I seem to have bonded my boss' rabbits U/D PICS!

What on earth did I do that for! He's tried before and failed - but from my limited discussions with him, it seems that he put the new girl into the existing buck's hutch, and there was lots of fur and growling, so he separated them and bought her a hutch.

That was about a year ago. Apparently they can see each other from their runs and they grunt at each other.

I don't hold out too much hope but it's got to be worth a go on the neutral territory of my house hasn't it

Err.....Good Luck?

I would say that the fact they are in their own runs and grunting at each other shouldn't have a huge bearing on how they react in neutral teritory with the correct approach.

Oh 'eck.... I have to be honest..... I don't envy you Did you get that feeling as soon as you said 'OK' you wished you hadn't?

Good luck is all I can offer... but perhaps you will get some tips from experienced members on HH..... I'd shout HELP as loudly as poss

Honey61 wrote: Did you get that feeling as soon as you said 'OK' you wished you hadn't?

Oh yes

I'm not too worried about the technicalities of bonding, it's more just that they're my boss' rabbits. We talked about them during my job interview

He said quite a profound thing - that rabbits are a cheap and easy animal to look after badly.

I hope it goes ok, next Fri (29th) is the big day

Good luck
Sallyx

I hope you're not going to be sleeping on the floor again!

If they get on, it's a distinct possibility! Although there is now a spare bed in the back bedroom so I'm more likely to set the dog crate up in there and have a proper bed while bunnysitting!

Are they both "done"?
Sounds like you'll have a sleepless night next weekend!

Yep they are both done. I'm hoping the doe had only just been done when they tried them last time, and that she will have calmed down a lot now!

Bonding................................

Bonding someone elses Buns.............

*Faints*

Good Luck !!

Jack's-Jane wrote:Bonding................................

Bonding someone elses Buns.............

*Faints*

Good Luck !!

Jane you are so funny!

I find a bottle of wine helps calms me down anyway.

Well today was B-day...arrived home from my hols at midnight last night and the bunnies arrived at 9.30 this morning. There have been some scuffles but since about 4.30pm all has been relatively calm. no grooming yet but lots of ignoring, grooming of themselves and eating by each other. I've just brought them indoors into the dog crate which is in the spare room, so I'm in for a long interesting night I reckon!

They are gorgeous buns, one is a hugely overweight lop (he's about the size of a fat dwarf lop but looking at his face shape he may even be a mini!) and the other I reckon is a conti x. I can't get any photos uploaded yet but will do another day.

Hope everyone is ok

Ooh, good luck

Hope you get some sleep!

I'm now in bed with the laptop...no fighting but she (Bertha) is a big old girl and all I can hear is her munching away on a load of tasty hay

Good luck Alison, can't wait to see some pics of them

It's 8am and all is well No snuggling or grooming yet but they seem perfectly content in each others company and shared breakfast from the same bowl without bickering. I think it'll do the little tubby one some good to share with Big Bertha as he won't get as much concentrated food so may lose some weight!

Sounds good...im bonding this weekend too,started yesterday,all quiet here too!

Yesterday:
(the large lady is Bertha, the smaller chap is Harris)







Isn't she a beauty...I reckon there's a smidge of conti giant in there:


And breakfast time this morning:

Blimey well done !!

Your garden looks huge !!

Can we have some pics of your Santa please.........

Jack's-Jane wrote:
Can we have some pics of your Santa please.........

Have a quick pop over to 'the other side' to missySJ's photoshoot thread in stories & pics, it's positively a santafest and all taken today

AlisonA wrote:

Jack's-Jane wrote:
Can we have some pics of your Santa please.........

Have a quick pop over to 'the other side' to missySJ's photoshoot thread in stories & pics, it's positively a santafest and all taken today

OK's............

looks like its all going well!

Well it's been 6 days and all is well They are back home (still in my dog crate as I advised leaving them in that for a few days) and there is lots of grooming and snuggling. My boss is going to be attaching their runs together over the next couple of days so they can go back outside at the weekend. I suggested doing it on Saturday as they may bicker a bit when first moved so at least someone will be there to check all is ok for a couple of days.

I'm so happy I've been able to help these two buns live happily together - not only do they now have a companion but they will have twice as much space too!