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We've tried a few different ways to bond them and they're definitely making progress. Part of the problem is that the Himalayan is seven years old and was abandoned, so he has some weird abandoned-rabbit PTSD behaviors. If we put him in a box he gets all stressed out and just sits there trembling. He's only comfortable in open spaces. The Harlequin, about 18 weeks, loves being in a crate or a box and adores car rides. But the Harlequin doesn't like being in open spaces. He also enjoys stomping his feet and provoking the Himalayan into chasing him, which they apparently both find fun. They're going longer and longer without fighting, which is good. There's less swatting and grunting, and they only nip if it starts to turn into a fight. Nobody's drawn any blood, just some fur-pulling. Also the older one sleeps outside the younger one's cage all the time and they hang out next to each other all day. They're goofy animals.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Dude, loving do that and loving crate bond those fuckers. See this works because it teaches your rabbits that you're the enemy, and that they need to work together to take you down.
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Update: After more box time, the Harlequin will come out of his cage to hang out. However, he will not let the Himalayan anywhere near him. The himmie isn't aggressive at all, the other rabbit is just dumb as a post. Not the stupidest rabbit I've ever had*, but legitimately doesn't seem too bright. *A Mini Rex too stupid to litter train or figure out toys who tried to have sex with anyone wearing sleeves
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Nov 27, 2017 15:01
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Electric Bugaloo posted:But it’s far and away the fastest way to bond rabbits and seems to work with animals that initially show aggression to each other too. Can confirm. We managed to bond our trio with just a few weeks of intermittent stress bonding, and one of ours is a dominant, aggressive female. It's quite amazing just how well it works!
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Hey bun thread ! Meant to post some cute pictures here for a while but I kept forgetting. Meet Broussette:  She's a 2 years old lionhead and honestly the chillest bunny I ever had to take care of. She almost never bites cables or furniture (unless you present her with cardboard, she might go berserk then). I adopted her from a neighbor when she was 3 months old. She can turn into a boat as well  : I'll post some more later. 
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Nov 29, 2017 12:36
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FactsAreUseless posted:We've tried a few different ways to bond them and they're definitely making progress. Part of the problem is that the Himalayan is seven years old and was abandoned, so he has some weird abandoned-rabbit PTSD behaviors. If we put him in a box he gets all stressed out and just sits there trembling. He's only comfortable in open spaces. The Harlequin, about 18 weeks, loves being in a crate or a box and adores car rides. But the Harlequin doesn't like being in open spaces. He also enjoys stomping his feet and provoking the Himalayan into chasing him, which they apparently both find fun. That harlequin might never ever really "warm up" to anything. They're a pretty feisty breed outside of cuddling up to a human or two here and there. I raise them for ah. *looks up at thread title, looks back at post* well let's just say I raise them (and standard rex). Every one I've ever owned or bred has been a wild little party bunny with a huge "gently caress you this house is mine" attitude. Mine stomp constantly. Hell, they stomp at me. I stomp back and then they wildly run in a circle and stomp for more chase. Good times. I love the breed, though. What's yours look like?
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:That harlequin might never ever really "warm up" to anything. They're a pretty feisty breed outside of cuddling up to a human or two here and there. I raise them for ah. *looks up at thread title, looks back at post* well let's just say I raise them (and standard rex). Every one I've ever owned or bred has been a wild little party bunny with a huge "gently caress you this house is mine" attitude. Mine stomp constantly. Hell, they stomp at me. I stomp back and then they wildly run in a circle and stomp for more chase. Good times. If you raise them for food just say you raise them for food. This fools nobody.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:That harlequin might never ever really "warm up" to anything. They're a pretty feisty breed outside of cuddling up to a human or two here and there. I raise them for ah. *looks up at thread title, looks back at post* well let's just say I raise them (and standard rex). Every one I've ever owned or bred has been a wild little party bunny with a huge "gently caress you this house is mine" attitude. Mine stomp constantly. Hell, they stomp at me. I stomp back and then they wildly run in a circle and stomp for more chase. Good times.
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I also find it hilarious that, despite being totally different breeds and ages, both rabbits have little wheezy doofus grunts instead of real ones. My old Holland Lop mix sounded like an angry pig. These two sound like squeaky toys.
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Nov 30, 2017 14:28
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Sassy Sasquatch posted:Hey bun thread ! We've found the Anti-Harriet
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The Himalayan suddenly started grooming the other rabbit today, and the other rabbit didn't run away from him. Progress!
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Dec 11, 2017 13:22
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grack posted:We've found the Anti-Harriet She's even colour contrasting! Never should they meet.
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FactsAreUseless posted:The Himalayan suddenly started grooming the other rabbit today, and the other rabbit didn't run away from him. Progress! they’ve probably been doing it for weeks but get spooked whenever you’re watching
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Electric Bugaloo posted:they’ve probably been doing it for weeks but get spooked whenever you’re watching
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Harriet teeth update. Teeth spur on left side of mouth has been worn down some. Needs more wearing down, but it's improving. Gums on both sides no longer inflamed, and are now healthy pink. On right side, one molar is bigger than the others. So, she's still getting the metacam and all the poo poo she can chew.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Harriet teeth update. Please respond when the human skeleton you've tossed her is nothing but splinters. I wish alucinor posted more. I've been watching videos from a Holland Lop rabbitry run by an 18 year old and wincing because she says that spaying/neutering is completely optional and that wire-floored cages are more sanitary and safer for your bunnies.
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gamingCaffeinator posted:Please respond when the human skeleton you've tossed her is nothing but splinters. I instead gave her a pile of wood. Will let you know when her doom fortress is built, and the ballista are ready.
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FactsAreUseless posted:They have not. Trust me. These were not bonded rabbits. It was a joke. But also it’s worth noting that it took a certain member of our trio months to lose his aversion to grooming and being groomed if he knew he was being watched.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:It was a joke.
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FactsAreUseless posted:That's adorable. Right now we're waiting to see if the Harlequin grooms back. We aren't convinced he's smart enough to understand the social cues. Smoosh a little yummy fruit (berry/banana) on the target bun’s head. Not super hard or anything and not too much- the goal is to induce cleaning, not stain a rabbit’s head purple/get a chunk of fruit in a rabbit’s eye/give a rabbit diarrhea/have the buns lose interest and the fruit dry into a crusty pompadour. Idk, none of that ever happened with us but I’m spitballing worst-case scenarios. We honestly never had much success with it. Jareth’s the pickiest eater to begin with while Spock’s a canister vacuum with ears- so Spock would just end up grooming himself and licking his hands for like an hour, and for about two weeks at one point he had the faintest pink dye job. But I hear it works well with other people’s rabbits. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Dec 16, 2017 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Smoosh a little yummy fruit (berry/banana) on the target bun’s head. Not super hard or anything and not too much- the goal is to induce cleaning, not stain a rabbit’s head purple/get a chunk of fruit in a rabbit’s eye/give a rabbit diarrhea/have the buns lose interest and the fruit dry into a crusty pompadour. 
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your bunny is broken, recover it from a backup disk
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FactsAreUseless posted:The Harlequin hates fruit. Are you sure you have a bunny instead of, say, a really stupid and nervous cat?
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grack posted:Are you sure you have a bunny instead of, say, a really stupid and nervous cat?
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FactsAreUseless posted:Our vet tells us it's a rabbit. I'm not certain he just doesn't like fruit, I think it might be because we had to remove his incisors. He can eat hay, cilantro, spinach, etc easily, anything that he can just pick up and get to his molars, basically. But he can't bite into pieces of fruit, and we think it just frustrates him so he hasn't developed the taste for it. He does love sweets, and we use Craisins as a very occasional treat/reward mechanism. He just won't go for apple or banana or whatever. We'll probably start grating some apple up and see how he likes that. We had to remove Cilantro’s incisors after a fight with an infected hairline fracture on her jaw that spread to her tooth root. We cut up her fruit so it would be bite-sized and she would nom it all up.
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pseudonordic posted:We had to remove Cilantro’s incisors after a fight with an infected hairline fracture on her jaw that spread to her tooth root. We cut up her fruit so it would be bite-sized and she would nom it all up.
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FactsAreUseless posted:Good call, we'll give it a try. What does she do best with? She mainly ate 3rd cut timothy hay, cilantro, and italian parsley without issue. Her favorite treats were strawberry, watermelon, banana, and apple cut into pieces small enough that she could get her lips around them. Small blueberries were also a favorite.
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Hey rabbit thread I thought you guys might appreciate our rabbit Pancakes. He got a special surprise present in my SASS package of Christmas leg warmers. Except he's a dwarf lop so he doesn't have much in the way of legs so we got creative.     (pellet treats are the only way to get him to sit still)
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Hello Pancakes, you grumpy-looking doofus. Edit: Question for other people with pairs, do your rabbits synchronize their grooming? Only one will groom the other, but they'll stand next to each other and groom the same body parts at the same time.
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Yep we've had pairs be proper clones at times, doing exactly the same thing (though not necessarily next to each other)
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FactsAreUseless posted:Hello Pancakes, you grumpy-looking doofus. Yes. Bonded pairs will mirror each other's behaviour.
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Hi Pancakes ! FactsAreUseless posted:Our vet tells us it's a rabbit. I'm not certain he just doesn't like fruit, I think it might be because we had to remove his incisors. My rabbit never had any surgery beyond sterilization and she doesn't like fruit either. I've had bunnies and various rodents for decades and she's clearly the exception in that department but don't worry too much about it, it happens. Have some cute pictures of Broussette for the holidays:  Camo: doin it right.  "You mean I can poop AND eat at the same time ?!"
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Sassy Sasquatch posted:
Pretty much bunny heaven, right here.
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Gracie has been limping around the last couple of days - last night she was diagnosed with a mass of some sort under her left leg. They're doing a biopsy but it seems pretty likely that it's a cancerous mass. Grace is 11. Anyone got any experience in this sort of thing? She's still behaving happily enough but I'm worried about what the future holds for her.
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In a fit of madness, my wife brought home a kitten on Saturday. And with him, she brought home Agatha to foster as part of the Humane Society's Home for the Holidays program. Her face looks like she's wearing a Rorschach mask and she's a dalmatian bun with a penchant for crazy antics (like leaping from the floor to my wife to me to the floor in bed) and chewing...everything. I think she's found her forever home.
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D34THROW posted:In a fit of madness, my wife brought home a kitten on Saturday. You say this, but I don't see any pictures in your post  .
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The Walrus posted:Gracie has been limping around the last couple of days - last night she was diagnosed with a mass of some sort under her left leg. They're doing a biopsy but it seems pretty likely that it's a cancerous mass. Grace is 11. Anyone got any experience in this sort of thing? She's still behaving happily enough but I'm worried about what the future holds for her. Play it by ear I suppose? 11’s pretty old for a rabbit under great circumstances so I’m not sure that she’d suffer for very long, or that she might even live to see the cancer progress that far. Alternatively, she may wind up living to 14 regardless, either happily or unhappily. I wouldn’t try to treat her at 11 beyond removing the mass if it’s impeding her movement, but if her behavior seems positive I wouldn’t be in a rush to euthanize her either. She sounds like she’s had a good long life so far.
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So it's been almost a year and a half since I lost Chompsky, and this next Wednesday we're going to look at getting another rabbit. My girlfriend has fallen in love with one on the humane society website who is currently being fostored, his name is Carrots and he's a brown and white dutch that's 9 months old. He has a blocked tear duct, so his eyes need to be wiped twice daily, but I'm getting very excited about this. I've missed having a little bun around the house. https://www.giveshelter.org/index.php?option=com_animaldetail&view=animaldetails&id=37098047&tmpl=component
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BAE OF PIGS posted:So it's been almost a year and a half since I lost Chompsky, and this next Wednesday we're going to look at getting another rabbit. My girlfriend has fallen in love with one on the humane society website who is currently being fostored, his name is Carrots and he's a brown and white dutch that's 9 months old. He has a blocked tear duct, so his eyes need to be wiped twice daily, but I'm getting very excited about this. I've missed having a little bun around the house. For optimum bun time, get two and bond them! They really open up behaviorally in a way that you don’t really get to see with solo rabbits. But watch out if tear duct dude needs special care around grooming/etc.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Play it by ear I suppose? 11’s pretty old for a rabbit under great circumstances so I’m not sure that she’d suffer for very long, or that she might even live to see the cancer progress that far. Alternatively, she may wind up living to 14 regardless, either happily or unhappily. Thanks. It's been diagnosed as a fibrosarcoma, in the connective tissue of her shoulder. in other words, it's going to grow quick and cause her a lot of pain. She's clearly in discomfort right now, even with the meds, but she still seems happy. The one time she was sick with GI issues she let us know, just withdrew completely. Right now she's just as happy as ever (maybe even a little happier with the pain meds), but she does have a bit of trouble getting around and getting comfortable when she lies down. So yeah. We're just going to enjoy our time with our beautiful rabbit as best we can. Give your buns an unwelcome squeeze today.
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