jeannie
Well-known member
Okay ~ I hope I can make sense....
I have a 16x16 pen for my does ~ mostly lionheads, and 3 NZ's.
All good there. Plenty of holes, quite a few buried storage bins with tubes going above ground, and toys to throw around (wiffle balls the favorite).
History:
I have a red NZ doe. Over the winter (in a 4x4 cage) she got REALLY fat.
In February ~ put her in the doe pen (mentioned above).
Bunny 500's ... all day. She was having a blast.
Lost all the weight, but has skin rolls (all my fault) ~ I can live with that, now that she is exercising, having fun and lost all her excess weight.
Problem:
I bred her 4 days ago and put her back into a 4x4 cage. She won't eat, or drink, OR even move. She is so pissed (with her butt to me when I came around) that I really felt like she was telling me "If you don't let me back out, let me die here".
This has been going on for days now.
It's rabbit emotional blackmail !! .... and tomorrow, I think she'll win... not a good way to set behavioral goals is it?...
*sigh* .... I don't want her to pass away for something like this.
So .... do I put her back with the other does? Let her dig her tunnels? And pull her days before she's due?
That, to me is cruel.
BUT... I can't leave her where she is.... she's threatening me with her killing herself...
Opinions? Please!
I have a 16x16 pen for my does ~ mostly lionheads, and 3 NZ's.
All good there. Plenty of holes, quite a few buried storage bins with tubes going above ground, and toys to throw around (wiffle balls the favorite).
History:
I have a red NZ doe. Over the winter (in a 4x4 cage) she got REALLY fat.
In February ~ put her in the doe pen (mentioned above).
Bunny 500's ... all day. She was having a blast.
Lost all the weight, but has skin rolls (all my fault) ~ I can live with that, now that she is exercising, having fun and lost all her excess weight.
Problem:
I bred her 4 days ago and put her back into a 4x4 cage. She won't eat, or drink, OR even move. She is so pissed (with her butt to me when I came around) that I really felt like she was telling me "If you don't let me back out, let me die here".
This has been going on for days now.
It's rabbit emotional blackmail !! .... and tomorrow, I think she'll win... not a good way to set behavioral goals is it?...
*sigh* .... I don't want her to pass away for something like this.
So .... do I put her back with the other does? Let her dig her tunnels? And pull her days before she's due?
That, to me is cruel.
BUT... I can't leave her where she is.... she's threatening me with her killing herself...
Opinions? Please!