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Forum BONDING Keeping things like this?

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    • LittlePuffyTail
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        I’m very much leaning towards leaving things the way they are. My boys are still not housed together. Stormy gets super upset by the idea and tries to attack, which he never does in the living room. They have out-time 2x a day together (an average of 3 hours) and are doing well but are still not buddies. No grooming or playing together and it’s been a long time. They do the “face smoosh snuggle” sometimes but that’s it. Stormy is very untrusting of Bindi right now, a little while back Bindi chased Stormy down and pulled out a huge chunk of fur that took off skin and made a pretty big wound.

        They pretty much ignore each other and do their own thing in the living room while they are out and seem perfectly happy to each go back to their own spaces. They live in side-by-side condos and ignore each other in their condos as well.  If I leave things like this it will save me the huge stress and possible serious injuries of co-habitation. The fact that Bindi did that to Stormy  (the wound, thankfully I was able to intervene to stop a worse injury) makes me scared of what might happen if they are alone in a small space together. With bonded run-time, it benefits all the bunnies because I’m able to let everyone, including Olivia, have more run time since I’m only doing 2 run sessions, instead of 3.

        Do you think this is okay, since the boys seem content?


      • Monkeybun
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          Are there other areas you can try sessions in? Switching it up a bit may help. It did with my girls anyway. With them not being bonded, I would worry about joint play sessions as they might end up fighting anyway if they decide they don’t want each other in their play space.

          They need to interact more to bond, so I would suggest a smaller space, with you right there to intervene if Bindi gets mad, and have some more involved bonding time. They need to wear each other down really. It’s scary, especially after a fight, but it can be done. Don’t forget about Mark’s Maryann after all


        • kralspace
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            ohhhh, I remember Maryann and Dono’s bonding. Mark finally took them to SaveABunny I think and let them finish the bonding. Sometimes it helps when the bonder isn’t the bunny slave.

            I wouldn’t give up on giving them interaction/bonding sessions, just to help them get along in their common play area, but if it comes down to separate condos in the end, I wouldn’t worry too much.

            I tried bonding the younger Charlie with my older trio and it was a disaster. What I’ve wound up with is the room split in two with separate ‘out’ times. After Pringles, Daisy (the one that absolutely hates Charlie) and little Toby have their time, I chase Daisy back in and let Charlie out. He and Pringles (my lovely diva) have a great time playing together and Charlie doesn’t bother Toby.

            I can tell Daisy doesn’t like it, but he’s not aggressive towards Pringles when she comes back, just grooms her for an hour to get Charlies scent off…lol. Outside of the poo wars up and down the common fence, there’s no fighting through the grids, just a lot of deliberate ignoring.

            This started out as Pringles laying next to Charlie (right) through the grids. The dutchie Daisy comes along and lays in front of Pringles and very, very gradually scoots her back as he grooms and snuggles until he’s got himself in between them….lol You can see where the towel she’s on has been moved back, it usually overlaps the other one since Daisy insists on laying down a PP boundary.

            Buns are so funny.


          • Elrohwen
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              I think MB has some really great advice – I would try a different space where they are required to interact and keep working on it. I’d worry that two unbonded bunnies might suddenly become territorial during their time out (if they’re going to be territorial in a smaller space, it might just be a matter of time before they’re like that in a bigger space)

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