Well, Jack has gone completley nutty bonkers. So disturbing. He actually jumped over the xpen to get to Vivivan and scurried across the hardwood flloor to get to where Vivian was hiding after his superman act. (and he hates walking on hardwood) All of this was something I never thought he would or COULD do. He was in a pen for years before he had a whole bunny room and he doesn't really like to get up high on places so he's never been a jumper -or so I thought, but he was just pacing back and forth like a madman, then chewing on the fence, and he's at least taken to mounting the toy bunny now, but he's is just a double freakoid now!
I decided to just get Vivian completely out of his range of sight and as best I could...out of his scent range which means lots of closed doors. It's not the ideal set-up at all because we have to have airflow through the house especially as summer progresses, but for now it's okay.
I've decided to let him settle down. He's been through alot - Rucy's death, then a month later a new gal pal, a new pen set-up, then car rides and bonding stuff, and then surgery, then forced meds, and now subcutaneous fluids every other day until the next appointment on the 18th, and so I think I just need to settle his little disturbed soul down. He was a nervous bunny from the start when I adopted him, but Rucy helped settle him down. And Vivian does not calm him right now, she only gets him worked up. Behaviorially, I am thinking maybe when he's insecure (and he sure has alot of stress to deal with),he may have a stronger need to dominate to feel secure.
Vivian prefers to be next to him as I can tell she is more relaxed even when he's nutty in the cage next to her. I can tell she doesn't like being by herself as much. At least Jack would give warning thumps to noises and I think his presence just helped her feel secure. And she would always try and interact with him politely through the xpen even if he would pull out her whiskers. She would try to groom him through the xpen and asked to be groomed, but he just can't be normal - he gets out of his mind.
So for now, we are going to give him time to completely chill out. I sure hope we can stop the fluids by the 18th, but the vet will determine if we can do that. I just want to give him some time without ANY needles, or having to pick him up for any meds. Just time to settle down and then I will start over.
For now, I will just have to give both Vivian and Jack extra love.
Once we start again, I'll post a brand new "starting over" thread. (I'll post the link here)