Daisy and Ginger have been having some play time together lately. Initially I thought Turbo would be a good fit for a buddy for Daisy since she is the smallest and lowest on the totem pole of the bunny bunch. Wrong. Seems she has a chip on her little bunny shoulder and figured she would be the boss of Daisy, since she can't be the boss of anyone else! She ran poor Daisy around and pulled tufts of fur out of her butt. Bad Turby.
Ginger is the "middle" bun. (He's a boy bun with a girl bun name...just don't tell him that.) Sandie and Digger are the 2 other boys, with Sandie being the patriarch of the bunch. Digger seems to be second in command. Bully and Turbo are the 2 girls. Bully definitely lives up to her name and tries to be the boss of everyone. She wants NOTHING to do with another girl bun, so I knew she was out of the running to be Daisy's friend.
Daisy presented herself to Ginger to be groomed, but he wasn't all that interested one way or the other. He spent most of their time together eating any stray pellets he could find left over from Daisy's breakfast. But there was no grunting or chasing going on, so I thought that was a good sign.
Until he did this! And even then, there was no fighting going on. Daisy was content to let him be the boss. She really just wants a friend. But, I finally had to intercede because I thought Ginger was going to squish her!
For now, I'm happy that I can put the two of them together for short visits. It's good to see Daisy interacting with another bunny. Keep your fingers crossed for more progress!
Happy Bunny Sunday to all.
P.S. (Thanks Shell for the tip about using Firefox instead of IE. Loading pics is no problem now!)
6 comments:
Good luck Daisy! I know what you are going through little girl.
We will keep fingers and paws crossed that Daisy and Ginger are a match made in heaven--and that Ginger learns that girl bunnehs are not couch cushions.
Aww- well no biting is good!
I hope it works out..she need a playmate! So sweet. I have one baby donkey who gets left out and it makes me sad so know how you feel...
Fingers and Paws crossed for them!! This looks promising!
I agree with everyone else...as long as there is no biting and growling, all is well. Mounting is just the "me the boss" sign, it still happens here after Neville and Holly have spent 16 months together. Nowadays, she's the one who tries to hump Neville, LOL! Good luck :)
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