Bonding has commenced!

Well, bonding of Furby and Faye (my new BARC bun) has commenced, somewhat later than planned. I worked all night Thursday and during the day on Friday so by the time I got in after shopping last night I was far too tired to start bonding. I did go and buy a new pen - deciding it was better than risking using an old one. I love the new one as it has panels so I am starting off small and can add to it. It will be useful for the garden in the summer to fence off parts I don't want the buns to get to as well.

At the moment they have a small four panel pen with a litter tray with hay in and a bottle of water - nothing else as they had already had breakfast. So far Furby has constantly humped poor Faye who is so much smaller. She seems to be coping OK so I am leaving them.

I am on-call tonight so will put the divider in the run if I have to go out. I know it's not ideal but with three jobs and working from home as a therapist I will never find a few days when I can spend 24/7 with the buns. I am going to sleep in the lounge with them tonight when I'm not working and am home all day tomorrow. It was the best I could arrange timewise.

When I took Faye to see my vet he thought she could be older than 12 weeks because her teeth are stained at the back. She could be the Mum of the other three she was found with. I have to wait and see if she grows. She is adorable and will make Furby a wonderful wife.

Happy bonding vibes would be appreciated. It's hard watching Furby hump Faye as she is so tiny but I know I have to let them sort it out for themselves. He isn't biting her at all and they do have breaks where they both sit in opposite corners of the pen.

Good luck. Bonding vibes coming your way.

Happy and successful bonding vibes on their way. Good Luck.
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aww sounds like you doing a fab job.

i cannot believe where you find the time xxx

Good Luck.

I take it from all the humping that Furby must be feeling much better! ha ha ha

Best of luck with the bonding, I hope it goes smoothly for you.

How's it going? Good luck

It seems to be going well. I was called out to work last night and took the risk of leaving them in together. I gave them a double bowl of food which was gone when I got back from work.

Furby does thump a lot - more so yesterday than today. I think he is probably fed-up being in such a small space as he is used to much bigger. Faye's hutch is my smallish spare one (usually used for storage of newspaper, shredded paper and hay) so she has about the same amount of space. I wasn't going to buy a new hutch just for a few days.

There has been no aggression and they sit side by side or face to face. No grooming as yet. They are both sitting by an empty food bowl at the moment with four eyes telling me it's time for teatime noms The weird thing is that Furby is now eating carrot whereas when he was on his own he wouldn't. Maybe he needed to see that it was edible and safe for bunnies or something!!!

I am pleased with how it is going. I hate seeing them in a small space but know it is too soon to add panels to their run.

The only real downside is how freezing my house is. If I ever bond again it will be in the summer!!!!

Thank you for your support everyone. I am really hopeful that I will soon have two happily loved up buns.

Glad it seems to be going well.

I wonder if whatever happened to Furby before has affected how he treats food now. Maybe having a new lovely wife will sort out his eating habits and he'll be eating everything and worrying you less.

Nose rubs to all concerned!

What a great thought Katie. I like that You could well be right as Furby probably didn't have many different foods while he was at Lymington. He came straight from there to me, not going to a rescue first, so I guess he may not have even seen a carrot before. He certainly seems to approve now but can't have too much because of watching his figure.

Faye, on the other hand, is a slight little thing who may still be growing (depending on how old she is).

I've text some photos to Lara on another forum and she will put them up tomorrow and then hopefully I can transfer some of them on here

At the moment Faye is sitting with her face underneath Furby's. I think she likes her big, strong husbun

It's weird - part of me finds bonding anxiety provoking and scary and part of me absolutely loves it. I think seeing two buns who have been alone 'find' each other and form a bond is an amazing sight to witness. It really moves me (yes, I know I am a soppy being where animals are concerned )

Pleased it seems to be going well

Glad its all sounding good babe

Hope it's still going well.

Come on Furby, be nice and give your new bun-wife a rest from the humping!

Glad to hear it's going well, hope it all continues to go smoothly

Well today I extended their pen by adding two panels. They both looked so bored and fed-up I felt sorry for them. I also want to get them back outside asap as my house is like a fridge and my cats are muttering about leaving home

I've put a little plastic stool and a toy in there too - both new. Furby celebrated the extra space by humping Faye. She had managed to escape the smaller pen so I put a net on it and have now added a rug as well and pegged it down.

I am going to have to neutralise Furby's hutch and run before he takes his wife home. Any ideas how I can do that would be appreciated.

I just hope the bigger space I have just given them doesn't cause problems. I'm pleased with the pen as it will be good to put in the garden in the summer. If I bought another one it would be a really good size.

I don't have any exp. of bonding (that will change on Saturday) but it sounds as if it's going ok.

Rhianna wrote:I am going to have to neutralise Furby's hutch and run before he takes his wife home. Any ideas how I can do that would be appreciated.

Make up a solution of 1:10 parts Biological washing liquid/powder and water. Wash/scrub hutch with this, then rinse. When it's dry, get some surgical spirit and a cloth and wipe the hutch in that.

Thanks Jay

Just went in to check on the buns and Faye was nowhere to be seen!! There is a net and rug on top of the run now. I just kept looking in disbelief and then tried to work out if Furby looked fatter. I really thought he had eaten her.

I eventually found her behind the settee looking very pleased with herself! I still don't know how she got out. Have put even more pegs on the net. I think Faye is the Houdini of Bunnies!!!

Furby and Faye seemed to be co-existing happily enough but there is no grooming