Netural Territory Question

[LittleThumper]

Hi everyone,

I’ve read that for 2 bunnies to be introduced to each other requires a neutral territory. Unfortunately, I don’t have a bath tub. 

I’m wondering if I were to thoroughly clean and sterilise the rabbit’s cage (with soap, alcohol wipes, and scent removers) can it be considered a neutral territory since the scent are removed?

[Mikey]

Not entirely. The rabbit can still know it was theirs even with scents removed, causing it not to be neutral. However, you arnt out of luck! Do you have a box or tote thats big enough for the bunnies to sit and lay down, but not big enough for them to fight? If so, you can take that tote/box into the bathroom (or any room neither bunny has ever been into) and put them in that. If they try to fight, wiggle it a bit to hopefully make them stop; if they dont stop, you can use a dust pan or thick glove to separate them until they calm down

[tobyluv]

I have found that a good way to bond bunnies is in an x-pen, with you and possibly another person in there with you. Even if the pen is in a room that isn’t neutral to one or both of the bunnies, the pen itself is new and neutral. When you are in there with them, you can try to calm a bunny that may be frightened, or you can break up any fights if the mild scuffling (which is normal) escalates into fighting. The x-pen can be used later on to house the bunnies or to attach to a cage for more room for them.

[kirstyol]

I had no neutral territory when i bonded my boys, Bramble had been everywhere in the house that was suitable for a bunny to go. So what I did was put the pen in the hall (bramble used to get his free roam time exclusively in the hall which is huge when he was a baby but was spending 99% of his time in the living room by that point so as neutral a space as I had) with a brand new blanket that neither of them had seen before as flooring. It worked for us, maybe something like that could work for you?

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