Bonding a trio? HELP!

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- 03/30/2013 at 1:21 PM
  RoyalElvira
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  Its been a while since I’ve posted here… Much has changed. A little over a month ago I lost my sweet Royal. He passed away one afternoon with Elvira right by his side. We believe he either had a seizure or a heart attack, because he never showed any signs of being sick.
  
  As devastated as we were, we knew we had to find Elvira, my lion head, a new partner. A week later we went to the HRS to find her a new friend. She got along well with a sweet REW bun who we adopted and named Cadbury. So we have had Cadbury and Elvira for a month now… They have STILL not bonded and the bonding process is crawling. They still dont like each other much — neither one wants to be the submissive bun!!!
  
  So a couple days ago our HRS took in 30+ rabbits from a very sad, horrible hoarding situation. They immediately needed fosters for some of their healthy shelter buns so that they could have more space for the sick buns. My husband and I decided to foster one to help them out. We brought home a timid sweet little Rex named Sterling.
  
  Here is where the bonding comes in. Since Cadbury and Elvira havent bonded and we ultimately wanted to have a trio, we are trying to bond the three. Of course if we bond them we will not be giving Sterling away, so dont worry about that. I wouldnt bond them only to break their bond. As of now, I essentially have three buns, none of which have bonded with each other. HOW DO I DO THIS?! Right now they are all in separate x-pens in the same room.
  
  Elvira is being a butt to both of the boys (as usual.. so much sass!), Cadbury seems curious about Sterling, and Sterling seems to not be very interested in Cadbury. Any help or advice would be SOOOO appreciated!!
- 03/31/2013 at 12:39 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  My condolences on the loss of Royal. ((((( Binky Free Angel))))
  
  My first question is are they all altered? If not, that is your first step.
  
  You can do a Forum Search as there are quite a few threads on bonding trios. There are two options: the first is to work on bonding pairs, 1st and 2nd bunny, 2nd and 3rd bunny and 1st and 3 rd bunny, giving them all turns. Or try bonding them all as a trio to start off with.
- 04/01/2013 at 6:32 PM
  RoyalElvira
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  Littlepuffytail — thank you for your response! Yes, all three are altered and all have been for quite a while. I just wasnt too sure how to approach the situation. Right now we have all three living in the same room in separate pens… Elvira and Cadbury had been together about a month before we brought Sterling into the situation.
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