ADEE wrote:
Rain actually beat Abbie up really good once... they had been living together fine for a couple weeks and one day i came home to bloody tile and a bleeding Abbie... she had been all tore up! Her ears were torn inside and out and she had nice size lacerations all over her body. took a couple weeks actually to heal all the way which is why they hadnt been together for the last month or so. just recently we have let them live together again and so far so good
Now that must've given you quite a scare! It's actually what I was worried about when I first let Anna and Yofi stay in the same room together unsupervised, but fortunately they got along fine. (I was esp. worried that a misplaced nip might tear those vulnerable ears of Yofi's.) I wonder if the fight that Rain and Abbie had, had more to do with both of them being female. When I was a teenager my sister and I each had a rabbit, both females, and they got along fine for a few weeks...then one day they suddenly had it out, trying to beat the stuffings out of one another. LOTS of fur flying and nips given; but after that one fight they settled down and were fine. I think they were establishing dominance (which, it seems, my sister's little Dutch stole the title from my big mixed-breed.) From the look of Abbie in the pics, she's healed very well from her war wounds.
Two rabbits I used to have, Raph and Rufus, got into a brief tussle once. Rufus was a little dutch mix and Raph was an e-lop, and neither were neutered (Rufus was scheduled for an upcoming neuter; with Raph I'd opted not to have him done because he was already dealing with too many health issues). Rufus was constantly trying to mount Raph - usually the wrong end to boot - and even though Raph was patient, he had his limits (and his dignity to maintain) so I had to keep them separated. However, one evening Rufus was in an area that was sectioned off with wire, and Raph was following me around...but I was doing laundry and wasn't paying attention. Next thing I knew I heard a huge kafuffle...turned around to discover that Raph had climbed over the wire (yep, climbed; he couldn't jump because of joint problems) and was in the pen with Rufus. And there was Rufus, latched firmly to Raph's head and Raph trying to knock him off. I ran over there to separate them but wasn't quite fast enough. Well, let's just say that Raph decided to attempt his own home neutering on poor Rufus. Turned out the wound was superficial, but there was blood absolutely
everywhere! Scared the *$# out of me.
With Yof and Anna, they're now like two peas in a pod...Anna lies down and Yofi flops himself on top of her. She makes a great cushion when HRH is tired.
*btw, I still find it funny how much Abbie and Yofi look alike...long lost twins...
