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Forum BEHAVIOR Bunny trouble

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    • Kelsey
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        I have a two year old female bunny. I recently just purchased a two month old bunny. Well, when I put them in a cage together they seem to be okay but the baby will stomp and then the two year old bunny does. The older one will lick her but then chase her around the cage (only when the baby went off running) and suddenly she started humping her and just got on top of the baby rabbit. Do you think I should keep them separate? I’m afraid the older one will harm the baby.


      • LBJ10
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          I deleted your duplicate threads since no one had responded yet. It is better to just have one thread so all of your responses are together.

          First things first, is your older bunny spayed? Since you new bunny is only 2 months old, I’m assuming he/she is not neutered/spayed yet. When bonding a pair of rabbits, you must first have all interested parties spayed/neutered. Otherwise, you run the risk of fighting and (if you end up with opposite sexes) unexpected babies. My advice would be to house them separately until they are hormone-free and healed. Then introductions can begin in neutral territory. You can’t just toss one into the other’s cage. The introduction needs to take place in an area that no one has claimed as theirs.


        • Kelsey
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            I didn’t just throw them in the cage together. I took them both out first and they just didn’t do anything but the older one doesn’t seem to harm her. They are both females and I never heard that you have to have a bunny neautered for them to be able to get along. Because the older one (before I got her) was in a cage with a bunch of other rabbits and they for along fine. But the older one just licks her and then all of a sudden will get on top of her and hold her down and hump.


          • tobyluv
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              As LBJ10 stated, the first step in bonding is to have both rabbits neutered or spayed. You should definitely keep yours apart until they have had their surgeries. You didn’t say what gender your new bunny is, but bunnies have often been misidentified as to their gender, with the result of a surprise litter. You can keep their cages near each other, but not touching, so that they can get used to each other, but do not put them together again until they have had their surgeries.

              Here is one article on bonding from the HRS. If you search, you will find similar articles, and note that they all say bonding should not be attempted until both or all rabbits are spayed and neutered.

              http://rabbit.org/faq-bonding-multiple-rabbits/

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