Introducing My New Pet, Kimchi !!

Hi Fellas, it has been a long time since my last post about pet. My last post (Preserve the Wolvy) is about animal and I certainly won’t take a wolf in my home for a pet *giggle*. Today I will share some article about my new Male Rabbit which I get from the pet shop a few days ago in Lawang, Malang. I take him in my house at Brawijaya, Malang. I won't take him at Surabaya because it's too damn hot in there and it wouldn't  better for him since he was an albino rabbit (probably). Next week, I want to buy a new white persian cat and female rabbit.  May be I will buy a white persian cat. Well, his name is Kimchi (since he is a male). The name ‘Kimchi’ is from hangul language. It was Korean food name. 

The word ‘Kimchi’ stands for ‘Kelinci Imut Made In China’. Why I have to give such a controversial name ?  Okay, I have the reason for that. So the story gonna be like this, when I bought the rabbit, I had to buy the cage, the foods, the supplement, the medicine and mini carpet too. While I thought about the rabbit name and looked for the sale carpet in the same time. There is ‘made in china’ label on it. And then taraaaa !!! Without thought any longer I give him that name *hahaha*.   

 

My friend from ARBA, Steve. Said that rabbit is a natural runner. Especially in the noise situation or in uncomfortable moment. So I have to raise them carefully and softly. ARBA is a national club for domestic rabbit and cavy breeders. which is located in Bloomington, Illinois in the United States. Its membership is composed of rabbit and cavy breeders throughout, fanciers, and pet owners in North America and many countries throughout the world.

He said that recognize that the younger they are (the rabbit), the quicker they will become friends. So consider that as you are introducing your rabbits. Also, as a rule, two does (females) will typically get along, but it can be harder to get a doe and a buck (male) to become friends and two bucks are more likely to fight. (This does not usually apply to spayed or neutered animals.) So I will need to be patient as this could take a couple of weeks or over a month. It just depends on my rabbits and how willing they are to accept one another.

Let the newcomer be alone in it's cage sometimes. Above all, the newcomer needs to have quiet time alone in its cage to get used to the new home. There should also be a quarantine period of about six weeks to make sure the rabbit is healthy.

And then he ask me to never put the strange rabbit into the others cage without making preparations for the introduction or there could be terrible consequences. During the first two or three weeks, place the cages so your rabbits can see each other, but not touch each other. (since I don't have another rabbit, it doesn't matter)

When I already have another rabbit he suggest me to slowly move the cages closer together until the animals can smell each other. When they each feel safe they can each learn to tolerate the other. Well, I don't know exactly what his means but I will follow his instruction when I had the another rabbit.

The next thing to do is let each rabbit out of it's cage separately. Let one rabbit out, but leave the other in it's cage. Never let them (the rabbits) out together until neither rabbit shows aggression. Signs of aggression include biting cage bars (when the other rabbit is near - if my rabbit used to bite cage bars it could also just be habit), jumping up on the cage attempting to bite each other, or anything else that looks like one rabbit is defending it's cage or trying to bite the other. This can sometimes last weeks or months before the succeed. If they are friendly (the rabbit) at this stage we can try letting them out together for short periods of time.

For the next step I can rub onion or garlic all over both animals, especially in the anal and groin areas, to make them smell similar. To place them in a neutral space where they can run freely, and where there is no other rabbit's scent to cause them to fight.

If they start fighting, I have to separate them quickly. However, end the session on a good note, when both rabbits are quiet and not fighting. Steve ask me to keep calm if the rabbits fight at the beginning - with patience, work, and a little bit of luck,  They (The rabbits) will snuggling together happily soon.