Should I carry on trying to bond??

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- 03/25/2016 at 4:42 PM
  Sir Hopsalot
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  I recently adopted a spayed doe to bond with my neutered male. They’ve been together for a while and i keep switching them to free roam to the hutch. They have both been eating and drinking like normal and will use each other’s litter boxes with no problem and will sniff each other through the bars. So I put them both in a neutral place together and the doe submitted immediately and my buck humped her and then flopped next to each other. I then removed them from each other. gave them a treat. However I’ve tried for 5 minutes in the neutral area and they have just been fighting with lots of hair pulling. So I don’t know if I should keep the separate but around each other for longer and then try again putting them together or keep trying every day for 5 mins?/
- 03/25/2016 at 6:59 PM
  Azerane
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  It’s only early on in the process so I would keep trying. If the fights have been pretty serious, I suggest giving them a week to cool down and continue scent swapping with objects/cages. Then once a week is past reintroduce them for a very short date. Don’t let them really interact, just put them down next to each other and pet them both continually for a few minutes and then end the date. If they’re fighting after a few minutes, very short dates can be helpful because they can’t get to the point where they fight. As they start to relax a little more you can slowly increase the length of time and let them move around and interact (just keep a dustpan, or plastic storage lid handy to push between them if they start to fight).
- 03/25/2016 at 8:08 PM
  Mikey
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  Azerane nailed it. I wanted to add, once you start longer bonding sessions, you can make loud noises with pans or flicking on a vacuum to stop light scuffles. If that doesnt work, water bottles sometimes work. If you start them in a box (recommended) you can wiggle the box to stop the scuffles as well. One last tactic is redirecting, which seems to be working well with my trio. If they fight, i break it up and add in a toy for everyone or more hay so they eat. Theyre pretty easily distracted, though
- 03/31/2016 at 5:51 PM
  Sir Hopsalot
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  That’s great advice, thanks guys! I’m keeping the separate (in the same room so they can still see each other) for a few a week or two & then try again with putting them together. thanks!
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