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Forum BONDING not sure whats going on with my rabbits?

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    • Indiaaa
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        I’ve never bonded rabbits before so I’m not sure if whats happening is okay and normal? Sorry if this is long, im just really confused!
        saturday: was when i first introduced bambi and nigel (both desexed), bambi started humping him and nigel just let her. There was a bit of chasing but no fighting or anything. during the night they were in playpens next to each other.
        Sunday: when i put them together bambi started grooming nigel and nigel groomed her a little but she definitely doing it more then him, i then took them for a car ride and they cuddled and groomed each other and spent the rest of the day cuddling and grooming, i read that once they do that they are bonded so they spent the night together and there was no problems. However i think bambi was annoying nigel a bit, constantly following him and trying to groom him.
        Monday(today): woke up to them asleep cuddling, everything was totally fine and they were being super cute with eachother all day until about 10 pm. Nigel was trying to mount bambi, she was running away but then he continued to try and then they started going in circles like trying to mount eachother but it wasn’t really aggressive or anything(?) so I seperated them as i was not sure if that was normal or not and did not want a fight to occur. I tried twice more to put them back together but the same thing happened, and he also mounted her face. So I’ve separated them and their in pens next to each other as its late and i dont know what i should do now? Right now they are giving each other ‘kisses’ through the pens.


      • MrBun&Daisy
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          the humping is them trying to decide who is boss. you are right to separate them if the humping is face to tail, but other than that they just need to work it out. My daisy isn’t spayed yet (bun is neutered) so every month or so she start humping him. He’s usually pretty tolerant of her as she can be very annoying and wont give up. They circle a lot during these couple days since daisy just wont give up and of course Bun is not willing to let her be the boss lol. Sometimes if she is SUPER annoying he’ll give her a quick nip and she always freezes then puts her head down to say sorry and they’re back to snuggling. It sounds like nigel is trying to tell her he’s the boss and she doesn’t want to listen. Don’t let him mount her face- but everything else just needs to be worked out amongst them. Even if one of them seems to “snap” or “nip” once or twice as long as it doesn’t turn into a full on fight and nobody gets hurt just let them be. Since they are still giving eachother kisses it seems like they have now become a couple and are trying to work out “who wears the pants” in the relationship. if that makes sense. I’m assuming at least one of them is altered if you’ve got them together. If they are both fixed then once they get past this phase the humping should stop (some buns will occasionally still do this) and if only one of them is altered you will see it more frequently since their hormones will flair up. But again, this is all normal- the circling is fine, one will eventually give up. it doesn’t sound like they will fight at this point, but keep watch as always.


        • Mikey
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            Chasing one another to mount is considered aggressive and needs to be stopped as soon as it starts to avoid fur pulling, biting, and possible boxing. Stop all circling 

            Are they both spayed/neutered? if not, dont bond them until they both are. Hormones can make a bun very territorial and easily angered, and if only one bun is fixed, they can smell the hormones from the unfixed bun which will also cause the same issues

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