I've read that size doesn't really matter when it comes to bonding, but age does. It obviously isn't true for your bunnies, and from the sound of it I'm pretty sure that personality plays a pretty large part. ;)
Also, Crabbit is an awesome name.
The bunnies I know that are bonded pairs: -The son and daughter (can be found here) of the boy I'm looking into adopting to bond with my current girl. -A big white and black bunny girl and a tiny mini black boy. -Astoundingly enough, I also know a beautiful harlequin girl whose spay surgery went bad and she can't move from her spine down. :( She has a bonded boy who occasionally has to be taken away from her for trying to mount her, unintentionally causing more damage.
If Hayley were a mean-to-other-rabbits bunny, I don't think I'd chance trying to bond her with anyone else. The only other experience she's had has been with a boy named Potter, and we had to separate them because he kept nipping at her nose. D: I hear that Harmon, the boy I'm looking into, is a laid-back boy, so I have high hopes for the two of them.
Sorry for rambling! I guess the answer to your poll would be three boy-girl pairs. I'm trying to think if I know any only girl or only boy pairings, but I've also read that only girl pairings are likely only to work if both of them are spayed, making them less territorial.
I should have mentioned that Runty and Crabbit are 8 months and 1 year respectively, and they have been inseparable since they were introduced 4 months ago (until recently, of course).
Crabbit certainly lives up to his name. He has a lot of personality <3
Thank you for sharing your experiences! And thanks for the links to the lovely bunnies.
They're both acting normal otherwise, and nothing has changed in their lives recently. The fighting was completely unexpected.
Runty is in the "naughty cage" just now, and they interact just fine through the bars. They do a little nose-twitchy, eskimo-kiss thing, which is adorable. But when they play together, fur flies and Crabbit is recovering from a couple of nasty bites.
I'm going to try giving them a bath together. I'm also going to let them play together in a neutral space with a little vanilla essence on the backs of their necks.
I hope they make up soon because they both seemed much happier together than they were on their own.
Also, Crabbit is an awesome name.
The bunnies I know that are bonded pairs:
-The son and daughter (can be found here) of the boy I'm looking into adopting to bond with my current girl.
-A big white and black bunny girl and a tiny mini black boy.
-Astoundingly enough, I also know a beautiful harlequin girl whose spay surgery went bad and she can't move from her spine down. :( She has a bonded boy who occasionally has to be taken away from her for trying to mount her, unintentionally causing more damage.
If Hayley were a mean-to-other-rabbits bunny, I don't think I'd chance trying to bond her with anyone else. The only other experience she's had has been with a boy named Potter, and we had to separate them because he kept nipping at her nose. D: I hear that Harmon, the boy I'm looking into, is a laid-back boy, so I have high hopes for the two of them.
Sorry for rambling! I guess the answer to your poll would be three boy-girl pairs. I'm trying to think if I know any only girl or only boy pairings, but I've also read that only girl pairings are likely only to work if both of them are spayed, making them less territorial.
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Crabbit certainly lives up to his name.
He has a lot of personality <3
Thank you for sharing your experiences!
And thanks for the links to the lovely bunnies.
Fingers crossed for Hayley and Harmon :)
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The fighting was completely unexpected.
Runty is in the "naughty cage" just now, and they interact just fine through the bars.
They do a little nose-twitchy, eskimo-kiss thing, which is adorable.
But when they play together, fur flies and Crabbit is recovering from a couple of nasty bites.
I'm going to try giving them a bath together.
I'm also going to let them play together in a neutral space with a little vanilla essence on the backs of their necks.
I hope they make up soon because they both seemed much happier together than they were on their own.
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