Bonding help

[Lilnib]

Hey guys.
I made an account today to be able to ask a question.

I am trying to bond 2 of my rabbits.
Niblet, nearly 2 years this year and lilo who is approx 1 year. When i first introduced them in the bath tub they were very neutral towards one another. Occasionally, niblet would hump lilo for a couple of secs. And ive read that its fine, lilo tolerates it well enough.ive tried this a couple of times and the same thing happens. So i thought that they can be put in a bigger room to have more space. But whenever i try to have them have a free run around the house, niblet would want lilo to lick him and she would run away from him. And niblet would follow (not chase) but shed just keep on running away.
The same thing happens all the time. Niblet puts his head down, lilo runs. Ive tried putting banana on niblets head and nope, lilo would still run away.
Today i thought id go and put them in a small space again. Niblet humped, and lilo would try to run away, but he ends up humping her anyways. And this happened for a while but then niblet tried to do it again but then lilo made this really weird noise that i havent heard any of them make before. It sounded like a cry, i dont know how to explain it. It wasnt a scream or squeal more like a whining noise. I guessed that lilo didnt like being humped by niblet at all so i seperated them.

What should i do? Should i stop bonding for a while? Because it just sounded like lilo is super stressed with niblet humping her all the time. And the noise was very worrying. I tried to stress bond them once and didnt work. They were both in different sides of the enclosure

In reference: they are both desexed. Ive had niblet since he was 8 weeks and lilo 9 months. Lilo hasnt really opened up to me yet. When i got her she was kept outside in an enclosure with dogs that the breeder said “shes really scared of”

[Mikey]

Nilbet is scaring her pretty bad if she runs every time he is near and making little cries. I would cut bonding for about a month or two so she can calm down. What have you done for prebonding (swapping cages, swapping toys/litterboxes/waterbowls/ect, stuffed animal tactic, ect)?

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