Thanks everyone! I just love watching them together, they are so darn cute.
Crystal - I did get those water bottles at Leith Petwerks. It is expensive to order from them, but I didn't think I'd find them anywhere here. They are great water bottles, but make sure the buns figure out how to use them...it took Rupert a while to figure it out!!
Haley - We are loving our new house! I'm so glad that we have the room to allow the buns to be free all of the time, I just think they are so much happier now. We would have loved to have them free all day in the apartment, but we just didn't have the room.
Honeypot - Thanks! Your avatar pic of your two reminds me so much of Rupert and Penelope! It is a great pic!!
jcottonl02 - We had Penelope and Rupert's cages in the same room from the time we got them. They would take turns having play times and sniff each other when one was out of the cage and one was in the cage. This was from November until we moved in May. So they already were very familiar with each other, their scents, etc. I think this helped A LOT. We had them both spayed and neutered, and waited until they recovered fully. Then, once we were in the new house, we weren't sure how they would react when placed together, so we did it for the first time in the bath tub. Penelope immediately started grooming Rupert! And he loved it! So we had the next bonding session in their room. There was a bit of chasing and mounting, but nothing aggressive. They seemed to work out the dominance issue quickly. So every day, for at least a couple of weeks, they had their play time together, until we were comfortable leaving them out all of the time together. And they've been inseparable ever since!
