News from hop-land

Oh my Goodness! Many things have happened in the meantime. Meantime you write together, by the way. At least judging by some English consultants.

The little black werewolf turned out to be a man. Rubek and Chewek had their very first BAP (Bunny Acquaintance Process) as you could see in the pictures before. Was it a successful one?

Not quite. We have one classified piece of footage where at the end of that same day our little cuties start "running around each other" like a merry-go-round. It starts with Chewek chewing a bit of hair on Serek's head. Not appreciated very much by our little cheesy friend. Looked funny but was the first of many, many quite intensive fights.

It all climaxed when the rabs took the wrong mushrooms in the morning and thought they were acting in Rocky I, or rather Rambo I - First Blood. Chewek almost bit half of Serek's ear off. Yep, there was blood and fur everywhere. So much for BAP number one.

Serek got sewn up and we tried again. Everything was unleashed upon them: new territory, car drives, eating from a common bowl, cages next to each other, couvette switching, .... Result: Chewek again bit Serek, even so violently that the little poor creature shrieked. A sound we never want to hear again, it really pierces marrow and bone.

It turns out that Chewek was still too aggressive due to her female hormones and consequential territorial behaviours, and let this really be a lesson for all double rabbit owners: spay or neuter your sweethearts before you get them acquainted!

Poor Chewers, after Serek, also under the knife. Result: an even sweeter, less frightened and less nervous cute little bunny. We can already tell you that the second BAP round is going very, very well now, results will be posted soon. It's quite amazing how fast a rabbit regenerates tissue, stuff good enough to be mentioned in the next Star Trek episodes because after absolutely no-time the bunny scar had vanished completely.

Serek's ear looks great too, a bit folded but our vet did a stunning job with him. We have a superb vet and our buns love her.