BunMama928
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So I think I screwed up the harmony amongst my rabbits. I have a Holland lop buck who is very sweet and dismissive who has been living with a younger lion head buck without issue for several months but has also lived with all my other bunnies without any issues ever. A few months ago I tried breeding the Holland lop buck with one of our Holland lop does. After three months of successful encounters with no kits I decided to put the lion head buck with the Holland lop doe to see if they would be successful together and figure out if my Holland buck was shooting blanks or if the doe was just continuously miscarrying.
Well when I reintroduced the lion head buck back with the Holland buck to their enclosure (the boys aren’t in cages they are in a huge fenced off covered area) the lion head started attacking my poor sweet submissive lop. They have been living together for several months without issue. I then put the lop buck back with the lop doe (they get along really well and usually stay snuggled up to each other and are often seen grooming each other. I would keep them together permanently but I also don’t want a million litters of kits) but now the lop doe wants nothing to do with him and even nipped at him when he got near her which is unlike her.
I’m sure I probably royally screwed things up being as I’m new to this. They are all separated now but any words of advice on rebonding rabbits? Hoping once everyone’s hormones settle down we can make the living arrangements successful again
Well when I reintroduced the lion head buck back with the Holland buck to their enclosure (the boys aren’t in cages they are in a huge fenced off covered area) the lion head started attacking my poor sweet submissive lop. They have been living together for several months without issue. I then put the lop buck back with the lop doe (they get along really well and usually stay snuggled up to each other and are often seen grooming each other. I would keep them together permanently but I also don’t want a million litters of kits) but now the lop doe wants nothing to do with him and even nipped at him when he got near her which is unlike her.
I’m sure I probably royally screwed things up being as I’m new to this. They are all separated now but any words of advice on rebonding rabbits? Hoping once everyone’s hormones settle down we can make the living arrangements successful again