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
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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.
I only answered this with pairs I know now, because I've known so many bunny pairs in total that I'd never remember and it would be off your chart! 7 boy/boy pairs, 7 girl/girl pairs, and 5 mixed
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Thanks for filling out my poll, and for so many great suggestions :)
I'm sure my boys are just being silly and stubborn <3
The bunny talk on Wednesday touched on bonding. Suggestions included grooming everyone lots with the same brush, and putting one bunny's droppings into the other bunny's cage, so I might try those things for spreading their scent around between times when I'm actually putting them together. For the introductions on neutral ground, they said to be brave and let them interact for long enough to fight it out and establish who's in charge. *wibble*
My boys are so much trouble, but I wouldn't have them any other way!
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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 ( ... )
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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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I'm sure my boys are just being silly and stubborn <3
The bunny talk on Wednesday touched on bonding.
Suggestions included grooming everyone lots with the same brush, and putting one bunny's droppings into the other bunny's cage, so I might try those things for spreading their scent around between times when I'm actually putting them together.
For the introductions on neutral ground, they said to be brave and let them interact for long enough to fight it out and establish who's in charge. *wibble*
My boys are so much trouble, but I wouldn't have them any other way!
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