This bonding issue is really starting to ****!

[irishmist]

SIGH

There is no way that Cleo and Gracie are going to bond. Wehave tried everything short of tying their paws together so they wouldhave to get along.

Tonight Gracie was in her cage, Cleo was free roaming, Cleo was up atGracies cage again. Last night Gracie bit Cleo. Tonight Gracie wasmaking this terrible noise it sounded like a stressed goose!

I guess we have to surrender to the idea that they will never be allowed out at the same time.

Susan

 

[FreddysMom]

im sorry to hearthat....how old are they again? i dunno much onbonding or the particular situation at hand...but i had a link its nowdead i jus tried it ..it was one of those debmark pages....i know itsaid after failed attempts to wait 6 months and try again...i knowthats not much in the way of advice or consolation, but i hopeeverything turns out for the best!

 

[irishmist]

Cleo is 1 year old and spayed... Gracie is 3 months and intact.

I have alot of bonding info and none of it has worked

Susan

 

[Shuu]

Gracie may be a bit young. I'd wait till she's 6 months and spayed.

 

[naturestee]

It must be really hard trying to bond a teenagebunny. Don't completely give up, just delay until afterGracie has been spayed.

You might also want to put a fence Gracie's cage when Cleo isout. You could probably make something out of NICcubes. My girl is terribly defensive of her cage, and triesto hurt Loki whenever he comes near while she's in it.

 

[black_jack]

okayhere goes. we got scamp at 3 weeks old and have a 7 month oldand a 9 month old.

Both hetti and jack arespayed and we do not know the sex of scamp yet,

When we first got scamp wekept her in the indoor hutch we've got she was so tiny she had plentyof excercise we also had a cage around her so that they could interactbut scamp could get some peace she was so tiny we didnt think she wouldmake it (well hubby didnt).

After a few days i removed th outer cage.

When scamp was a littleolder i sectioned off her corner of the room so that she had room torun a little bit each day and then took it down. This seemedto cause Jack and Hetti to fight a bit so I decided to leave thesection up permanently.

This is when Jack/hettistarted to attack scamp through the bars. Hetti would race upand down following scamp to get the jump on him and it was reallyvicious scratting through the bars etc.. I got tired of this sowhenever she raced to attach i would tug at her fur not enough to hurther but just enough to say thats not acceptable andhurts.

She then took to lying downafter a fur tug and would let me stroke her, have to admit new bun didseem to want to wind her up a bit though lol.

Came home one day and scamphad had her fur pulled out from the route causing it to bleed but ithad heeled.. it think this was jack naughtymonkey.

My buns arent bonded butscamps nose has healed and at the moment while she is still so smallshe can sniff them through her cage and still have room torun.

When she is bigger and canstand up for herself it may be time to bond and if that fails jack andhetti will have to give up more of there room, it's up tothem.

Don't give up, im sure uhave two lovely buns, bonding is tough but if it doesnt happen straightaway at least they both have time for you

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Sorry i don't know much about bonding rabbits asmine are sisters so have always got along but when my auntys cats usedto fight she rubbed them against each other so their smells mixed. Thisworked and they don't fight anymore but i don't know if this is safefor rabbits, just thought i'd post it incase it helped.

 

[black_jack]

Bunnys_rule63 wrote:

Sorry i don't know much about bonding rabbits as mine aresisters so have always got along but when my auntys cats used to fightshe rubbed them against each other so their smells mixed. This workedand they don't fight anymore but i don't know if this is safe forrabbits, just thought i'd post it incase it helped.

this can work with buns too xx