Date LV
I took them on a car right to my mothers. The date went very well, both we're just exploring and did briefly meet but shooed each other away. Xena did rear up and box, her usual move, but it didn't go past that and they broke off. Now for the very bad news. My initial check last night didn't register that Conan got a scratch on his eyebrow. That area is a little swollen, and there was some crust. My wife (a nurse) cleaned it up and put some bacitracin on, but not on the eye because that's bad, and we'll be monitoring it all day. If things don't get better we'll take him to the vet tomorrow. He doesn't look perturbed by it at all, he was patient while we cleaned it and was friendly with my mom and everyone all day so I'm hoping it was just a scratch to the eyebrow and not the eye itself.
Such a shame, because they were loafing around in the new grounds and my mom simply loved having the company. They looked so good, relaxing and just classically being themselves in a new territory and leaving each other alone. If it was a first date I would have said they make a good match. At 55 dates, it's not progress but it's not anger or even hate. Then again I realize now that they haven't really gone nose to nose anymore, they either break off when making contact with each other or fight of late. In my heart and by logical deduction I think this bond will work and isn't a dead end but I definitely need to give it time and reassess. Maybe call for some help from a more experienced party.
Now for responses;
Hahaha a stud huh? Hmmm okay, we will take your word for it. :biggrin2: You had me convinced until the milk at the bar thing......lol.........
Heh, a real man is stud enough to be childish, not care what others think, and maintain manliness...Err, I believe
Things were going good! It's hard to know when to end dates though. Especially if things were going so peaceful. Did something specific happen OR start happening at the 45 minute mark that changed the mood?
Really I'm not sure. Conan was laying around relaxing, she came to him, he instantly got up to meet her head on and then she started boxing. That's the thing with them, there is very little transition in them from relaxing to fighting and their body language is curious and relaxed until it isn't anymore. Granted my study of bunny body language come's from research and video study, but still I don't think I'm that far off. Like I said I think I either need to be more patient or ask for outside advice.
I don't know if this is even a possibility for you to try, but I have rabbits that don't get along inside on neutral territory, but are fine and happy with each other when I let them outside to play. I don't know if its that there are more distractions and room to run around. If you know of an enclosed yard you can take your rabbits to, or use leashes or an xpen, it might be worth a try if nothing else is working.
My brother has a yard, but not quite enclosed. We're starting to plan to move to a house and on our list is a good yard, so maybe then. I'll have to consider my options cause I'm not so sure on the kitchen anymore but then I'm reassessing everything right now. Worst situation we end up with two separate bunnies, a thing that's not ideal but not one we can't handle.
Oh the bird video. I can't handle that much cute at this hour. That makes me want to go spray the parrot....I know he likes water but I wonder if he'd be anywhere near that cute. He takes baths in his water bowl, but it's nowhere near as hilarious as that!
Never hurts to try. You saw my clowns, they love it, especially Titania. Then again my birds are more winged puppies then birds. Or rather We've never had birds that behave like them.
