Chewing on New Bunnies cage for food

[Jaime]

I have a 5 yr old Holland Lop named Colby. Almost 2 weeks ago I brought home 9 week old Holland Lop Bleu, both males. Shockingly they hit it off great. I still do not let them run together unsupervised though. Colby pretty much runs the room all day until bedtime when he is caged for the night. When Bleu’s cage is closed, Colby will chew on the bars trying to get in so he can eat Bleu’s food. When the cage is open he dashes right in and to the food dish. I don’t know what to do to stop this. Eventually I want to cage them together but I don’t see how. Colby is a Hoover with food and Bleu is a grazer. Colby will share his and Bleu’s food with Bleu, so that isn’t an issue. The issue is he would eat all of his and then go and eat all of Bleu’s food. 

[Deleted User]

They shouldn’t be together even during supervised visits. Bleu is going to hit puberty soon, which means they will more than likely fight. Altered buns act hormonal around like unaltered buns. Part of the bars is a territorial thing. He has the living room the majority of the time, so he thinks it’s his territory. The new cage doesn’t change that.
You need to wait 1-2 months after Bleu has been neutered before you can begin any type of bonding, so you have several months to go before they can be together at all.

[tobyluv]

I agree that you should keep your rabbits totally separated now. I assume that Colby is already neutered, but if not, he will need to be neutered and Bleu will need to be neutered as soon as your vet wants to do it. Then, as has already been stated, you will have to wait a month or so after the surgery, then you can start the bonding process.

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