Well to start off I must say when people hear that our girls were bonded before being spayed they are in shock..and I am too..I am not recommending our bonding story to be used step by step (by any means!), but just want to share what worked for our girls.

We brought Izzy home in August of 2009 at the age of 6 months. From day 1 she had the rule of the roost.  In December, we started toying wth the idea of getting a friend for Izzy and brought home Bella in January of 2010 at the age of 5 months.

To prepare for Bella’s arrival we bought all new things (larger cage, litter box, toys, ect).  You name it, we bought it!  The cage was kept in a bunny free zone (with the door closed) until it was time to put them together.  We also gave Izzy an old hand towel to keep in her cage to play with and dig on.  She loved it!  Little did she know it would be taken and used for our bonding idea.

Bella came home in a carrier that contained the towel that was in Izzy’s cage and one of Izzy’s toys.  That way she could get use to the scent of Izzy.  We set the carrier about a foot or two away from Izzy’s cage once we arrived home.  Bella sat in the carrier for about 10 minutes and then we let her out to investigate the room.  We sat in there and blocked off the entrances and monitored her behavior along with Izzy’s (who was still in her cage).  Izzy didn’t act out, but did move around her cage to be closer to where Bella was.  The only other contact we gave them that day was we held them semi close to one another and they sniffed the air.

The next day we let Izzy investigate and go in the carrier that we brought Bella home in.  We also held them close together to sniff one another and let them play seperately out of their cages, but confined to the one room.  We repeated this for a couple of days.

A few days later, we got the courage to let them attempt to be out together.  We started out by holding them next to one another and let them sniff each other.  Then we first placed down Bella followed by Izzy.  Of course, Izzy went straight over to investigate who this other furry creature was.  We also put the towel that was originally Izzy’s out on the floor because they had both had it in their posession at one point.   They did surprisingly well.  Their play time ended with Bella following Izzy like a lost puppy and they both groomed each other’s heads.

At this point we were still keeping them seperated besides playing out of their cages.

The next day, we put them out to play.  Well we forgot to close Izzy’s cage and Bella hopped right in like it was her own.  I froze fearing the worst, but Izzy hopped right in after her like they already lived together.  They ran in and out of Izzy’s cage playing for a good 30 minutes.

After witnessing that, we decided to bring out the larger cage that we bought for the two of them.  We placed it on the opposite side of the room, let the girls out to play, closed Izzy’s cage, and waited to see what would happen.  They played for a while, both jumped into the new cage, and layed down next to one another.  That is all it took.  Izzy thanfully has her towel back that they both enjoy.

We did have Izzy try to hump Bella a few times once they were in the same cage and Bella attempt also.  That only lasted about a week and we broke the habit by squirting them with water on their side with a small spray bottle.

Since then, the girls have been spayed and are doing great.  Bella had a little trouble with litter box training before her spay (she wanted to make sure everyone knew whose territory it was), but the since day we got her back from the vet there has been no accidents.

Thanks to you guys on here we have seen some ideas and plan on building them an even larger cage based off of pictures we have seen that your lucky bunnies have.