Hi,
my herd consists of 4 breeding does, living in mother-daughter pairs, the older ones are about 6 and heading for retirement in a few years.
And there's my herd buck, my 3yo free range house bunny Herr Hase. Well, he's such a friendly guy, but does seem lonely, being single and pretty much alone I might project my own feelings on him, but well, I'll try to get him a cuddlebun. I selected one of his daughters from this years litters, Dotty (5 1/2 months old now, she is a broken with two points on her forehead that made it easy to distinguish her from her siblings), she's now living in a hutch with her mom and grandmom.
I have an appointment to get her neutered next Tuesday. So, I'll take her in into a cage tomorrow, just to get her used to it for her healing time, and open that space up gradually after a week or so. I'm not sure how to train her to use the same litterbox the buck uses, I could give her access to that area while I lock the buck out of the house during daytime hours, and put her in the cage over night...
Would be easier if I wouldn't be away most of the day.
That'll be interesting. I hope she isn't as destructive as a pet as her grandmother Fury, and ther's the question if the buck will eventually stop pestering her?
my herd consists of 4 breeding does, living in mother-daughter pairs, the older ones are about 6 and heading for retirement in a few years.
And there's my herd buck, my 3yo free range house bunny Herr Hase. Well, he's such a friendly guy, but does seem lonely, being single and pretty much alone I might project my own feelings on him, but well, I'll try to get him a cuddlebun. I selected one of his daughters from this years litters, Dotty (5 1/2 months old now, she is a broken with two points on her forehead that made it easy to distinguish her from her siblings), she's now living in a hutch with her mom and grandmom.
I have an appointment to get her neutered next Tuesday. So, I'll take her in into a cage tomorrow, just to get her used to it for her healing time, and open that space up gradually after a week or so. I'm not sure how to train her to use the same litterbox the buck uses, I could give her access to that area while I lock the buck out of the house during daytime hours, and put her in the cage over night...
Would be easier if I wouldn't be away most of the day.
That'll be interesting. I hope she isn't as destructive as a pet as her grandmother Fury, and ther's the question if the buck will eventually stop pestering her?