It is possible that they just had an off day. Sometimes a bun takes an insult to what another does, and then that one doesn’t back down when the other gets a little aggressive. are they still going at it regularly or was this an once in a time chance? If you have seperated them, you should immediately put them back together again. Seperation is the quickest way to begin to dissolve a bond. If they are hopping immediately to one another to begin fighting, then you’ll need to start the bonding process over again.

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Have there been any recent changes in your place? Company visiting, another animal around? It’s not uncommon for a bonded pair to turn on each other during times of stress.

I have two bonded pairs that need to live separately because the females from each bond HATE each other. When I lived in my small one-bedroom condo, there were times where I would have a barrier at the bedroom door and the two girls would square off and try to get at each other. Then, when their repective mates came by, they would turn and attack them, out of pure frustration.

Another time I had an unspayed foster in the bathroom for a few days and one of my little girls went BALLISTIC over her scent and actually ended up breaking up with her boyfirend. Once the foaster was gone, it took a week of living separately before she would accept him again.

So any sort of change or stress can cause a riff between a bonded pair. From what you describe, it sounds like they still have some dominance issues to sort out so maybe that is it? Is the fighting constant or was it a one-time thing?

It was a one time event – and they have been together in their new condo since Sunday night.  I think their little cage was just too small for two growing buns.  Now they have space to stretch out – two levels even.

Hey Heather!

It seems you already have the problem solved, but I just wanted to let you know that the same thing happened to me before with my two boys. They were perfectly boned too but sometimes all of the sudden there was WAR! And I mean war, there was fur flying and a few times they nipped each other (and me trying to seperate them) pretty badly. I never knew what caused this, but it was so bad that I had to seperate them for up to a few weeks. But after that time they would always get back to being best buddies, I just had to give them some time. This happened about 3 or 4 times during the 8 years they lived together but they always came back around. So if this ever happens again, don’t give up hope ok? I had been told by people that they would never bond again after this but they always proofed them wrong

They have been fine together, but today I noticed Lola has a rather large skin sore where Favre pulled out a chunk of fur during the fight.  In anyone’s experience, does it just clse up and fur grows back, or will t need a bit of bunny ointment to heal? 

I check her every day and it isn’t red or weeping, so now it’s just a large bald spot with a fairly big scab.  I check it a few times every day – but I think she’ll be okay.  Favre licks it a bit, but it seems to be healing.  My husband laughs and says I’m really into this rabbit thing…  I never thought I would get so attached, or build a three story condo, or read so much about fiber in hay, or bunny junk food, or hunt for the perfect pine cone…  I love those silly rabbits.  Every day when we play Lola licks my nose   it’s love….

Just keep an eye on the scap and make sure it doesn’t become infected. If it raises up or you can feel a swelling underneath then it could be turning into an abscess. So just keep an eye on it to make sure it is healing properly. The hair usually does grow back – can take a few weeks.

You can put polysporin or neosporin on minor cuts like that. Also diluted peroxide if you have that on hand.

My girls are the best of friends. They bonded in literally an instant. When Kokanee was sick with poopy bum for a while (she is always the dominant one) Kahlua started humping her all the time! (I was soooo mad at her) and Kokanee was really really upset, she was growling and boxing but couldn’t get away from Kahlua. It was upsetting. As soon as Kokanee was better, she reasserted herself and Kahlua got it back ten fold. I don’t observe fighting from them other then that (luckily) but that was hard to go through. Kokanee getting well again, and Kahlua getting spayed cleared it up!