Hey guys ! So this is my first post here and I was wondering if someone can help me out. I have 2 Netherland dwarfs, Luna (female, not spayed) and Ghost (male, fixed almost 4 weeks ago). I used to keep them on separate floors until I got Ghost fixed. They did meet a few times and Luna actually got pregnant once but unfortunately the babies did not make it. So when I got ghost fixed I moved his cage upstairs right next to Luna’s to get them used to each other and for him to have another bunny with him while recovering. I put a plastic divider between their cages (he loved to spray). A few days after the neuter the spraying stopped, so I removed the divider and they kinda kept sniffing each other through the cages but she bit him once, so I pulled their cages a few more inches apart. 2 weeks after his surgery, I tried to start bond them in the bath tub, but Luna absolutely hates the bathtub and just kept trying to get out. So instead, for the past 2 weeks, I have simply been letting them out of their cages together and have them just run around the room, which has been amazing. No fights, no grunts, nothing. They run around together, lay down next to each other (well she lays down and he just sits next to her, he doesn’t lay down much), and sometimes I put them food together which goes smooth. He grooms her a lot, she does not groom him at all, but anytime he runs towards her she immediately puts her head down for grooming. He has humped her but only a few times. She has not humped him at all. Their cages are open so they go in each others’ cages and hang around, together or alone. He likes to sniff and explore her cage while she likes to eat his hay lol. I can usually go around the house and leave them alone with no fighting or any other violence or tension, and when I come back and check on them sometimes their laying next to each other, sometimes they are not. But I have never found any fur or injuries or other signs of fighting. The only maybe negative thing I notice is that whenever he comes up behind her and sniffs her butt, she will move away from him. Idk if thats fine or not but apart from that they have been great, especially from all the horror stories I hear about bonding bunnies.
My question is is it a good time to move them in together to one cage? Neither have been territorial about their space and they seem to enjoy being together. I just don’t want to leave them together overnight and have them fight when I’m asleep. I have locked them in one cage a few times but not for long (like a half hour or so) with no problems. Is it time to take the next step and put them together? And is there anything specific that I should do to when I put them together to avoid taking a step back?