congrats on finding your own way. I only have 1 critter, so I havent had to do his process yet, but its good to hear that you are finding something that works well for you.

every rabbit is different, so every bonding will be different.  there are folks here who bonded their bunnies in a day or so… others it was a long drawn out process…  good stories like that give me hope tho for when Meadow gets a friend in the future.

That’s great. Every bonding is different and I’m glad you took a chance to try something different and that worked for you!

I heard of one person getting a very large pet carrying case (Like for medium dogs) and suspended it about 6 inches off the floor in the garage. He attached it to the roof at each corner via some bungee cords. He then would put the two bunnies into the cage. As long as they were nice and calm, the cage barely moved but the moment they started anything aggressive, the cage would begin to bounce and swing slightly so they’d stop what they were doing and wait for things to calm down again. Soon, they realized that by being nice meant that the earth stopped shaking.

kinda like when you take them for a car ride toghter…scares them into bonding.

I commend you for sticking it out and finding what would work for your two. Bonding can really be tricky. And actually though the typical neutral space works for the majority, you are the third person I know that found that the stress bonding and neutral territory actually seemed to make their bunnies more difficult to bond because the stress alone made them too anxious to bond. Now with that said, that has not been the norm, but it just goes to show that we really need to be observant about what works and what doesn’t for each bonding pair or mulitiple. So kudos to you for figuring out what worked for yours even if it didn’t go along with the regular tried and true.