Well today he tugged out some fur off of Monkey, she's very agile and usually jumps away when he gets nippy and chasey. He chases and nips quite frequently, although he usually gives in and flops and grooms her...I'm doing extra sessions with them each day now, and last night they were in a pen together for a good 3 hours. Later on I'll rearrange some stuff in the living room and give them a bigger area to play in and see how they do.

Moose did binky today in the pen with her though

TWO BINKIES!!! maybe they have a tough love relationship???

I think maybe its Moose getting bored without his stuff, thus why we're gonna give them plenty of room tonite, see how it goes.

cant wait for update

So M&M have been playing in the living room the past 2 hours. They're doing quite well, theres been tons of binkies and flops, both are eating hay and using the litter box. The only thing is Moose likes chasing her. I'm convinced he's doing it to be playful now, as he's been binkying halfway through the chases, seems he's an aggressive player, I blame the hubby for that. he's always wrestling with Moosie Monkey isn't impressed with the chasing, but she's outrunning him no problem. Moose did get a mouthful of fur off of her though. No ouchie spots on Monkey, I checked immediately after I saw the fur. Right now she's flopped by the water bowl, and Moose is zooming around the chair.

It's looking good! Tomorrow I'll let them out again while hubby is at work, I'll relax and watch the 2 twilight movies while they play. Hubby says I'm not allowed to make him watch them again so I gotta watch em when he isn't home Bunny play time seems like a good time to watch em. If they do good tomorrow I'll contemplate an over night stay soon, I'll just have to move Moosie's stuff around and tidy up his bachelor pad.

It's looking good!

Sure is! It does sound like it's Moose's way of play or courting her. hehe.
May you have your own Bella & Edward soon. Maybe the nips are love bites?...

Vampire bunneh! Rawr

Monkey is transformed into a Moose. You should write a series of books about that!

lol! Somethign tells me it would be a very short story, and not at all exciting Full of staring and flops. hehe

Why is Husband off the hook? Does he chase you around and binky while he's doing it?

Monkeybun & Monkey, "Not tonight, Guys. We have headaches."

lol!

Well. Had them out for a bit today... forgot to close the door to Moosie's pen, so naturally Monkey had to go investigate... that starts a big fight between them, Moose was not a happy bun. Lots of growling and biting and not very fun at all. Note to self: close pen doors. I'll let them out again later on after we've all cooled down, see how they do again. It was ok until monkey went into moose's pen, although she was a scaredy bun the entire time, every time moose can near, she's high tail it out of there away from him, didn't let him get close at all.

Aww, I'm sorry. Hopefully this isn't a big setback.

Well, right now they are flopped on their own sides of the pen bars, next to each other, so it shouldn't be too bad

You're lucky. It was like WWE Smackdown at my house tonight. :0(

Sounds like some of the pen sessions I've done with M&M. they seem fine out in larger areas, or stuck in the cube, but in the pens, not so good

Stupid bunnies. Why can't they just trust us to know what's good for them?

Another successful session, they were out for 2 hours, had a bit of chasing, Moose's ears not in the "pissed off bunny" pose at all, more like playful "lets run!" pose.. Monkey still wasn't impressed with not being able to flop and relax.. Moose was on the go all night lol. We'll do more tomorrow

Congrats!!!

to be safe, bonding rabbits that have fought over pens shouldn't have access to the area close to one another's pens. It is not worth risking a fight that will set them back. Monkeybun, can you take down the pens and build them a new one?

Uh oh. What about a cage? I can't rebuild Zinnia's cage. Would cleaning it really good with vinegar work?

It is an NIC cage, right? Once they are ready to move in together, I highly recommend taking it down especially since Zinnia is a female. No worries, though, just take it down, soak the grids in vinegar water and when puttng it back together make sure you change up the shape and flooring. You could use a tarp temporarily even though some bunnies dig those up, just until their cementing phase is completed.

I sent you a PM.

The problem with taking the cage down is that it's a double decker cage and if I take hers down I take Oliver and Ozzie's down too. What the heck am I gonna do with four rabbits while I rebuild a cage that took me 3 hours to put up in the first place???

I forgot how much you hated cage-building...

As an alternative, you could house Zinnia and Troubs together for their cementing phase somewhere other than the shared double decker condo. Could you take an old wire dog crate maybe and set it up in your kitchen for example? Once their cementing is complete they can move into Zinnia's old cage.

Now, the pen Troubs is living in...I could totally soak that in my tub in vinegar water and the put them in another room to cement the bonding.

This is a good compromise. I woud do it but change it inside with new litterboxes ad accessories.

The moment you decide to cement the bond though, realize that you cannot seperate them for any reason for the next two weeks. You can break up fights, but don't take one away from the other. They have to realize that they will be there no matter what they do. It is a stressful time and I have found the best way to deal with it is to simply stay away from them during it. Your stress will translate to them and they'll get all jumpy and nippy because of it.

Petzy, I'm totally going to take down the pens and rebuild the cage once they are bonded. Going to give the living rooms sessions a bit more time first tho, as hubby is nervous about the chasing still. I make sure to have the pens closed off now when I let them out

They're out and playing again right now, both behaving nicely. I took the time to clean Monkey's pen, as the little dork had gone on a paper and hay throwing spree. Hay everywhere... They kept each other company while the scary vacuum was going, and they did very well.

A friend of my hubby's is coming over shortly, we'll see how they do when theres someone new in their living room

Had them running around for 4 hours tonite, no mishaps Monkey binkied a couple times when Moose was chasing her, so I think she's having some fun with it lol.