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30-07-2009, 11:41 AM
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Rabbit Owners!
Hello everyone, this is our first post on the forum. We joined because of this section mainly, and to help where we can if possible!! My girlfriend and I own two rabbits, one is a male Lionhead cross(not sure what with though!) called Chester and the other is a girl dwarf lop.. well at least I think so! Called Pixie.  We will post pictures up later today and hopefully some of you will be able to tell me what the actual breed is for each of them We have owned the Lionhead for just under 4 months, and he is nearly 6 months old. I've owned the lop for 2 months and she is nearly 4 months old! They live outside in seperate hutches. The lionhead is in a double and the lop is in a single on top of it. They are spoilt by girlfriend and I, they are changed twice weekly and are fed Burgess Excel pellets for Dwarf/Junior rabbits and the Burgess Excel timothy hay with dandilion/marigold. We have also introduced spring greens, carrots, apples and pak choi - mainly to the lionhead, as he is older. We have introduced them about 3 times on neutral ground and they seemed to not even bother about each other, which we were happy about. After we were sure they were familiar with each others smell, we tried to let them meet properly.. eg. walking around our living room and bumping into each other. This went very wrong.. Chester was interested and was quite submissive considering it is 'his' room, what I mean by this is that he spends a lot of his time in the living room so we think he's made his mark wherever possible, I thought he would be the fighter if there was one. He had his ears up and had a sniff of Pixie and then suddenly bit his nose, we could tell it hurt him and then he moved back, Pixie then jumped at him and they were locked at the mouth for about 20seconds while we did our best to seperate them, it wasn't a typical rabbit fight, they were grunting/growling while.. what looked like biting each others faces. Chester didn't have a scratch on him, however Pixie had a cut above her nose and on the side of the face in the whiskers, she struggled to drink but we kept her indoors for a while to make sure she recovered, which she did no problem! They are both in good health now and both love attention, but if Chester has been handled, Pixie smells him and bits the hutch and gets very aggresive! We will be getting them both neutered/spayed in the next few weeks before they meet again. Well, thank you for reading the wall of text.. any comments, advice or tips are very welcome I will upload the pictures of them later today! Thanks, Adam & Amelia 
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30-07-2009, 11:48 AM
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I wouldnt have tried letting them meet until there both neutered and you allow at least 6 weeks for hormones to settle. Females and males can be funny if not neutered towards each other as well as the chance of a unplanned mating. You need to do meetings when neutered and a 6 week period has passed on neutrel grounds even better through some mesh until there use to etc others scent. Lion head rabbits are some times are not as laid back as other breeds. Your have to see how it goes. Not all rabbits bond .
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30-07-2009, 11:57 AM
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hiya and welcome to the forum.
your lucky it was a fight and not a litter of babies lol are you 100% sure of there sex? dont worry alot of people make the mistake of not knowing rabbits need proper bonding before meeting straight away. im sure you will get lots of help and advice on how to bond them properly after there both neurtered.
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30-07-2009, 12:03 PM
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Hi Adam and Amelia!
Cant wait to see pictures! Thats a shame about the fighting. I do honestly think that once they are neutered and spayed then they will be much better! And as Sullivan says you are best to do it on neutral ground, where none of them have been! I first tried to bond Barney and Dexie in the bathroom as it was the only place none of them had been! Once they have both been done and settled after a few weeks then just try putting them together for small periods of time and hopefully you will get there in the end. Another thing to consider if you dont want to do the bonding as it can be quite stressful at times is get a rescue to do it for you. They will take them both for you and bond them for a small fee which is much easier and they shouldl come back all loved up! Good luck x
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30-07-2009, 12:18 PM
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Hello!
Looking forward to seeing the pics! I had a lionhead cross once (Nala) and never knew what she was cross with so will be interesting to see if yours looks like my one did! Nala was re-homed twice for 'being vicious' but she was such a sweet little bunny and was never aggressive with me and enjoyed cuddles, I think she'd been pulled around by children in her previous homes. I partnered her sucessfully with two rabbits in her lifetime (all rabbits were neutered though) one was an old boy who she gave a new lease of life to but she was only 4 months old when they first met and so she outlived him. My current rabbit Sugar was Nala's other partner but she sadly passed away last year and so Lottie now keeps Sugar company-got pics of both on my profile page. I'm new to pet forums too but everyone here is really nice and offer great advice! -x-
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31-07-2009, 01:25 PM
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Would love to see some pics
I have a male lionhead that was recently neutered and am looking at bonding him with a dwarf lop doe!I hope they get on after their ops, they sound very much loved and well looked after 
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01-08-2009, 12:58 PM
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Hello again everyone! Sorry we've not replied sooner, but thank you for all the replies! We met them hoping they wouldn't mate.. but we wouldn't have a problem if they did, we could manage another 1 or 2 and I know a few people that would take/buy them from us. It doesn't matter as that was the last thing on their minds!! I knew that getting them done can reduce their 'moods' and make them less terrortorial. Hopefully when they've been done they will be best friends! NOW FOR SOME PICTURES! Well, to start here is the Hutch arrangement, the plan was to make a hole in the single hutch's floor and make a ramp.. making a three-level hutch for them to share, obviously I would only make the three-level hutch once they have both been neutered. Here is how it stands today:  Now for the real pictures... [Click on them to enlarge!] CHESTER - MALE - LIONHEAD (CROSS??)     My favourite pictures:  "WHAT YOU LOOKIN' AT?"  He does this when we go outside, it means "STROKE MY NOSE!!!"  My all time favourite picture!!! PIXIE - FEMALE - DWARF LOP      Comments welcome as always!!
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01-08-2009, 01:08 PM
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You lionhead is utterly gorgeous!!!!! he has the fluff of a lionhead but the face and ears of a lop?! I would say he is deffinatly crossed!! (if you look at my profile there are pics of my little lionead and you can see what I mean by the faces)
Both very cute!!!
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01-08-2009, 01:17 PM
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I just found this whilst looking for rabbit colour advice, Chester looks like a lionlop!!
Rabbit Breed Info
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