so their noses can't get through as easily. (They were fine until the humping started, sniffing through the divider without hostility.)
I am wondering if it's her hormones that are making him so totally crazy, he pretty much ignores every other bunny he's met, and all of those were speutered. He thumped last night, too. All night long. Is there anything I can do to calm him down? He's not aggressive towards her- he just wants to hump her.
So, how will I know it's time to spay Opal?
She is young, but I don't know exactly how old she is. She was dumped by someone's mailbox in a cardboard box, along with her brother and sister, maybe 3 weeks ago. They were taken to a shelter, then taken into HRS foster care 2 weeks ago. Her brother will be neutered in about 2 weeks, his testicles are just starting to show.
I don't want to spay her too early, and make it more risky, but I don't want to put it off for too long, either.