Are they bonded? And all the poop!

[NoMane]

So after meeting 12 suitors at our local HRS rescue I came home with Herbie, an adorable helicopter lop with a mane. Now i can’t be known as NoMane haha! Although he was neutered only about 2 weeks ago i was given the ok to bring him home and start the bonding process since these two were love at first sight.

They had a few scuffles but i left them to figure out their differences more or less on their own as long as no one was in danger of getting hurt. By day 3 they were spending most of their dates cuddling, shared food and litterboxes just fine so at that point i did their first overnight. They have done 2 overnights with me sleeping next to their pen and no fighting has occurred. Just cuddles and coexisting peacefully. Is it too soon to consider them bonded?

Also, while they both had perfect litterbox habits coming in, there appears to be a poop/pee war going on. Im just throwing the poops and dirty papertowels back into the litterboxes… but will this eventually go away? I miss how low maintenance cleaning up after Bea has normally been. She never so much as has a single poop out of the box.

Of course i cant resist showing off my cuties…

[tobyluv]

I assume that Bea is spayed. Males can still have sperm and impregnate a female for a month after their neuter surgery. It sounds like the bonding is going very well. I have had quick bonds like that and have also seen them at the sanctuary where I volunteer. It does seem like they are bonded already, but you may want to wait another few days before they are together full time, especially since they are having the poop wars, which sounds like they may still be trying to establish who is the boss. Hopefully that will stop soon and they will both use their litter boxes all the time.

I can’t seen any photos.

[NoMane]

Bea has been spayed since May. Im glad to hear that the poop war may just be a territorial thing, especially since Herbie’s poops stink like nothing else.

I tried BB and HTML to get their picture to show up.
Direct link: http://oi67.tinypic.com/2rc4k1k.jpg

[tobyluv]

They are very cute! I love to see bunnies cuddling.

[Love4Bunny]

Lol. Gotta love those poop wars. It should die down. I was also fastidious about throwing those perimeter poops back in the litterbox, so I here ya, NoMane. I agree with tobyluv. Give it a bit more time before declaring them bonded. When I upload pics, I paste the html link in the html section, and then go back to the other tab, and then the pic shows up (very large, haha). Just the way I do it.

[FloppyBunny]

The poop wars will go away, it’s just territorial. My rabbits did the same thing when they were in a neutral area. Now that they are in what used to be my male’s room, he stopped the pooping and peeing, but she is still peeing on the carpet if I wash it away. I’m leaving it there for now since it’s only been a week since she’s here, and since leaving it she stopped peeing. Hopefully I can soon wash it

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