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Forum BONDING Bonding my male and femalw

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    • Lucybunz
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        So I have had my female and she was spayed a month or two ago. I recently got a neutered male from a friend and I am having trouble bonding. They are in different rooms for now but they see and hear each other! I put Thumper in his cage and put him on Lucy’s rug and they sniffed each other. A few hours later I brought them to the bathroom (neutral space). He was so excited. He stuck his head under her belly and she just sat. Then he mounted her. And jumped. A lot. I would gently push him off after a few seconds. She just sat there. I could tell she is annoyed but didn’t react. He kept trying. No fighting. But if he was t mounting her, they’d kind of ignore. She saw me off on the other part of the room and scurried herself over to me to jump on my shoulder (when she is afraid and wants to leave a situation ).
        So why is he doing that? Dominance? Does she just not care? Or will there be a point when she becomes aggressive. HELP


      • Mikey
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          He might be scaring her by being overly excited to see and meet her. Try keeping them in the same room, but in different pens/cages for a while. While you keep their cages like this, swap their toys/literbox/food bowls every few days so they can get used to having the other bunnies scent in their general area. This will help your buy calm down, and will help your girl become more confident After about a month in this situation, try bonding them in the bathroom again


        • Azerane
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            Apart from your female being scared, it actually sounds like things are going quite well. Your male is trying to be dominant. Him sticking his head under her belly is a dominant request for grooming, when she refused/ignored, he took it to the next level by mounting her. The fact that she isn’t reacting when he mounts is actually a very good thing, for me I think it means she’ll accept his dominance quite well.

            I think Mikey is right, your boy is so excited to be introduced perhaps slow it down a little. If they’re kept side by side in the same room for a while it might be less exciting for him once they’re in a place without a divider, rather than a major introduction when he finally get to interact with her.


          • Lucybunz
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              Okay. I’ll try that for the next week or two! I feel so bad because I know my girl is not super happy, but I’m assuming it’ll be worth it once their bonded! I never cage her up either so she’s going to have to get used to it for now. I’m lucky enough to have two rooms for them , so I can let them out to stretch for time during the day too.

              Boy this IS process! I’m possibly more stressed then they are!

              Thanks for your advice!


            • Lucybunz
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                Update!
                After two weeks they moved in together! I kept them apart and in separate cages during the day for two days and neutral space at night for short intervals. They never once fought. So I put them in a pen while I sat on the couch next to it (up to an hour) for another week or so and they did great. Would sit together, cuddle. The male groomed the female more at first. But now after a few months they seemed to have evened out.
                I got lucky!


              • Mikey
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                  Woohoo! Thank you for the happy update!


                • Vienna Blue in France
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                    Yayyyyyyy that’s very good news…. how lovely. Do you have a photo….?


                  • Lucybunz
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                      I can not figure out how to add photos to this site! On my iPhone nothing really pops up and on my Mac it says flash player is out of date?
                      I want to add photos. Does anyone know?

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