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Forum BONDING two unaltered male rabbits

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    • sorathebunny
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        Hello!  We are hopefully bringing home another little boy bun with the hopes of eventually bonding.  Both rabbits would be as of yet unaltered.  We plan to have both done by the end of Janurary.  I am wondering what steps I can take meanwhile to perhaps make bonding a little easier then.  I have a seperate cage so they won’t be together until after the bonding process, but I was thinking of switching blankets from one home to the other every few days.  Would this help?  I read switching litter boxes can help, but my younger bun’s litter box had to be bolted down because he kept moving it.   How do I handle out of cage time?  I plan to let them out separately,  but is it fine to let them interact through a gate, or might they still get aggressive this way?  I have freestanding baby gates and can easily divide the room our buns use this way so they could both be out at the same time but still have their own space.  The buns are different ages.  Our bun is 3 months and the new bun is about 2 years (and a calm breed) so I am hoping the transition of bringing them home is easy.  Otherwise, I will move the new bun to a different room.  Does this sound like a good plan?  Are there any tips to make it an easier transition? 


      • Kokaneeandkahlua
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          Are you planning to alter them prior to bonding?


        • Bam
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            You can get them each a plushie bun and swop the plushy bun between them. That way they get used to each others’ smell on a “fake bun”. It would be impractical for you to switch the entire litter boxes, but you can exchange some of the contents between them. If this is a good thing to do before they are altered, I don’t know. The scent of another sexually mature male bun might make another sexually mature bun very upset.

            It’s good to keep them separated during play-time but if they can interact through a gate, the gate must be constructed so they can’t harm each other. I have a gate that has netting on both sides so there’s an inch of space between the sides, If a bunny can reach the other bunny, the injuries can be terrible (think eye meeting bunny incisors). Bunny fighting should be taken very seriously.


          • sorathebunny
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              Thanks! The gate is very chunky and they can’t get at each other through it. (The holes in the gate are not big enough to put their mouth through). They are doing very well actually. I think because Sora is still very young (not sexual mature yet). The only problem behavior is the poop marking along the edge of cages. Lol. But they seem to like each other. No aggressive stances. They lay along side the gate together. Since they have been doing so well we (under heavy supervision) let them bump noses without the gate for a moment. They really seem to like exploring the other one’s cage. They go in the other cage and explore everything. They have both been happy and binkying, so I think they like the idea of having a friend. The older lop was from a family with a lot of pets, so he is used to being with other rabbits and pets while our little one is still coming of the being part of a litter phase, so I think they both seemed pretty excited to see another bunny in the area. Hoping things will continue and the bonding will go smoothly after fixing since they will hopefully be used to the other one being around.


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                Well, it turns out that they have been getting along so well because Sora is a girl! Vet confirmed. :/ good thing we’ve been keeping them apart!

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