How do you pronounce the bun’s name that starts with a o? Is it ob tampon, or obi one kanobi? I ask because this is my husbands name (ovi) and I had never heard a name similar to it. I am trying to bond my two rabbits and it is not easy. I am looking for the same advice.

My smaller one fights alot with connor. Plus Connor is blind so it is a little different situation. I tried the whole stressing thing. I put them in a box and walked with them around the yard and they wigged. Connor (blind and larger one) layed on top of Coney. When it was over they went there seperate ways. When I first put them together I thought Oh they like each other. But I was wrong, Coney would spring across the run and attack connor. Connor is not agressive, and I feel so bad because he can’t see coney coming at him.
Coney is fixed but connor is not. We have had a lot of issues with conor since getting him, so we are going to wait a bit to do that.
Connor was attacked by a wild animal as a baby (he was once a wild rabbit) and a lady found him while walking on a trail. She took him home to die in peace, without animals eating him, and he lived. Come to find out now that attack had broken his spine and fractured his skull resulting in blindness. He can’t run or hop, he just kind of pulls himself along. He really only stays near walls or corners and rarely ventures out into the open. Well when we first got him he would not eat or drink anything, so I had to force feed him (which let me tell you is not fun for him or myself) and inject him with painkillers, and also water stuff. I am still waiting the test results to see what caused this, but he is now eating very good.
Coney is my baby and we got connor to bond with him, not knowing he had all these problems. I really hope I can do this because I think both buns would benifit greatly. Even the vet said that Connor should be bonded because “he could use a seeing eye rabbit.”

Well don’t get discouraged. Today my buns made a brake through!! Coney bowed down and asked to be groomed!!! There was only 4 fights and I broke those up and they were good the rest of the time.

Hello,

I have a bunny that did the same thing when the other bunny was submissing completely. Raymond bit Grace on the side even though she was just laying there. I think that Raymond did it to try to get Grace’s attention, as well as to show his dominance over her. Even though she was just laying there, she wasn’t GROOMING him, so I think the bite was kind of a demand for grooms/attention.

Is there a reason you are trying with the two females together first? The fact that they are both female could have also led to the unprovoked attack. Have you considered trying a male-female bond first? In my experience those are generally easier, and since you are a bit nervous about bonding, I would make it as easy on yourself as possible in the beginning.

I would recommend trying Obbie with both females, and see which gets along with him best, and then bond those two first. Is there a reason you aren’t trying to bond him first?

I agree w/ moo that you should try and a boy and girl.  My jess was bonded w/ another girl, but then they got into a huge fight and couldn’t be together ever again.  They would even attack through the cage bars.  Jess was injured so bad in the first fight that she needed tons of stitches and was on cage rest for almost 3 weeks.  I had to soak and ointment her wounds twice a day.

Several months after that attack I tried them together again.  This time they were both spayed.  Well they still fought like bunnies…I think bunny fights are worse than cats & dogs.  So I thought I could never bond Jessi.

Well when I was living my job this summer, I wanted to take Leo the therapy bun w/ me.  I looked here for bunny bonding advice (Check out the link on Fujoe & Patina).  Well I took the initially advice of keeping a blankie in each of their cages.  I would exchange the blankets.  Well by the end of a week, I decided to try the intro.  I let one out while the other was caged.  After 1-2 days of that.  I let them both loose and they clicked.

I realize that I was extremely lucky.  I think that my bunny karma really kicked in.  There’s lots of bonding info in the behavior forum.  Several people have become real "experts".  Keep up the work.  I have faith in the bonding process!

I’d recommend working with Obbie and Elvira first too, since boy and girl bonding usually is easier going. You’re not trying to unbond Flops and Obbie, but make the transition to bringing Elvira into the threesome a bit easier. Car rides are often a good starting point since the stress brings them together.