Bonding Blog of Drizzle and Latte

[lalena2148]

Well, I didn't get to try the bonding on thetable yet. I've been so incredibly busy. But, I did find a small scabon Driz's bum. It seems Latte must have bitten him a little (I knewDriz would have been the one because his fur was everywhere, but hiswinter coat is so thick it's hard to feel). But he's shedding more nowand I found the scab. It looks ok but I'm going to keep a close eye onit.

 

[lalena2148]

Video from the session yesterday:

I laughed when I watched the video because you can hear my husband playing his guitar in the background! LOL!
But we did have a breakthrough....Drizzle groomed Latte a little! :colors:

 

[jordiwes]

Really?? That's freaking sweet! Great work and persistence. I hope the boys continue to be good!

 

[Haley]

Looks good! Its hard to imagine them fighting when you see them grooming like that!

 

[lalena2148]

Haley wrote:

Looks good! Its hard to imagine them fighting when you seethem grooming like that!

LOL! Oh Haley, that's what they do in between fightingsometimes!:laugh:Like right after that, Driz decided to groomLatte's head, then back, then proceeded to try and mount his face.Latte grunted, they circled a little, and then sat down. Driz puts hishead down, Latte grooms him. The Latte puts his head down for Drizzleto groom. Driz pushes him out of the way. Latte grunts, they circle,and so on. It's quite amusing actually!

But Drizzle even trying to groom him was something else. I'm keeping myfingers crossed thtat he's mellowing out about Latte. There was only 2times when all I had to do is say "No!" and they stopped. Before, I'dhave to physically have to break them up.

 

[Starina]

Wow, your Drizzle looks alot like my lady, TinkleBunny.

I, obviously, think that Drizzle is adorable, but Latte is very cute as well.

Some Tips that I have heard helps with bonding... I have only onerabbit, so I am just passing on this info. I don't know if it reallyworks.

Pet both rabbits getting their smell on eachother.

Let them check out eachother's cages.

Let fighting and mounting happen, but for no more than 10 seconds. Itlooks like Drizzle may be the dominate bunny, but Latte needs to beable to establish his limits too.

Find something else that they are BOTH scared of and scare themtogether. I guess that helps them realize they have something in commonand find comfort in eachother.

Clip their nails together.

Drive around in a car with them in a box together.



Good Luck.

~Star~

 

[missyscove]

:yeahthat

Also, I improvised the car method (due to my lack of drivingability). by putting the buns in a laundry basket andcarrying that around, with a bit of shaking.

It worked pretty well. The basket made great neutral territory also.

 

[lalena2148]

:Open with a heavenly choir of angels: Ok, Ijust tried my first bonding session in a VERY long time. It's probablybeen a little over a month. So I decided to move it to the dining roomtable, per Haley's idea. I put them both on the table and watchedDrizzle go to mount Latte. I had my spray bottle ready, as Latte isusually not too keen on the idea and tries to bite Driz at the neck.But :Gasp: Latte LAID down and let Drizzle repeatedly mount him for 1.5minutes! I yelled "Holy Crap!" from the Dining Room, to which myhusband ran out, thinking I had like split my stitches from my recentsurgery. After getting over the fact that I was fine, I told him whathad ensued between Driz and Latte and he was shocked. So, I decided agood session on the table would be good. So for 35 minutes I watchedthem share hay, groom (Latte groomed Drizzle of course), and evenSNUGGLE next to each other. Towards the end, Drizzle tried to mountLatte again and, although Drizzle got a few in there, Latte was onceagain not thrilled. I let him nip at Driz once and then sprayed him alittle. I don't want to interfere too much, ya know? Driz tried itagain and the same thing happened. But after I sprayed Latte, they justsat next to each other. Total, it was a 40 minute session. Pretty goodthough. I was SO excited! :colors: