So a bad thing happened tonight. Liz was having a bonding session between Hugo and Penny, and things got bad. Like, really bad.
I heard Liz yell “No!” a few times, and then I heard her scream. Really loudly. And when I ran over, she was trying to get the bunnies separated (they were having a bit of a tussle).
My first attempt was to stitch together a bunch of moving boxes with duct-tape, and draping that across the pen. I have no idea what I was thinking, because all I did was make a device that had multiple hinges.
On placing it at the top of the pen, the thing fell to earth like a deflated balloon.
Liz has been away for a while, so in the meanwhile I’ve been trying to attend to all the bunnies. While I’m not comfortable trying to do bonding sessions solo, I’ve been letting Hugo and Penny roam a bit in the evenings.
Tonight, they were interested in one another… but nothing aggressive.
We’ve had a rough patch, in terms of Hugo and Penny bonding. While we had some positive interactions, we’ve also had a few negative ones.
They tend to occur when, to be honest, Penny just kind of freaks out. She’s a super young bunny, and still seems a little skittish. So when they’re in the same pen together, sometimes she’ll just up and start running around.
This is from one of the more successful sessions, between the two.
Hugo ended up caving, and was grooming Penny. I think we’re all still waiting to see if there is reciprocation or not. So far, it’s just been one direction.
It’s tough when we get a new bunny in the house, that isn’t yet bonded. We get them with an existing name, but invariably want to give them a new name when they start their time with us.
Penny is the bunny we’ve brought home, in the hopes that she and Hugo get along well together.
Fast forward to today: we’re at Animal Care League, where our friend and Bunny Expert Liz Rench works. Today, he’s set up to meet two potential bunnies: Penny and LadyFred.