Well I have a dog crate, have neutralised a litter tray, hay rack and water bottle. I actually felt sick this morning with nerves.

Ok so I bathed them all, i let them mix in my little shower room, saffy and joey showed a little aggitation with the other two being there with them to start with but i just stroked them.

They have now moved into the dog crate once they were a little more settled, ive cleaned the kitchen with them next to me and have now moved the crate into the lounge. I think the bath was def a good idea, it does help neautralise them all and to encouage grooming, def a distraction on intorduction.

So far so good, i know this is very very early days, we have the rest of the weekend to get through but im sooooo pleased its started so well, not at all what i was expecting, even saffy is being good!

I do feel abit weird about putting them in such a small space compared with what they are used to but i know being a foursome will make it so much easier and they will all have more space if they can live together.

Here are my four wet bunnies in their dog crate....

__________________
There are 33,000 bunnies young, middle aged, old, large and small all looking for a second chance and loving home, can you help? www.rabbitrehome.org.uk



If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to Heaven, And bring you home again.

Aaw bless - I love the cat looking on at the soggy furballs

I fostered a fourth bunny last week and am going to start the bonding process this weekend too. At the moment I have divided the big run in two with wire and the bunnies have sniffed each other through the wire.

I never thought of bathing them.

Good luck Crofty.

Best of luck Crofty.

Looks like its going reasonably well so far.

Good news so far then, they all look very happy at the moment, even though they all look funny and wet!! lol

__________________

The does are getting on really well they are snuggled up together and body language is perfect Joey is still a little bit fiesty towards Dreamer but no dramas yet. I was expecting Saffy to be the problem!

__________________
There are 33,000 bunnies young, middle aged, old, large and small all looking for a second chance and loving home, can you help? www.rabbitrehome.org.uk



If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to Heaven, And bring you home again.

When do you know when its 100% successful?

I mean, at some point you will leave them together unsupervised, so how do you make the decision that the time is right?

Awwww so glad to hear its going well so far my Tinks has made me proud look at her so friendly I love her!

__________________

Well they will stay in the crate today and tonight, they will be in my bedroom with me tonight together as long as there is no fighting today, they have been all together since 7am Im watching their body language, at the minute saffy and tinks are very relaxed stretching out together.

If there are no problems by tomorrow i will start to give them slightly more space, im watching for the being relaxed and the ulitmate bonding sign of them grooming eachother. Tomorrow i will neutralise the garage and if its all going well will supervise them in there for the evening. It really does depend on them and how they are acting together, if im in any doubt i will neutralise the garage but makesure they have bars between them so i dont undo what ive started.

Watch this space!

__________________
There are 33,000 bunnies young, middle aged, old, large and small all looking for a second chance and loving home, can you help? www.rabbitrehome.org.uk



If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to Heaven, And bring you home again.

Ive been extremely lucky with bonding in the past, but i know problems can and do happen. My current pair took about 5 days, but i do still seperate them at night, but thats mostly due to different dietry needs. They have wire between them, and are 100% fine with eachother.

Im not even sure my old Dwarf lop Dougal even realised he had a new wife at one point, he was a bit dopey.

Hope it continues to go well.

Oh i bonded both my pairs with no problem at all, tinks and dreamer were grooming eachother within 3 hours of being introduced, it really was love and first sight with them. Bonding four is so complicated, theres the whole being jealous of eachothers partners and the mixing of does/does and bucks/bucks. Also if a fight breaks out trying to seperate four is not as easy as grabbing two!! Sometimes a more timid bun can be left out abit in the group too or find it too stressful.

Thats why ive put this off for so long, alot of people try and end up having to split there four. If it makes any of them unhappy i will not hesitate to seperate them.

__________________
There are 33,000 bunnies young, middle aged, old, large and small all looking for a second chance and loving home, can you help? www.rabbitrehome.org.uk



If tears could build a stairway, And memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to Heaven, And bring you home again.